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More than a decade ago, I posted Not a PubMed Warrior. I outlined several reasons why I didn't use PubMed as a tool for this blog. > To start, I am not qualified to read a nutritional study. I’ve...
Read more →One of my favorite podcasts is Masters In Business from Bloomberg by Barry Ritholtz. The show is a collection of interviews with some of the brightest and most successful people in finance. (side...
Read more →The gluten defenders lapped up the article This Is Your Brain on Gluten by James Hamblin. Anything that conforms to their opinion that avoiding gluten makes one orthorexic is a message worth...
Read more →UPDATE 2019: My confidence in the pro-SF argument has dropped a lot in recent years. I'm currently favoring a lower fat approach, which has the effect of reducing SF levels in total. This article is...
Read more →I want to start by saying that I greatly respect those in nutrition that come out and admit they were wrong instead of clinging to an old idea that may no longer be correct or was never correct....
Read more →Let me start by saying that I loved the new book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, however, there was one point I believe Taleb fell for the survivorship bias he warned us about in Fooled By Randomness....
Read more →From time to time, I throw out the phrase PubMed Warrior. It is a term I coined to describe those health bloggers and commenters that pour through research studies to find evidence to support...
Read more →A month ago I reviewed the body weight exercise book You Are Your Own Gym by Mark Lauren. Now for the most part, I liked the book. By avoiding the most dangerous exercises, you could design an...
Read more →Am I the only paleo blogger that isn't embracing the extreme "functional" workout program known as CrossFit? I've read articles from their journals, watched videos, and talked to members. To me,...
Read more →This book came highly recommended by a few bloggers that I respect. !The Leap: How 3 Simple Changes Can Propel Your Career from Good to Great The Leap: How 3 Simple Changes Can Propel Your Career...
Read more →MAY 2019: This video debunked many of the claims in The Vegetarian Myth. I wish this book was around when I first looked into starting a vegetarian diet. !The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and...
Read more →How can you tell without any prior knowledge which members of the gym are good or poor role models? Look for the successful survivors. Success is someone who is both lean and muscular (drug-free)....
Read more →It just pains me to see well intentioned people enter the gym just after the New Year and make the same mistakes year after year. Some last a month or two. Most will fail and sadly, most will blame...
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