Monthly Archives: July 2011

Weight part 7: the joy of viral obesity.

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

You know what’s kind of depressing? You can catch a freaking cold and get fat. Have you heard about a “cold-like” virus called adenovirus-36? People who have contracted this fun little bugger start gaining weight, without eating more calories. In … Continue reading →

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Weight part 6: It is not just your metabolism that turns on you

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

What happens if you restrict your calories, and just keep exercising even though your metabolism is in the negative burn zone? Surely you will continue to lose weight, or at least not regain it! Ha. You would basically have to … Continue reading →

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Weight part 5: How slow can it go?

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

So what happens if you become master over your hunger? What if you only eat high quality food, slowly, and your body relearns the signals for hunger and fullness? Will you be able to conquer your setpoint weight then, assuring … Continue reading →

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Weight part 4: Food? What food?

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

Even if you haven’t ruined your body’s ability to detect “fullness” buy dieting, your body refuses to recognize that you have eaten because a lot of modern foods don’t really count as food as far as your body is concerned, … Continue reading →

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Weight part 3: The quest for “full”

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

Has anyone else reading this ever wondered why, at the end of a perfectly reasonable meal, they still felt peckish? For myself, I don’t really feel replete until I have gorged a Sizzler’s buffet worth of food. As a child, … Continue reading →

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Weight part 2: Your brain is a big bully

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

Why is it so hard to restrict calories? In part because your brain bullies you into eating more, regardless of what you want. You brain is like a fascist dictator, and the hypothalamus is like the Big Businesses that tell … Continue reading →

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Weight Part 1: Setpoint, match

Posted on July 16, 2011 by

Okay, here is the first reason fat sticks to you like the hard-boiled detective in a gritty classic movie. Your body already knows what it wants to weigh and it ain’t changing for nobody, dammit. Your body has something called … Continue reading →

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The Bullshit and the BMI: a saga in 9 acts

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

Lately there has been widespread panic about the “obesity epidemic”. Frowny-faced news casters talk very seriously about this growing health menace, as though it were the Zombie apocalypse, but instead of having body parts fall off, this stupid epidemic makes … Continue reading →

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Portugal legalized drugs and won the “Drug War”

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Portugal, displaying the kind of common sense I can only wish America had, legalized drugs – all of ‘em — a decade ago. In spite of conservative hysteria, they did not become a nation of stoners hosting strung-out parasitic tourists. … Continue reading →

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Doctors are better at medicine than MBAs! Who knew!

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

In the category of “duh” , I would like to submit that some smart people have figured out that doctors are more qualified to run hospitals than business administrators. Sure, it may be that good hospitals just happen to have … Continue reading →

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