Recent content by Aruba50

Dean Ornish shows anecdotal results of small groups of his own patients. His approach is very stringent and includes a great many more changes than their diet. Principal among them is the complete cessation of smoking and inclusion of yoga and other exercise regimens. Despite all this, he...

It doesn't matter whether he was obese. As for his data, it was fatally flawed and still is. In fact, most of the studies that purported to demonstrate that dietary fat was harmful have since been proven to be false. While there are no absolutes in these things it is becoming apparent that...

I retired last April 1st. I liked the idea of doing it on "Fool's Day". My wife is joining me in retirement bliss at the end of April. We are going to Rome and Andalucia for a few weeks in May. Can't wait to go!

This is exactly what a low carb diet looks like. It is what works for me. I am not into no-carb where the side dish is pork rinds. I eat lots of salads and vegetables but very little fruit. Fruit is not so good because of the fructose most of them contain. Basically, if you can keep below 30g...

That is not how it works at all. You eat all the protein and fat that you want. in other words, you replace the carbs with protein and fat turning back the clock to the first half of this century before the government and bad researchers decided that we should replace fat with carbs. People...

No. It has always been true. Energetic people are almost never obese. They are often high achievers though and with that comes wealth. What has changed is that the average "Joe" has easier and cheaper access to carbohydrate laden foods and their governments and even their doctors are telling...

Some Guy, Everyone is different but most people that try the low-cab diet report the opposite. They are not hungry and lose weight. The diet does not require you to count calories at all. Just steer clear of carbohydrates and you will lose weight. Almost guaranteed.

This is only partly true but it must also be acknowledged that it may well be a chicken and egg thing. People with highly functioning metabolisms are generally more active and have more energy that the average Joe. This enables them to be achievers and achievers get wealthy. You probably go...

You need to understand that most people don't know enough to make the right choices even if they have the means. Even in these few comments on this subject I see people referring to how dietary fat is bad and wraps are good. This is simply not supported by the science. It does explain the fact...

There may be significant cultural reasons why so many in South Africa are obese and never diet. While this sounds racist many African cultures prefer women with very large behinds. There are also cultures that admire obesity because many years ago it was the mark of wealth. These studies have...

Obesity in France is less common, yes. Why? They never bought into the insane "fat is bad" religion. They do not eat anything like the high carb diet North Americans do. They eat a lot of cheeses, whole milk and cream and meat. They have not messed up their metabolisms like we have.

Every single person you see that is morbidly obese has a disorder. They have all tried dieting, you can be sure. They fail because they don't know how to eat properly and their bodies are malfunctioning. P.S. A wrap is primarily wheat. Wheat is as much a problem as sugar is. It causes...

A disproportionate number of fat people are poor. This is not because they are careless eaters. It is because they have a metabolic disorder caused by poor quality high carbohydrate diet. They eat this garbage because it is cheap. They can not afford a quality diet. I don't think it is humane...

It's the low fat preachers that made us fat. The west is getting increasingly fat and suffering all sorts of metabolic disorders including diabetes. This, in spite of the mantra that has been drilled into us regarding fat in our diets. As a society we have been heeding that advice. Our...

Read anything by Bill Bryson. He is a brilliant, funny author. One of my all time favorites!