When my grandmother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, we were all told to come visit immediately. By the time I got there, they had already given her a dose of chemotherapy. I was furious. Why do you give a dying 80 year old person a dose of chemotherapy? She never got out of bed again. […]
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First published on Medium. Always Hungry? by David Ludwig is yet another diet book but one written by a respected doctor specializing in obesity in children. I really enjoyed several articles about Dr Ludwig and his ideas, so I was expecting something more from the book but all I got additional was lots of recipes.
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While the diet and the ideas behind The FastDiet are pretty intriguing, the book doesn’t add a lot of value. I was expecting something like Good Calories, Bad Calories. Something with a bit of research and data behind it. Instead you get a brief overview of the diet with a few pointers to studies, a
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You hear a lot about how the media potrays super-skinny models and they make poor role models for young women. Today I turned on the TV and there was a cartoon with an obese girl in it. Interesting, I thought, they’re trying to portray reality. Then I noticed that every other character had a waist
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Food Rules by Michael Pollen is a good summary of many of his other books. It’s a set of 63 rules with a bit of explanation per rule. If you’ve never read any of his books, I’d probably recommend The Omnivore’s Dilemma, but if you’ve already read one or if you are just looking for
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Our insurance costs so much because the insurance company pays way more than you or I would pay. I recently went to see a chiropractor. I was informed that the chiropractor’s appointment would be $45 if I paid in cash. The sign on the door said a massage was $70. (The doctor prescribed the massage.)
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A month ago I set a goal for myself: no sweets nor alcohol for 30 days. In this post I’m primarily going to discuss the sweets part. I’ll address the alcohol part in another post. How did I do? I did excellent sticking to my goal. (That doesn’t mean I felt excellent just that I
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Instead of this book: (Or if you really liked this one.) Sugar Blues by William Dufty Try this one: Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health by Gary Taubes (Or see my short review of the very long book and my review of one of Taubes’ webinars.)
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I really enjoyed reading Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease. Dr. Maolem explains how the diseases we suffer from have helped us survive in the past. For example, people with hemochromatosis were more likely to survive the plague. (Bacteria needs iron to survive and while people with hemochromatosis have
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So today I decided to quit (or at least seriously cut back on) caffeine, artificial sweeteners, alcohol and carbs. So you can blame any behavior you don’t like on that – for a couple of days anyway. (And if you see me drinking a diet coke, please remind me that I’m cutting back!) On that