Before you chow down on your next Big Mac, be aware that it’s going to take a lot of exercise to keep that greasy goodness from ending up on your belly, butt and thighs. How much exercise you ask? Each Big Mac contains 540 calories. To keep that Big Mac from ending up as back fat, you will

Why is it that some people store their body-fat around their middle while others store it on their thighs and bottom? . . Your doctor will tell you that your genetics predisposes you to be either an “apple” or a “pear” when it comes to your body-fat distribution. So what kind of fruit are you? . . Generally speaking, women typically collect

Combining the best and/or worst aspects of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth and Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food / Omnivore’s Dilemma, U.K. author, Felicity Lawrence has written a new book (Eat Your Heart Out: Why the Food Business is Bad for the Planet and Your Health) detailing her investigation into the impact that

Researchers with the University of Arkansas have found a link between your physical fitness and the likelihood that you will commit a crime and go to jail. More specifically, when the researchers looked at the physical characteristics of about 5,000 Arkansas inmates, they found that most were athletically fit when they entered prison. The researchers classified most

In a recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health, obesity researchers from the University of Michigan have found that physical exercise is effective in suppressing appetite. But wait, there’s a catch. The study, presented at The Endocrine Society’s 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco looked at the association between exercise, leptin (a hormone linked to

Without a doubt, the Atkins Diet is the most controversial weight loss plan of all time. Whether you loved it or hated it, anybody with a few extra pounds on their body knew about Atkins. They knew that Atkins was low carb. They knew that Atkins got rid of body fat faster than any other diet. They

A new study, out of Virginia Commonwealth University, suggests that your grandma was right! Eat a big breakfast and you won’t be hungry for the rest of the day. Yay Grandma!!! The Study The study compared a “Big Breakfast” or BB diet plan with a low carb / Atkins style diet plan. The BB group ate 610 of their daily

I’ve been thinking about the habit of labelling or categorising food and behaviour as good or bad. The other day I blogged about how I love sushi (yum!) but the rice isn’t that great. There I was, the great-hater-of-labelling, demonising my favourite food because of the dreaded C word … CARBS. For years I demonised peanut

Insulin and aging Centenarians, people who have lived over 100 years, don’t have much in common. Many are smokers, for example. They come from all over the world without a favoring any geographic location in particular.  However, there are 3 consistent blood metabolic indicators of all centenarians which are relatively consistent: low sugar, low triglycerides, and low

Sorry All (if there are any even out there, who knows…) for I have been amiss-ing lately. I have 6 weeks until I get married and that has been taking up my time. Also. I don’t know what to write. It’s sad. And I always seem to drop off the planet when I get stuck