diet

Let's keep an eye on this one.

I was having a conversation with my dad over dinner earlier tonight, and he told me about a new book he had found out about on the internet. The author of this book, Michael Pollan, has written other books, all of which appear to link together for they have similar topics. The book I am...

My dog Mallory is having surgery next week to repair a partially torn cranial cruciate ligament (the equivalent to an ACL in humans). She's a border collie, so she kind of needs her knee. However, we are opting for the simpler graft surgery as opposed to the TPLO, which is normally done on...

I cast a cry out to the wonderful people on board - what is the scoop on stress/cortisol/weight? I am not a scientist or doctor, and really cannot tell whether the information I am finding on the web is worth anything. The basic tune on the web is that stress tells the body to release...

Not too sure if I'd ever want to try this: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/health/15110365/detail.html?rss=den&psp=irresistible

I was just wondering what the general consensus here is about aspartame... Is it safe like the FDA says, or is it deadly and to be avoided at all costs??

Fucoxanthin is a (unfortunately named :)) substance found in some seaweed. There is at least one published study which presents fairly strong evidence that it makes fat rats less fat. A number of supplement companies are now selling fucoxanthin pills, usually in a blend with other...

A lovely girl told me I shouldn't eat standing up yesterday. Something about 'your body will think you haven't eaten' or something. I couldn't argue with her cos of lack of evidence (and cos she's devastatingly attractive). But I do know that I have felt perfectly sated after eating a massive...

Is anyone read Good Calories, Bad Calories? I'm about a quarter of the way through, it's an eye opening book. Taubes is done an amazing job of documenting the weak, at best, science behind a lot of our dietary guidelines. It looks like Atkins was a least partially right. Amazon link...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/woolworths-placed-on-notice-over-sale-of-suspect-diet-pills/2007/10/28/1193555533392.html Consumers and hospital fight back against useless and potentially harmful supplements with overblown fake claims. Awesomeness!

I saw someplace where fasting is widely used as a medical treatment. This subject seems pretty fascinating. Does anyone here have any knowledge on the subject to share?

During my first semester of college, I had a professor who was.. well.. a hippy. Both in dress and attitude. He was a huge proponent of raw food dieting. The reason he gave was a vague and had to do with raw food having more enzymes that are cooked out of the food and lower its nutritional...

I know being rude about vegans has the feel somehow of kicking a puppy, what with their gentle, animal loving natures and all but this example of the death of an innocent caused by trendy dietary faddishness has made my blood boil. Yuri

If this has already been hashed out in another thread, please point me to it, because I must not be using the right search words. My question: Does anything matter beyond total calories in a diet, when it comes solely to gaining or losing weight? In other words, I know that a diet with...

I met a woman recently who was "Somersizing". From what I can gather, this involves a less-extreme-than-Atkins carb reduction, and what appears on the surface to be some woo. The woo part is the notion that certain foods should be eaten at the same time as others, and certain other foods...

From the thread: "Fat" Gene Found by Scientists You're on! :) Last year I looked into this quickly. What I came away with was that having a lot of sugar in one's diet increased the likelihood that one would get sugar cravings and overeat. Processed American foods are likely to have a...

http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100160028&GT1=9303 "Flabby ass - I rebuke you! Leave my body!"

Hello everybody, Here's something I've been wondering for a while. I understand the human is a great but imperfect machine. Although it is good at extracting energy from food, it isn't perfectly efficient. (disclaimer: what follows is what I've heard, I can't vouch for the veracity of...

Dr Sandra Trademark, the Liver Quack, has taken offence at something I wrote about her three years ago (and which she was made aware of at the time) and has demanded that I remove certain material from my web site. Using the tactics pioneered by Sylvia Browne, she has apparently clamed that her...

New labelling regulations have been introduced for food products in the UK and they have caused some controversy; http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/foodlabels/trafficlights/ The principle is that the major components of each food are graded according to traffic light colours. So that we can avoid...

Hello, I've just given up smoking and thought I'd go the whole hog by starting my regime at the gym again and stop drinkning any booze for a few weeks. I have been advised by a nutritionist friend that I would benefit by kick starting my healthy lifestyle with an all juice diet for two days...

A co-worker was telling me that following the Gracie Diet did a lot to improve his "energy level" (not in the "chi" woo way, mind you, but how he felt in good shape when waking up in the morning, he was never lethargic, etc.). Apparently the "science" behind it is in how the foods are combined...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7004909622962894202 Now this is really cool. I've never seen an octopus catching and eating anything before, let alone something like that!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/22/health/webmd/main1336306.shtml An excerpt: It's something I've thought for a long time, and lately it seems that more and more scientific studies are showing it to be true. Food, in and of itself, won't kill you. What will kill you is eating 6,500...

I had a doctor's appointment today. The doctor gave me some advice on losing wieght: Exercise every day. OK. Fine. Don't eat after 6 PM. I can see why this would work. Give up all carbonated sodas, even diet. Now, this is where my question comes in. The reason he gave was that all...

my girlfriend recently started following this diet plan, which exists all over the internet, called the fat flush diet, by Gittleman, Ann Louise. here are some links: http://www.parable.com/cbn/item_0071383832.htm http://diet.ivillage.com/plans/pfatflush/0,,7wts,00.html...

Not only a religious icon and political commentator, but a true rennaisance man. It seems that he was able, in his spare time, to put together a diet shake and sell it to GNC. http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=90919&ran=99033&tref=po Apparently, his "Jared" (think Subway)...

Some say meat is murder, while others dismiss a meal without animal products as rabbit food. Now a leading US nutritionist has given both sides something to chew on with a claim that parents who refuse to feed children meat are acting unethically. Professor Lindsay Allen of the University of...

Can anyone tell me if this diet has any scientific basis? Is this statement true? The scientific rationale is further described here.

I was just discussing Dr. D'adamo's notion of some diets being beneficial, others being detrimental, based on a person's blood type. I did a Google, but couldn't really find anything either in support of (other than D'adamo's own site, of course) or in opposition to this notion. So, my question...