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Fasting, Cleansing, Detoxing

07Aug14

Question: What do you think about the idea of doing a three-day juice diet for health, cleanse, and weight loss? The diet would be purchased from a company that specializes in juice cleanses. Answer: Cleanse and detox programs are sold to the naive in the health-and-fitness crowd. Limiting one’s intake of food and drinking juices […]

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Tags: cleansing, detoxing, Dr. Jan Kwaśniewski, fasting, health and fitness, juice cleanses, Optimal Nutrition, Thomas Kurz, toxins, weight-loss

Weight Loss, Part V: Experts

22May13

Hey, stupid, wanna lose some weight? Should you listen to nutrition experts or rather look at them and those who follow them? Here are ways of evaluating nutrition experts: 1. Look at them. If they look pudgy, then you should know what their advice is worth. 2. Look at people who have followed their advice […]

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Tags: Dr. Jan Kwaśniewski, exercise, high-calorie foods, insulin resistance, nutrition experts, Optimal Nutrition, physical activity, retired athletes, Thomas Kurz

Weight Loss, Part IV: Exercise

16May13

Hey, stupid, wanna lose some weight? Popular advice for the thoughtless: Exercise to lose weight! My thoughts: Eat better to exercise better, so as to be stronger, to be faster, and to have greater endurance—don’t exercise to offset the effects of poor eating (while continuing to eat poorly). Besides, why would a sane person want […]

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Tags: cravings, Dr. Jan Kwaśniewski, excess weight, exercise, food, high-calorie foods, low-calorie, Optimal Nutrition, physical activity, Thomas Kurz

Weight Loss, Part III: Snacks

08May13

Hey, stupid, wanna lose some weight? Popular advice for the thoughtless: Eat snacks! Eat many small meals per day! My thoughts: If you eat a high-quality high-calorie meal, you are not going to be hungry for at least four hours (much longer, actually). Only if you eat garbage will your blood sugar spike and fall […]

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Tags: blood sugar spike, Dr. Jan Kwaśniewski, food, high-calorie meal, Optimal Nutrition, Thomas Kurz

Weight Loss, Part II: Low-Fat Foods

30Apr13

Hey, stupid, wanna lose some weight? Popular advice for the thoughtless: Eat low-fat foods! My thoughts: Fat provides more calories per gram than either carbohydrate or protein, so why eat inferior, energy-poor foods instead of superior, high-energy foods? Fat-rich meals provide me with energy, proteins, vitamins, and minerals for my body to work well. Incidentally, […]

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Tags: calories, carbohydrate, Dr. Jan Kwaśniewski, fat, low-fat foods, Optimal Nutrition, protein, Thomas Kurz

Weight Loss, Part I: Low Calories and Burning Calories

22Apr13

Hey, stupid, wanna lose some weight? Popular advice for the thoughtless: Eat this food because it is “low in calories.” Take this supplement to “burn calories.” Do this exercise to “burn calories.” My thoughts: Don’t you eat to have as much energy as possible so you can do what you want to do? I do. […]