Monthly Archives: November 2013

Can You Lose Weight Without Dieting?

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Robert Barrington

That ‘dieting’ is necessary for weight loss is an erroneous belief peddled by the diet and food industry. The law of thermodynamics shows that energy balance dictates weight gain or loss, this is true. However, for a forced calorie restriction … Continue reading →

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Fat People are Greedy…Oh Really?

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The current paradigm suggests that fat people are lazy and greedy and this is why they gain weight. This ‘eat-too-much, do-too-little’ theory of weight gain states that a positive energy balance, caused by too much food or too much little … Continue reading →

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Skimmed Milk: Refined Junk?

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Currently it is believed by many that obesity is caused by a positive energy balance. The solution we are told is to restrict energy intake through dieting, or increase energy expenditure through exercise. However, the ‘eat-too-much, do-too-little’ mantra of weight … Continue reading →

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Tablets, Capsules and Softgels: Vitamin E

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Dr Joel Wallach, of Dead Doctor’s Don’t Lie fame, once said that taking vitamins was pretty cheap insurance against disease. This is true, because while vitamins and minerals are often better provided by whole food, they are increasingly absent from … Continue reading →

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Forced Calorie Restriction: More Evidence of Metabolic Damage

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Forced Calorie restrictive diets that attempt to coerce the body into accepting a lower level of fat mass are dangerous and do not work. That they cause metabolic damage is well evidenced in the scientific literature. Such dietary regimens are … Continue reading →

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‘Dieting’ Causes Permanent Metabolic Damage: Why Bother?

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Most people still believe the only way to lose excess body fat is to follow a restricted calorie diet. This they believe will cause a negative calorie balance that will result in the utilisation of excess body fat as energy. … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Dense, Get Lean

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Robert Barrington

That whole grains are protective of weight gain and obesity is increasingly obvious from the growing body of relevant research in the nutritional literature. Traditional diets such as the Mediterranean diet and the Okinawan diet contain high amounts of whole … Continue reading →

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More on trans Fats: Pain and Death

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Natural vegetable oils present in nuts and seeds are healthy oils because they contain high concentrations of the essential fatty acids α-linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3 (n-3)) and linoleic acid (LA, C18:2 (n-6)). Alpha linolenic acid is desaturated and elongated in … Continue reading →

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Fructose and Ethanol: Brothers in Disease

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Research suggests that moderate intakes of ethanol in the form of wine, beer, cider, spirits or other alcoholic drinks are beneficial to the health. Although their polyphenol content has been shown to contribute a certain degree of this protective effect, … Continue reading →

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Fish Oil Fights Inflammation

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Obesity is a symptom of the metabolic syndrome, which in turn is caused by low quality diets containing high amounts of fructose. High fructose intakes are deleterious to metabolic regulation because they induce insulin resistance in hepatocytes and skeletal muscle. … Continue reading →

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