Category Archives: Nutrition
The Gluten-Free Trap
Most potato chip brands have always been gluten free. Yet, when someone is grabbing a bag at the grocery store, or offering you some at their house, they announce “they’re gluten-free!” as if that’s some sort of health benefit. WHY? Because food marketers have latched on to gluten-free just like they latched onto “low fat”…
The Fiber Fallacy
The world was first instructed to “Eat More Fiber“ because of research from Dr.’s Denis Burkitt and Hugh Trowell. They were studying the associations between diet and health status and wanted to determine why the diseases plaguing individuals in the Western World were not affecting secluded tribes in Africa. According to their observations, the lower…
Why You Should Avoid Vegetable & Seed Oils (PUFAs)
Canola oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, peanut oil, and corn oil, are all polyunsaturated fatty acids (or PUFA’s). Their use has skyrocketed in the last 50 years as an alternative to saturated fat; with soybean and canola oil increasing the most: The first problem with PUFAs is that they’re highly susceptible…
“A Family History of Heart Disease” is Total BS
Once you understand that most diseases are preventable with a proper diet and lifestyle intervention, it becomes pretty clear (pretty quick), that a family history of heart disease, diabetes, and dementia – or what they sometimes refer to as genetic predisposition – is a giant load of crap. Especially when you consider the desired outcome…
Eat More Meat, Burn More Fat. Period!
The current nutrition advice from the government and their dietician disciples may have you believing otherwise, but there’s been undeniable proof since the early 1900’s that eating predominantly animal protein, and limiting carbohydrates, was the ultimate solution for a lean physique. As an example, take this quote from Dr. Alfred Pennington, describing his experimental results…