Category: Blog
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Meet the Ketotarian. To each his own I guess.
Everyone needs to feel virtuous I guess. Why? Just eat what you like. You’re not saving the planet by eating vegetables instead of meat. You’re not saving the animals by eating vegetables instead of meat. No matter what you are, carnivore, omnivore, vegetarian, or vegan you’re killing something to consume it. You’re either killing plants…
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Does Intermittent Fasting work for weight loss?
The study and the article refer to the 5:2 method whereby 2 days out of the week calories are restricted to a very low level and the other 5 days are normal eating days with no restrictions. That to me is not Intermittent Fasting. If you’re eating you’re not fasting. Intermittent fasting, to me, is…
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Is being Vegan good or bad for your baby’s brain?
Common sense should tell you that if you’re eating a varied diet, be it vegan, omnivore, or carnivore, there should be no problem with the development of your babies brain while in the womb. But there is always someone scaring the public into thinking that they are stupifying their children. Advocates of plant-based eating are…
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Men’s Journal highlights keto supplements
I’ve never taken a multi-vitamin or any other health supplement. I’ve always believed that we can get everything we need from what we eat. Wild animals don’t need supplements for health so why should we? Men’s Journal is trying to make the argument that people on the keto diet need supplements because the diet is…
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The Plant and Animal War is real.
There is a war going on between Plant People and Animal People and whoever wins is going to decide what we eat. Right now it’s a war of words and I hope it doesn’t go beyond that. Plant People are claiming the Animal People are killing the planet we all live on while Animal People…
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If you’re the keto friendly way you’re killing the planet!
Sheesh. What is a Harvard education worth these days? A Harvard nutrition professor is the latest “Chicken Little” proclaiming that the sky is falling and Keto people are responsible. If this is the type of person that might teach doctors about nutrition then we’re all in trouble. “Eating a keto diet that’s especially high in…
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Consult your doctor about your health but not your nutrition?
This is odd because health and nutrition are tied together. What you eat has a direct effect on the state of your health. But doctors are not trained in nutrition. They’re like the police. They’re trained in what to do after something bad happens but may be less effective in the prevention of those same…
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New York Times Op-Ed advocates for more government intervention into what we eat.
Government guidelines and tax policy is what put the United States in this obesity and Type-2 Diabetes predicament in the first place. Their recommendations about eating a low fat high carbohydrate diet created generations of people hooked on sugar and high carbohydrate foods. As long as it was low fat it was considered to be…
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The history of the Keto Diet
If you’re curious how this all came to be the latest fad Men’s Health Magazine has a good article with a rundown on how it all came to be. There aren’t really any conclusions drawn about the Keto Diet and I think the article does provide some balance. It especially emphasizes that with all diets…