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Is the Lemonade Diet A Lemon?

September 19, 2010 / Dieting, Food Science, News, Tips

The other day on Twitter people were talking about the so-called Lemonade Diet. Originally made popular in 1976 by Stanley Burroughs, this out-dated diet was re-released and re-popularized in 2005 with a new, more modern look in the form of Peter Glickman’s book Lose Weight, Have More Energy, and Be Happier in 10 Days. The book includes information on the obesity epidemic, toxins in foods, and the ”detoxification process”. The Lemonade Diet isn’t much different from most “cleanse” or “detox” diets. Basically, you [...]

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Take It With A Grain Of Salt

September 14, 2010 / Food Science, News

Until relatively recently in human history, salt was a precious commodity. Urban legend has it that Roman soldiers were given money specifically to buy salt or were paid with salt, thus the word ‘salary,’ from the Latin salarium, and it’s why we say someone not good at their job isn’t worth their salt. Obviously if you had to fight barbarian hordes to buy substantial quantities of the stuff, or have your wife defy God and turn back to watch the [...]

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Kellogg’s Cereal Recall: Prize Inside May Be Poisonous Chemicals

August 8, 2010 / Building Back Up, Food Science

Your breakfast cereal might be deadly. Or it might just smell bad. But really, if you needed a reason to stop eating chocolate coated frosty bombs as a “breakfast cereal”, incidents like this should help persuade you. Here’s the skinny: Kellogg’s recalled 28 million boxes of its cereals due to high levels of 2-methylnaphthalene contamination. People noticed the cereal smelled funny, and the alerts went into high gear. The temptation here is to tear into Kellogg’s for allowing contaminated cereal [...]

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Day 96 – Is Food A Global Security issue?

July 9, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Rants

“When you understand interconnectedness, it makes you more afraid of hating than of dying.” ~ Robert Thurman 180.4 lbs In doing this project I’ve come to realize just how food is connected to so much of what we do, how we do it, and who we do it with. In the affluent United States, where 2/3rds of the adult population are overweight or obese, and 1/3 of children are already there themselves, millions of children grow up in “food insecure” [...]

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Day 86 – Let Them Eat Steak

June 29, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Feed Your Head

“The only time to eat diet food is while you are waiting for the steak to cook.” ~ Julia Child 187.9 lbs Again my weight keeps bouncing *sigh*. And my body seems to be tiring of this whole ordeal. I’ve gone from sleepless nights to, lately, sleeping 9 to 10 hours a night, which is not necessarily a good thing. Usually if you require more than 8-9 hours on a regular basis that’s a sign that something is wrong, which [...]

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Day 79 – Big Brother Wants The Rest Of Us To Slim Down. Finally.

June 22, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Feed Your Head

“It is bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children’s health than the pediatrician.” ~Meryl Streep 190 lbs. How I gained more than 3 lbs overnight after eating about 350g of food, total, yesterday is a mystery to me. We’ll see what tomorrow’s scale reading is. One of my old high school friends just boasted on Facebook that she can still fit into the earrings she wore back then, ha ha. I’ll be glad when this is [...]

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Day 68 – It’s All A Capitalist Plot!

June 11, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, The Status Quo

“BP. Because you aren’t mad enough to not drive your car.” ~Totally made up new British Petroleum slogan 189.9 lbs. In doing this project I encounter a lot of arguments that I think are silly. Like the school boards who argue that feeding kids crap in the cafeterias is a perfectly cromulant way of keeping the budget in check, nevermind all the hyperactivity, obesity, etc. caused by such a diet. Or English football fans with interesting views on the World [...]

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Day 61 – Is Michelle Obama Wrong?

June 4, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Rants

“A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her” ~ David Brinkley 195.2 lbs. On May 11th, 2010, Michelle Obama unveiled the White House task force report on solving childhood obesity. The goal defined in the 120-page document is to roll back the rate of childhood obesity in the United States to 5% by 2030, the same as it was in the late 1970s. I see this as [...]

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Day 56 – 8 Health Foods That Are Actually Bad For You

May 30, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Feed Your Head, Nutrition, Tips

“Sigh. Got to go buy some food. A mouse hung itself in my fridge and left a note ‘can’t live like this‘.” ~ Ustas 197.4 lbs Okay – if you’re reading this blog you have some interest in nutrition. Or you just like the freak show of some dude starving himself, then bitching about it in daily articles. But since you are reading this, I’m going to take this time to tell you about some healthy foods that just… aren’t. [...]

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Day 53 – The Gender Gap Part IV

May 27, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, The Gender Gap

“A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.” ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca 198.1 lbs I’m a reasonably manly guy. Broad shouldered and square jawed, I served 8 years in the army and only rarely have an emo moment – with that in mind, I have a confession. I like yogurt. *whew* there, I said it. And ya know what? I’m not alone. I know a few Lance Armstrong types who compete in cycling events, and [...]

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Day 52 – The Bitter Truth

May 26, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Nutrition, Tips

“Caught up in life, losing all my friends Family has tried to heal all my addictions Tragic it seems, to be alone again I’m giving in to you” ~ Adema 199.8 lbs. I’ve been receiving congratulations on my “success” of dropping below 200 lbs. If you’re one of the people who emailed or tweeted me, I humbly thank you. For those readers just starting to read this blog, though, I have to emphasize again that I’m dropping weight in the [...]

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Day 48 – I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

May 22, 2010 / 100 Days of Starvation, Nutrition, The Status Quo, Tips

“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.” ~ Erma Bombeck 201.8 lbs. Getting close, but no cigar. Still, if I drop 2 lbs in the next 2 days I’ll still pass the pale of dropping 40 lbs in the first 50 days. I get a few emails of the “reads, shots, and leaves” variety – people who apparently skim an article and immediately start clacking the keys. They sound rather like [...]

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