I recently purchased and read The 4 Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4 Hour Workweek which I also enjoyed. I figured I’d give this a shot because it had huge promises with little effort. Pack on 30+ pounds of muscle in a month with only 4 hours of total work out time? [...]

White House to put up to 5,000 salad bars in schools When I was in the 8th grade, my school had a salad bar and I chose that over the regular lunch line food almost every day. I actually picked the salad bar because I figured I was able to get more food for my [...]

I’ve never liked the term “overweight” because weight doesn’t mean anything. If I took a man who weighs 900 pounds and flew to the moon where I’d be 150 pounds, is he suddenly healthier? Clearly not. It would seem obvious to anyone who has eyes that weight is not an solid indicator of health. So [...]

Everyone has tips on how to lose weight. Sometimes it’s good advice, but usually they’re just things that sound like good ideas until you give them a half moment’s worth of thought. This article is about 50/50 when it comes to advice. 50% ho-hum who cares tips and 50% garbage. Quit the clean plate club. [...]

Well, the move is over. I think. I hope. I have a few more items to go to the storage unit, but other than that, almost all of the boxes are unpacked and there seems to be some sort of order around the place. It’s funny how you open boxes that you just filled a [...]

A while ago, my friend Doug from Arsenic Lullaby asked if I’d write something for him because he had a lot going on with his new comic book and seeing as Doug and I agree for the most part politically, I used the opportunity to give a few thoughts on Health Care. Seeing as that [...]

Conventional wisdom says that most people become diabetic (type 2 that is) by being overweight. But then there’s this study: Diabetes Drug Helps Obese Lose Weight If the conventional wisdom were true, then a diabetes drug being used to assist in weightless would be akin to a cough syrup helping cure the flu.* Sounds ridiculous, [...]

I know I talk a lot about food. I love food, that’s why I spent a good portion of my life as a heavyweight. That’s why so many food related things tend to annoy me. I can’t go from dinner to desert then back to dinner, call me crazy. I don’t want a sandwich that [...]

So, this is the end of the coconut oil experiment. Seeing as I wrote about it earlier, I should probably have some sort of conclusion. I really don’t have much to say that I haven’t already. I still notice elevated energy levels that are most apparent after a hard workout. I also experienced a 3 [...]

A Japanese study has shown that people who are a little overweight live longer than skinny people. That’s something that other studies have shown, but the surprise comes in the fact that it’s a whopping six to seven year difference. “Main reasons for the shorter lifespans of skinny people were believed to include their heightened [...]