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The Nutrition Gray Zone

Last night, I was a guest on Mike Robertson's Physical Preparation Podcast. Before the interview we chatted about not doing a traditional interview, ("what are the 5 foods that you think people should eat?"), instead we opted for a more free flowing, at sometimes...

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The 6 Sinister Reasons You Overeat

Let’s get the obvious reason you overeat out of the way: Food tastes really good. And some of it tastes really, really good. The truth, though, is that everyone likes food, yet some people struggle to find their stopping point more than others. Being aware of the...

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Is This Food Bad for Me?

"Is [insert any random food] food bad for me?" This is a very common question that I get from people whether they be clients or a person sitting next to me on a plane after they learned that I'm a nutritionist. I still don't have a good standard answer to this...

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“Think….in new categories.”

In his book "The Magic Power of Self-Image Psychology" Dr. Maxwell Maltz tells a story about a Russian philosopher and mystic named Pyotr Ouspenskii. Maltz tells a tale of Ouspenskii taking psychedelic drugs in an effort to further his research into the nature of...

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When Slower is Better

Everyone wants fast. Fast can be good. One of my best selling weight loss programs was a 4 week fast fat loss program for advanced trainees. But fast is only temporary, you can only sprint for finite amount of time. Slow is oftentimes the better course of action....