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What if lipolysis (the breakdown of fat) continues for a while after you wake up (by yourself) or lipogenesis (the creation of fat) kicks in before? I wonder what determines your pattern.

Robert Lustig's Fat Chance is such a wonderful book. No wonder that it, along with Joel Fuhrman's The End of Diabetes and unlike the rest, got sold out (and eventually restocked) at the post-holiday diet table near bookstore entrances. Sugar hits the belly fat, from where all evil arises. Diabetes. Alzheimers's. Those who…

My choice for canned beans is the 365 Everyday Value brand with No Salt Added at Whole Foods. Very little salt and very little sugar. About a dollar a can. Bean Serving Servings Calories Sodium Sugar Pinto Beans 130g 3 110 10mg 1g Black Beans 130g 3.5 110 10mg 1g Garbanzo 130g 3.5 110 10mg 1g Black-Eyed 130g 3.5 110 10mg 1g

Artificial sweeteners keep you coming back for more, so the calories add up anyway. When taking driving trips in the summer, I'm so glad that McDonald's offers unsweetened ice tea. I like to bring club soda to the movie theater. A glass of fat-free milk with dinner. One or two cups of eighty calorie hot chocolate envelopes…

The average American is a sugar addict.The typical American adult now consumes an unbelievable 22 teaspoons of added sugar each day; teens consume a whopping 34 teaspoons per day. Sugar beverages for instance are far more harmful than thought earlier, as a new study has shown them to add to visceral fat directly. Such…

Recent researches shows that eating without being hungry is harder on your waistline, as blood sugar and insulin work differently than when you are hungry. I think it was Michael Pollan who once pointed to the ancient wisdom of the Japanese that humans should eat until feeling 80% full. Also, some foods make you feel…

A moderately overweight person who exercises will live longer than a non-overweight who doesn't. Yet fitness clubs promote weight loss as the reward because that's what we want. We should want healthy! Weight loss comes along as we get healthy, but in a way that loses fat rather than muscle.

The notion of eight glasses of water, of say eight ounces each, is a myth. In 1945 the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council recommended approximately "1 milliliter of water for each calorie of food," which would amount to roughly 2 to 2.5 quarts per day (64 to 80 ounces). The board added, "[M]ost of…

I skimmed The Plan by Lyn-Genet Recitas a few weeks ago. It looked promising at first. You eat less, you exercise more, yet you gain weight, due to, drum roll please, low-grade inflammation from being sensitive to certain so-called "healthy" foods. Nothing wrong with such an individual approach, but I had my eye set on…

I like sourdough bread, European style rye bread and Wasa crispbread. "Researchers from the University of Guelph, in Ontario, Canada, tested the affect of white sourdough, regular white bread, whole wheat bread and whole wheat bread with barley on a group of overweight people aged 50 to 60 years old. "When the subjects ate…

I enjoyed the book a few months ago. It's highly fascinating and provocative reading. The stuff on insulin resistance is captivating, but he generalizes on carbs. Not all carbs are bad (there are simple and there are complex; slow, not low). Yes, we do need (the good) fat, but not as much as he thinks. Michael Pollan wrote…

How do I deal with sugar? Reading Robert Lustig's Fat Chance was quite helpful. Sugar Is a Poison, Says UCSF Obesity Expert http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2009/06/8187/obesity-and-metabolic-syndrome-driven-fructose-sugar-diet Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease…

I do appreciate the 1200 calorie cutoff noted here or the 1300 one suggested by my doctor, which opened up the realization that sometimes I would mindlessly snack on three tortillas or four slices of cheese, not to mention the occasional cheese burger with fries and soda or the jumbo hotdog, although not the more…

I too have read The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and enjoyed it very much. That part about what triggers afternoon snacking is delightful. Was it prompted by a need for distraction, walking, the cookie or the company? Such self-awareness helps to break your snacking. I rarely snack anymore, and chances are my pancreas…

And always eat them raw. They get bitter when cooked.

The first link in this post might be of some help. Search for lipolysis. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/817143-insulin-low-carbs-gary-taubes-and-james-krieger

I've been thinking of doing some running. I don't know why. My only exercise since being a teenager has been walking. Stairs and forty five degrees incline streets can be so much fun. My weight now is the same as it was then, so it's not like I need to run. Maybe that's why I thought of doing it. Just for the fun of it.

That eating without being hungry is harder on your waistline, as blood sugar and insulin work differently than when you are hungry.

Exercise won't make you thin. More and more research is emerging to show that exercise has a negligible impact on weight loss. The kind of calories you eat will lose the pounds, during which the purpose of exercise is to promote fat loss rather than muscle loss. Which has more protein: broccoli or steak? The answer may…

You may want to read an online article by Joel Fuhrman entitled Slow metabolism linked to longevity, which says that "raising your metabolism is not the key to weight loss." But could speed up aging, which is not so nice.

Toss some garbanzo beans in your lunch, and you'll feel less hungry in the evening. But if you still need a little, try cottage cheese, which shouldn't upset your sleep.

The pancreas needs to rest, so many good books tell us, or it gets worn out eventually, as it also does from much sugar. Either way not enough insulin is created, and fat gets stored. That alone should be scary enough to have something done about it. Step one is to realize just how addictive refined food such as added…