Diet

Irresistible Urges

March 24, 2010
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This sums up the entire post. While I strive for the ideal scenario described elegantly by the quote, “I don’t want to be a product of my environment, I want my environment to be a product of me.”, it isn’t practical; every single negative impact of the environment has to be consciously fought and suppressed. [...]

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Intermitting Fasting

February 20, 2010
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This is a topic which I have some fondness towards, mainly because I have gained many benefits from its practice. What intermittent fasting is, is a regular scheduled period of time whereby no food is consumed; a fast. This can be done in various ways. With popular approaches being fast5, the warrior diet, eat stop [...]

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Chinese New Year Goodies: The Long Version

February 9, 2010
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In my original Chinese New Year Goodies post, I gave a brief look at the differing caloric density of various foods. This post is the long version. It is for the people who want a deeper discussion into the vagaries of holiday eating. What I want to talk about today is not the traditions of [...]

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Chinese New Year Goodies

February 6, 2010
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Chinese New Year is coming. That means lots of festive treats, which also means lots of binges and bulging waistlines. Recently, an article in the Singapore Straits Times, ‘Bulge-Free Binge’ (with the online version here), tackled just this topic. It showed pictures of various festive foods, giving the caloric count for 100g of each type [...]

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Christmas 2009

December 24, 2009
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Christmas Time is Here, and its time to share the cheer. Rightly so, Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year. Feasting and basking in the warm aura of friends and family deserves a place in everyone’s calendar. For many people, this means putting on their fat pants and accepting some fat gain. [...]

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Supplements are Necessary

December 21, 2009
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This article is basically selling the idea that supplements are necessary for good health. What I will do is to define the need for such supplements, and then to give a list of some supplements that I think everybody should have. First, a definition. This, I must unfortunately say, is horrendously vague. A supplement can [...]

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The Cost of a “Healthy” Diet

December 16, 2009
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One very pertinent issue that must cross people’s minds in the cost of the food that they eat. In my view, many people have the view that eating healthy (link to a post) is more expensive than eating normally (whatever that may mean). I’d have to say, this idea has some merit. However, the difference [...]

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Fad Diets

December 4, 2009
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I’ve mentioned my dislike for fad diets every now and then, but I have never defined what I deem to be a fad diet. This post will clarify some of that, and I will touch on my definition of a fad diet, as well as attack two notable examples. I will stick to the diets [...]

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Vitamin D for the layperson

December 1, 2009
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This post is exactly what the title and graphic suggest: it is a post talking about one of the essential vitamins for good health, Vitamin D. Vitamin D is a sunshine vitamin, and it is made in the skin when exposed to UVB radiation. Unfortunately, our paranoia over skin cancers has led people to believe [...]

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What to Do if You’re Eating out on a Diet – Moderation is Key

October 22, 2009

“Everything in Moderation”, was what I remember hearing from my mother all the time. My question, is how true is this philosophy, and thus where should it be applied? So far, my best answer is: In anything whereby the means are beyond your control of preparation, and where happiness is a function of your individually [...]

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