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Shifting the Blame of Fat

February 24, 2010
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I’ve seen a derivative of the phrase, “being fat is not your fault”, many times. It comes up in various forms. Some of these are videos, like this one that cites Gary Taubes, stating that “your’e not getting fat because you’re eating more, you’re eating more because you’re getting fat”. Even in books like ‘Mean [...]

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Stop Preaching Long-Term Goals to the Short-Term Minded

February 16, 2010
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Some people think in the short-term, some in the long-term. The only way to get to someone is to talk in the language of his/her time perspective

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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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Reading About Science

November 26, 2009
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Just like Michael Shermer said, “Science is not a thing, it’s a verb. It’s a way of thinking about things.” What I want to talk about is not the horrendous inaccuracy of so much of science journalism [1], but rather, certain rules of thumb to take note when reading about science (or anything in general). [...]

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When to be concerned about the minutiae, and when not to

November 21, 2009
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Lots of people get caught up in the minutiae. They want to know every possible new method of treating a disease/ curing an ailment/ etc, and pounce upon every single possible new theory in “science”. What I contend in this article is that there are known responses of the human body towards certain stimuli, but [...]

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Scientific Research: The compilers, commentors and the researchers

October 8, 2009
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In this article, I talk about the biases that can arise from so called scientific research. A disclaimer, this article stands at about 3700 words, and is by no means an easy read in terms of the concepts thrown out and the length itself. Needless to say, this is not for everyone. But if you’re [...]

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Give Up Watching TV for Better Health

July 31, 2009

I blame many heath problems on a sedentary lifestyle. Watching television is probably one huge contributing factor. Just some statistics, Aussies spend about 21.5hrs a week watching TV. Thats from the source: Roy Morgan Single Source Australia Jan 2008 – Dec 2008.  Representative sample of 20,865 Australians. So it is a recent figure. Heck, the [...]

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