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My personal fat loss experience and forthcoming book Exercise and Activity

My personal fat loss experience and forthcoming book

I have since last June been undertaking a bit of a personal experiment. Over couple of years I’d found I’d somehow managed to accumulate some added fat to my midriff. At 43, I suppose ‘middle-aged’ spread might have had something to do with it. But also when I looked at my diet with as much […]

March 5, 2010· 5 min read
Higher protein diet plus resistance exercise aids weight and fat loss in type 2 diabetics Diabetes/Metabolic Syndrome

Higher protein diet plus resistance exercise aids weight and fat loss in type 2 diabetics

Where weight and fat loss is concerned, I favour a relatively low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet on the basis that such diets generally outperform low-fat, carb-rich diets traditionally advocated for weight loss. A lower-carb diet I think may have particular advantages for diabetics because, well, they have difficulty handling carbohydrate as a result of impaired insulin function […]

February 16, 2010· 4 min read
Low-carb diet pitted against low-fat PLUS medication (low-carb still wins) Healthy Eating

Low-carb diet pitted against low-fat PLUS medication (low-carb still wins)

I suspect there’s always going to be a raging debate about the best way to go about losing weight. From a dietary perspective, a myriad of suggested approaches exist, though within these the two most popular and well-known ‘diets’ are those low in carbohydrate and fat respectively. Both of these approaches have their advocates. I’m […]

January 26, 2010· 3 min read