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Monthly Archives: February 2006
If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution
After much thought, I’ve returned to my daily dancing, on the reasoning that (1) I missed it like crazy; (2) I can’t find anything despite looking very hard to back up Schwarzbein’s assertion that more than 20 minutes twice weekly … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Insulin resistance
Tagged books & resources (insulin resistance), books & resources (nutrition), cardio, dancing, Schwarzbein Principle (book)
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Someone else's great cooking
Curried ground turkey stroganoff Rozz put this together for dinner tonight — mmmmmm good. This is organic ground turkey with kale, a bunch of spices including curry, on soba noodles made with buckwheat & yam. With tomatoes & cucumbers to … Continue reading
State of my art 2
On January 27, I wrote a post called “State of my art” (based on a post I wrote to the list LowGlycemicEating@yahoogroups.com) which detailed where I was at on matters dietary at that time. A few weeks later, I’ve added … Continue reading
Posted in Insulin resistance, Nutrition
Tagged books & resources (insulin resistance), books & resources (nutrition), carbohydrates, glycemic index (GI), How to Prevent and Treat Diabetes with Natural Medicine, Melz history, Melz state of my art (health/fitness), Schwarzbein Principle (book)
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Economics of healthy eating
I’ve been thinking a lot about this. It does seem to be more expensive to eat healthily — & then I think about the kinds of stuff on store shelves, & it becomes clear: refined & lower quality food is … Continue reading
Fridge makeover
The major health step over the weekend was working with Rozz to swamp out & reorganize our fridge. I could have taken before/after photos of the refrigerator, but it was frightening enough just to deal with it. Mystery foods & … Continue reading
This is what you get if you're willing to set your alarm clock for 5:00 AM
A tasty lunch. Now tell me I’m not eating a lot better than before. Before: sleep in to the last possible moment that still leaves enough time to pee, dress, & get to work — no time for eating breakfast … Continue reading
Posted in Journal
Tagged healthy meals, junk food, vending machines, what I ate today
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The big fat study that didn't pan out
Interesting the reaction to the 8-year, federally-funded study comparing women on low-fat diets with a control population of women eating “normal” diets. The disappointment is palpable: study results, reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association yesterday, didn’t meet … Continue reading
Posted in Fat loss
Tagged Diana Schwarzbein, in the news, low fat diets, Schwarzbein Principle (book), scientific studies
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Dinner then & now
Tonight’s dinner: Roast bison sandwich with sprouted wheat bread You can’t really see the bison, but it sure tasted good — a bison roast that my partner cooked last night. The bread is organic no-flour sprouted grain Ezekiel bread, & … Continue reading
I'll still be dancing
I love the dancing I’ve been doing every morning as exercise. Really love it. Just pop the earphones to my iPod onto my ears, start up one of the half-hour dance playlists I’ve set up, & dance. Fast enough to … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Insulin resistance
Tagged books & resources (insulin resistance), books & resources (nutrition), Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, dancing, low vs moderate vs high carb, Schwarzbein Principle (book)
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Septic tank
“Septic tank” is, according to an Australian friend of mine, Aussie rhyming slang for “Yank.” E.g., Fuck off, septic tank, the near-to-last words to me of another Australian friend — or rather, I guess, ex-friend, as she made it clear … Continue reading
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