Category Archives: Terveys

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Eating to heal insulin resistance

You can now add to the library of how I’m putting together my own program: The Schwarzbein Principle: The Truth About Losing Weight, Being Healthy, and Feeling Younger by Diana Schwarzbein, M.D. and Nancy Deville. This book is very much … Continue reading

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The Healthy Hobbit plan

To me, the argument between high carb (60-65% of the day’s calories) & very low carb (<25%) diets is an exercise in futility. A lot of us might do better eating in between those extremes — even if those extremes … Continue reading

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Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle

Tom Venuto is a personal trainer & bodybuilder, one of the very few who has never used drugs or steroids in his pursuit of the physique necessary to compete in the bodybuilding world. He spent a number of years when … Continue reading

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Labeling chemical food

Some talk on a list I’m on about bringing GI labeling to the U.S. Some distance away, I think, but in the meantime we have a pretty good idea of what kinds of foods are more likely to be low … Continue reading

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A GI can opener is part of of a nutritious diet

If you bring a can of tuna for lunch… you’d better remember to bring a can opener too. I thought I had a GI can opener on my key ring, but I didn’t. Luckily, one of my coworkers did. Thank … Continue reading

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The World's Healthiest Foods

The World’s Healthiest Foods website is run by a non-profit called the George Mateljan Foundation for the World’s Healthiest Foods, which “was established by George Mateljan to discover, develop and share scientifically proven information about the benefits of healthy eating, … Continue reading

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Carbs need company

One of the most important lessons for me just came recently: a lot of the books on low glycemic eating will tell about planning a meal that’s low GI, & include sample menus that include other foods (proteins, fats), but … Continue reading

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State of my art

I first started learning about nutrition maybe twenty years ago when I first started doing much cooking for myself, from Laurel’s Kitchen & Diet for a Small Planet. I’m not & never have been a vegetarian, but I like a … Continue reading

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More on low-carb

Over the past few days as I’ve read & researched more, & also engaged in discussion on a couple of email lists, it’s become quite clear to me that there’s a vast difference between the health results in various low-carb … Continue reading

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Low-carb?

I’m on low GI but not low carb. My sister got pretty sick from the Atkins diet & is only now recovering from it with the help of a nutritionally conscious acupuncturist. I was made to go on the Atkins … Continue reading

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