Monthly Archives: August 2007

More Fat Loss Q&A

As I've written before, most people mistakenly believe that you in order to lose fat, they need to do long duration, low intensity cardio. The reality is that science does not back this up, and in fact science shows us that long duration cardio (endurance training) is actually an inefficient way to lose fat, ...

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Drowning in Information, Starving for Knowledge

So every once in a while I'll hop on Yahoo's question and answer boards, in the diet and fitness section obviously, to check out the questions and throw out some answers. It is a valuable exercise, as it always reminds me that the vast majority of people out there don't have a clue about ...

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Michael Moore’s Life Expectancy

Have you heard the latest? Apparently Americans are living longer than ever, but we aren't living as long as citizens of 41 other countries.A baby born in the United States in 2004 will live an average of 77.9 years. That ranks 42nd in the world, according to the Census Bureau and ...

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Essential Fatty Acids and Weight Loss

I just finished listening to a great interview with a guy named Mike Rousell. Mike is an RD, sports nutritionist, and finishing up his PhD in nutrition. While he covered a lot of topics, one of the most interesting was regarding EFA (omega-3, essential fatty acids, fish oil, krill oil, whatever you like ...

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