dietary guidelines – Pål Jåbekk

Spring cleaning, truth and disagreements

mar 26, 2011

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paljabekk

in dietary guidelines, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post

There! Spring cleaning. All freshened up – away with bricks and Banksy and bombing. The truth We are all confused (some more than others) about what to eat – which foods are good for us and which are not. We’d all like to know this, to learn once and for all which foods give us the…
New dietary guidelines – the fairies are rejoicing

feb 1, 2011

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paljabekk

in dietary guidelines, nutrition, science

Nonsense, n; That which is not sense; spoken or written words which make no sense or convey absurd ideas; also, absurd or senseless action. I am writing nonsense, but it is because no sense within my mind will answer the purpose. Hawthorne (1871) All around are heated discussions and angry tweeters, heads are being slammed…
Energy in, energy out and the fairies in the back of my garden

aug 25, 2010

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paljabekk

in calories, dietary guidelines, exercise, Gary Taubes, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post

Science philosopher Karl Popper proposed that science is easily performed. A theory must be falsifiable and the role of science is to prove a theory wrong. On the other hand if a theory resists constant attempts of falsification the probability of it being true increases. This is a very satisfying, concrete and mechanistic view of…
The frustrations of a low carber

jul 13, 2010

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paljabekk

in dietary guidelines, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, low carbohydrate diet

Science moves in mysteries ways. Despite its goal to be an objective tool describing the world as it is, science, when used by us humans, is not objective. Once a result, mathematical formula or any data acquired is interpreted the objectivity seizes to exist. And this is exactly how it should be. Data are worthless if…

Spring cleaning, truth and disagreements

New dietary guidelines – the fairies are rejoicing

Energy in, energy out and the fairies in the back of my garden

The frustrations of a low carber