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Death by mediocrity
«Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.« Oscar Wilde One of the truly great obstacles on our path to optimal health is the solid belief in the golden mean or everything in moderation. Rarely have such an inadequate and useless thought been given so much undeserving acceptance. The belief in a dietary golden…
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The fittest person in the morgue
I have to admit that the title is stolen from an article by Mary Sheppard. The article is about the strange phenomenon of athletes keeling over and dying during strenuous exercise. The irony is that a marathoner will probably be the most worn out specimen at the morgue despite having a high VO2max before death.…
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I see naked people
A little while back I wrote a post entitled “Feet on ground.” It was meant as a reminder, mostly to myself, about not getting caught by the paleo hype, if such a hype exists. My experience and observations of the people around me, is that many (by this I mean more than one would think,…
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Feet on ground
When loading regular non paleo hot dogs, which besides meat were stuffed with nitrates, glucose, starches and all things horrible, I experienced a fleeting moment of guilt. I should be eating some real food. Like some grass fed beef and butter soaked veggies. But then I started thinking about all the people in the world…
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Come on guys, you’re smarter than this
Just because a wording, written or spoken is simplified to better communicate the message at hand, it does not mean we should think simple thoughts. When I tell my pupils that sugar makes us fat (the word fat can be replaced by sick with no consequences for the argument), they look at their bottle of…
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Enough is better than too much – the only dietary guidelines you’ll ever need.
Now that I’ve gotten your attention with an overly bold title I will still be so bold as to introduce the draft of my very own dietary guidelines. The American Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) has recently produced a draft for the new American dietary guidelines. The Norwegian government has been doing the same here…
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A nutrition paradox
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox. Galileo Galilei Istockphoto If an overweight person…
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The start of a yet another blog
So I thought I’d try this blog thingy out. It’s so modern these days. This blog will be dedicated to my passion for health science and especially diet and exercise. It is, as you may have noticed in English, and not very good English at that. Although English is not my native language, it is…
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