Aug
03
Sugary Soda + You = Fat
Posted by Tom Bilyeu on August 3, 2010

Sugary Soda + You = Fat

Breaking News: Chugging sugar makes you fat They’ve just released a new study once again showing the link between sugary sodas and obesity. Please, contain your shock and surprise, beloved reader. It hurts me to have to write this post… It really does. But somehow, someway, people are still drinking calories – and more frighteningly – sugar. This is...

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Aug
02
Even Blind Men Can See What’s Sexy
Posted by Tom Bilyeu on August 2, 2010

Even Blind Men Can See What’s Sexy

Nature vs. Nurture As a student and obsessive fan of human psychology, I found a recent article in the NY Times covering an upcoming study on what men find attractive infinitely fascinating. The study asked the question do we like slender curvy women more than slightly wider women because the images in the popular media tell us to, or because we’re just wired that...

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Aug
01
The Secret to Eliminating Tendinitis
Posted by Ron on August 1, 2010

The Secret to Eliminating Tendinitis

If You Haven’t Had it Yet – You Will Soon Enough Tendinitis. It affects just about everyone at some point in their lives – both active people and non-active people alike. Sometimes it’s called Tendinosis or Tendonosis as well. No matter what you call it, it is painful and can completely prevent you from performing certain actions if it’s bad...

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Jul
31
Change or Die
Posted by Tom Bilyeu on July 31, 2010

Change or Die

Are You Capable of Change? There is a very interesting book out there called Change or Die by Alan Deutschman about how, even in the face of certain death, people are unable to change their behavior. He backs it up with some pretty solid science, but the ultimate conclusion of the book is that even when one’s life is on the line the odds against someone making the...

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Jul
15
Nutrition Labels Lie
Posted by Ron on July 15, 2010

Nutrition Labels Lie

The terms “complex” and “simple” carbs are used all the time but how useful are they really? Does the FDA Nutrition Facts Label give us any useful information when they list “sugars”? I’d argue that the answers to both questions is a strong “No” and that it’s much more important to look at the metabolic effects of...

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May
02
There’s No Joy in Soy
Posted by Ron on May 2, 2010

There’s No Joy in Soy

Soy protein is everywhere. And so is soy propaganda. We’re all being told how healthy and wonderful soy is in so many places that most people don’t stop to ask if any of it is true. And sadly, it’s not. You don’t have to look very far to see that soy is not the joyous substance that you’ve been lead to believe. There are many reasons to avoid soy – here...

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Apr
25
The Secret to Dying Young
Posted by Ron on April 25, 2010

The Secret to Dying Young

Mankind is truly amazing. We have managed to progress on an almost continual basis for thousands of years. We’ve vanquished many terrible diseases that have plagued us for years totally eliminating polio, for example. We’ve sent a man to the moon and back and each generation has a higher standard of living than the one that came before it. But there is one huge blind...

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