Posts Tagged ‘Nutrition’

1 of 10 UC Berkeley: Gary Taubes 11/7/2007

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www.diet-blog.com www.imminst.org The Quality of Calories: What Makes Us Fat and Why Nobody Seems to Care November 27, 2007, 04:00PM Sibley Auditorium View watch webcast Gary Taubes is a science journalist who has been published in the Atlantic Monthly, Discover, Esquire, GQ, Science, and many others. He has won the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Award three times. His 2001 article, “The Soft Science of Dietary Fat,” published in Science, was followed by “What if It’s All Been a Big Fat Lie?” which saw print in 2002 in the New York Times Magazine. His book, Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease, has just been released.

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5 of 5 Diet wars – Low fat vs low carb

tinyurl.com — People put on weight when they take in more calories than they burn. If you think of food as fuel, the energy content of the fuel is measured in calories. A slice of bread, for example, has about 100 food calories. If you were to add up all the calories you consumed in a day — breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks — that’s your energy input. Your body uses this energy for everything from breathing to moving around. Everyone is different, but over the course of a day, an “average” man expends something like 1800 calories and an “average” woman around 1500 calories. Jon Palfreman is the producer of “Diet Wars.” It turns out that even a slight energy imbalance will, over time, have consequences. Eating only 50 calories a day more than you burn will over time translate into about one pound a year, or 30 pounds over three decades. – Is it fair to blame low fat-dietary advice (such as that contained in the USDA food pyramid) for the obesity crisis? No. While the percentage of fat in the American diet dropped from 40 percent in 1990 to around 34 percent today, the absolute amount of fat actually increased. The true explanation for the obesity epidemic is much simpler: Americans are eating more total calories. In the 1990s, the bulk of those additional calories came from carbs — mostly refined starches and sugary drinks. – How do diets work? All diets work by restricting calories. Since simply telling people to eat smaller portions doesn’t sell books, most

1 of 5 PBS Frontline: Diet wars – Low fat vs low carb

tinyurl.com — www.pbs.org In “Diet Wars,” FRONTLINE examines the great diet debate. Viewers follow FRONTLINE correspondent Steve Talbot, whose discovery that those “few extra pounds” have put him perilously close to the clinical definition of obesity prompts him to evaluate the myriad diets…

4 of 5 Diet wars – Low fat vs low carb

tinyurl.com — www.pbs.org In “Diet Wars,” FRONTLINE examines the great diet debate. Viewers follow FRONTLINE correspondent Steve Talbot, whose discovery that those “few extra pounds” have put him perilously close to the clinical definition of obesity prompts him to evaluate the myriad diets…

Bill Maher eating habits – Raw Food diet

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2 of 5 Diet wars – Low fat vs low carb

tinyurl.com — Enter Dr. Atkins and the low-carb diet craze currently sweeping the nation. Whereas low-fat diets like Pritikin and Ornish warned followers against eating high-fat foods like steak and eggs, Atkins followers avoided the carbohydrates that are the mainstay of a low-fat lifestyle. Not surprisingly, low-carb diets have come under attack by everyone from low-fat diet proponents to scientists and the media. In “Diet Wars,” Talbot speaks with science journalist Gary Taubes, who wrote a controversial article for The New York Times Magazine that questioned whether the food pyramid was wrong and limiting carbohydrates was the way to go. “I got crucified in a variety of publications,” Taubes tells FRONTLINE. “A Washington Post reporter went after me, the Center for Science in the Public Interest went after me because suddenly I turned around and said, ‘Maybe low-fat diets don’t work and maybe low-carbohydrate diets are the answer.’” Taubes admits to being surprised by the ferocity with which his article was attacked. “People are more polarized on this than they are in politics,” he says. “I’m stunned.” What most nutritionists and industry experts do agree on is the fact that America is facing an obesity problem of epidemic proportions. “This is the public health issue of our generation,” says Dr. James Hill, director of the University of Colorado’s Center for Human Nutrition. “[When] you see 65 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, what amazes me is that

3 of 5 Diet wars – Low fat vs low carb

tinyurl.com — Enter Dr. Atkins and the low-carb diet craze currently sweeping the nation. Whereas low-fat diets like Pritikin and Ornish warned followers against eating high-fat foods like steak and eggs, Atkins followers avoided the carbohydrates that are the mainstay of a low-fat lifestyle. Not surprisingly, low-carb diets have come under attack by everyone from low-fat diet proponents to scientists and the media. In “Diet Wars,” Talbot speaks with science journalist Gary Taubes, who wrote a controversial article for The New York Times Magazine that questioned whether the food pyramid was wrong and limiting carbohydrates was the way to go. “I got crucified in a variety of publications,” Taubes tells FRONTLINE. “A Washington Post reporter went after me, the Center for Science in the Public Interest went after me because suddenly I turned around and said, ‘Maybe low-fat diets don’t work and maybe low-carbohydrate diets are the answer.’” Taubes admits to being surprised by the ferocity with which his article was attacked. “People are more polarized on this than they are in politics,” he says. “I’m stunned.” What most nutritionists and industry experts do agree on is the fact that America is facing an obesity problem of epidemic proportions. “This is the public health issue of our generation,” says Dr. James Hill, director of the University of Colorado’s Center for Human Nutrition. “[When] you see 65 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, what amazes me is that

Pritikin Diet Part 3

The Pritikin Diet is right for you! Just look at these hard working individuals. Music: All American Rejects – Move Along R Kelly – The World’s Greatest

Organic Health Food

It seems that organic food has a vital share in any nutrition health plan or even increasing amount of people put it into their Atkins Diet plan. What is behind it? 
The total absence of hormones, additives and other chemicals is the main advantage of organic health food. Non-organic food has an overwhelming presence on the market, dominating all stores. And since we spend less and less time in the kitchen, and we substitute home food with snacks, pizzas and restaurant food, the chances to eat organic health food drop. In fact, a large number of health problems is explained by unhealthy nutrition.

Organic health food could be the solution for many ailments because it is free of invasive toxic substances, and it solely relies on the help of mother nature. The results of organic farming seem to enjoy high appreciation although natural agriculture has more obstacles to overcome in terms of climate threats, low profitability and inferior success rates. The main benefit of organic health food is the superiority of nutrients, which complements the purity of products. Thus, an organic egg has half the cholesterol amount you’ll find in a non-organic one, while vitamins and minerals are present in higher concentrations.

Chronic disease patients should eat only organic health food in order to alleviate their condition. Other consumers that benefit most from the use of organic health food are pregnant women, babies and children. The emphasis on organic health food comes from the fact that the toxins and chemicals present in non-organic food impair the body functions and ruin health in time. The irritable bowel syndrome, ulcers, obesity, diabetes and many others are the result of unhealthy food most of the time. The dietary shift to organic health food would give patients who suffer from such conditions the chance to lead a better, more fulfilled life.

The awareness of what chemical-packed food can do to our bodies needs to be increased all over the world. Maybe non-organic food will last indefinitely, but at least a larger number of people would choose organic health food. In time, a redefinition of the market standards will occur, and better nutrition criteria will get in use. Moreover, organic biological farms, the environment will also be saved from disasters by the improvement of the water, soil and air quality.