Perfect Health Diet Gymnastics Team
Just kidding, I don’t know what these Indian Pole Gymnasts eat. But whatever it is, it doesn’t seem to hurt their athleticism.
View ArticleRed Sox Players Should Manage Their Vitamin D and Melatonin Status
Everyone should routinely measure their 25-hydroxyvitamin D status and use sun exposure or vitamin D3 supplementation to attain a level around 40 ng/ml. This is especially important for those whose...
View ArticleWhat’s the Ideal BMI?
Winalot asked what I thought was the ideal bodyweight or BMI. I’m not sure there’s a single ideal – different lifestyles will naturally generate different bodies – but I think we’d all agree that this...
View ArticleWhat’s the Ideal BMI?, II
Hans Keer of Cut the Carb posted this picture on my Facebook Wall and it made me laugh, so I thought I’d share it. Which 33.9 BMI is the ideal? UPDATE: The Perfect Health Diet aims, first and foremost,...
View ArticlePerfect Health Diet for Athletes
I’d like to bring a little information up from the comments so that it’s accessible to people using Search to find material. Today’s is about how competitive athletes should eat. We’ve had several...
View ArticleProtein, Satiety, and Body Composition
A number of studies have found protein to be the most satiating macronutrient, with fat moderately satiating, and carbs least satiating. Thus, when people reduce carbs and increase protein, their...
View ArticleLow-Protein Leanness, Melanesians, and Hara Hachi Bu
Gunther gatherer raised an interesting issue in a comment to Tuesday’s post. Protein may be satiating in the short run; but what about the long run? [H]igh protein keeps you full at first. But no one...
View ArticleProtein for Athletes
How much protein should athletes consume? Bodybuilders have long known that consuming extra protein makes it easier to add muscle. Yet low protein dieting can enhance immunity against viruses and...
View ArticleSeth Roberts and Circadian Therapy
A while back I noted that hypothyroidism is a circadian rhythm disorder and that dietary steps that restore circadian rhythms, like intermittent fasting and daytime eating, should be therapeutic...
View ArticleHow to Do Joint Mobility Drills
Todd Hargrove is probably familiar to many readers as a highly intelligent and good-humored commenter on Paleo blogs. He has a fantastic blog, Better Movement, which Mark Sisson calls one of the “18...
View ArticleMobility and Health: Some Thoughts
I’d like to thank Todd Hargrove for his guest post (How to Do Joint Mobility Drills, July 26, 2011). It was thought-provoking, and I thought I’d share my reflections on it. What Is the Goal of...
View ArticleCrossFit NYC: 20 Tips for Optimal Health & Fitness
I’d like to thank Court Wing, Hari Singh, Josh Newman, and all the folks at CrossFit NYC for a delightful visit to New York on Saturday. Court was a most gracious host. Ninety-three people attended,...
View ArticleExercise: Is Less Better Than More?
NOTE: Shou-Ching and I will be traveling in Europe next week; she’ll be speaking at this meeting and we’ll take a few days vacation. Blogging will resume on October 2 or so. A New York Times column,...
View ArticlePeter Lakatos: Tips for Better Movement
The Hungarian edition of Perfect Health Diet is on sale! Jaffa Kiadó is the publisher, it can be purchased here, and this is the cover: Peter Lakatos gets most of the credit for making the Hungarian...
View ArticleAre Bigger Muscles Better? Antioxidants and the Response to Exercise
We’re positive toward some dietary antioxidants: Vitamin C is one of our supplement recommendations. We also recommend higher-than-typical dietary intakes of zinc and copper, key ingredients of the...
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