Your Weight Will Fluctuate, And That’s Just Life

Your Weight Will Fluctuate, And That’s Just Life

In about another month I should be able to fit into my favorite pants again. Well, they “fit” now, but they’re not as comfortable as I’d like. One more month, barring life getting in the way, as it so often does. I’m almost 50, and there is always an excuse. Sometimes...
Sugar Is NOT Toxic

Sugar Is NOT Toxic

“Sugar … Ohhhh, honey honey.” The Archies didn’t see a difference between the two when it came to some 60s hippy flower child they wanted to bang, and neither does your body. What’s the major difference? People freak out about the former and...
“Super” Foods Are Bullshit

“Super” Foods Are Bullshit

Beer is a super food. Because I say so. What makes a food “super?” Apparently being hard to pronounce. Açaí? Quinoa? Kimchi? Dafuq? And now we’ve gone beyond foods that are super into ones that are “trendy.” A few years ago, someone said, “Cauliflower is the new...
Doctors Don’t Know Shit About Nutrition

Doctors Don’t Know Shit About Nutrition

A slightly different version of this article was first published on IIFYM.com, December 15, 2016.  I am (happily) married to a family physician. There is a reason I do all the cooking. If you’re remotely skeptical, you know Dr. Oz is not a reasonable source of...