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The Big Fat Surprise

What a great name for a book about the dietary fallacies that have been perpetuated on the world for the past 60 years. The takeaway: saturated fat is not the dietary evil it’s been portrayed as. In other words, eating meats and dairy products are part of a...

Food Journal

I was thinking that it would make sense to keep track of what I’ve been eating, with approximate quantities as well. So, here goes šŸ™‚ May 16 1 lb sirloin hamburger patties (Costco – 3 x 1/3 lb patties) Drinks: water May 15 2.67 lbs sirloin hamburger patties...

What’s to Eat?

The simplest distillation of ZC is the following mantra: Eat meat. Drink water. Simple, no? There’s plenty of nuance. Eat meat when you are hungry until you are not. Learn to listen to your body’s hunger and satiety signals. When you are hungry, eat. No...

10 Milligrams

A nice quote I found: “Vitamin C is required to form collagen in the body, and it does this ā€“ despite being described everywhere as an antioxidant ā€“ by oxidation. Vitamin Cā€™s role in collagen formation is to transfer a hydroxyl group to the amino acids lysine...

Where the Idea Came From

I’m not going to “blame” anyone for turning me onto zero carb. I’ll admit though, it was a surprise to me when I first heard about it. It’s not exactly what we’re taught, is it? I bought Tim Ferris’ book Tribe of Mentors for...

Day 138

I’m not really sure why I’m doing this. Writing, that is. Probably the thing driving me is the relative weirdness of what I’ve been doing for the past 137 days. Today is day 138 of a particular way of eating (WoE) that if you’d asked me about...