Ridiculous Weight Loss Gimmicks Today I came across a recipe of a a “slimming” cake by Weight Watchers.  Why was it slimming?  Because it had sauerkraut in it. That is weird in itself, but this “slimming” cake recipe also included  tons of flour (wheat), sugar and fat.  Fat is good for you, but not when it is combined with sugar and starch.  At least the Weight Watchers recipe was using butter and not some GMO canola oil, or other such crap. This is not a rant against Weight Watchers.  They have helped a lot of people...

Does Intermittent Fasting Really Work? You may have noticed I write about dieting and weight loss a lot.  I am somewhat of an expert.  When I was about 12 years old my mom put me on the Weight Watchers diet.  Back when I was a kid (yes, in the dark ages,) that was the only “diet” program in existence.  How times have changed. I have spent the better part of the last 45 years on some sort of eating program (I refuse to call it a diet anymore).  I have even been a vegan or vegetarian...

So Now We Need to Eat Like Our Ancestors? I read a comment on a blog the other day that the paleo diet was just another fad.  Is it?  I don’t think so.  Whether the diet  is called paleo, primal or LCHF (low carb, high fat), it is a clean way of eating that for many people can result in weight loss, more energy and improved health. It’s pretty funny actually seeing all the “paleo desserts” and other baked items using some very strange sounding “flours”. (I didn’t know nuts could become flours.)  Of course any decent diet...