Posts Tagged ‘calories’

15 Reasons Why You’re not Losing Weight

A Good Story When it comes to marketing and selling products, the food companies have never let the facts get in the way of a good story. A lot of the information we find on the front of food packaging is not so much information, as it is a somewhat misleading and deceptive sales pitch.For example, the reduced-fat peanut butter we find on our supermarket shelves has less fat when we… Continue reading

October 13 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: calories, diet, eating, food, health, obesity, weight-loss | 27 comments»

Don’t Always Believe the Science

Science has given us some amazing inventions over the centuries. Personally I'm a big fan of the light bulb (thanks Thomas) and the Wright brothers were certainly having a good day when their flying machine finally took to the air at Kitty Hawk all those years ago. But I guess the scientific breakthrough at the very top of my list was created by that little-known inventor, designer, engineer and scientist… Continue reading

July 14 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: bmi, calories, fiitness, health, obesity, weight-loss | 29 comments»

What empty calories and productivity have in common

The Scott H. Young weblog has a very interesting post that draws several parallels between unhealthy eating and your productivity.Sweet, greasy and delicious, empty calories are filler food that keep you feeling full while offering little nutritional value. In the short term, these empty calories are great. They let you feel good and are easy to swallow. But their glory is short lived when they leave… Continue reading

March 30 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: calories, food, Productivity | 2 comments»