Irreality

*** This is an excerpt of my latest blog post. You can read the whole text at http://www.samipaju.com/blog/the-mechanics-of-gaining-and-losing-fat-part-2.html In the first part I talked about the problems of conventional wisdom, and the energy balance hypothesis in overweight and obesity. Now it's time to get down to the nitty-gritty of how our bodies actually work when it comes to storage and use of nutrients. One thing missing from the conventional hypothesis (Change in weight = Calories IN - Calories OUT) is the arrow of causality. Even if we'd believe this formula to be correct, it doesn't tell us anything about what causes people to ea

*** This is an excerpt of my latest blog post. You can read the whole text at http://www.samipaju.com/blog/the-mechanics-of-gaining-and-losing-fat-part-1.html When I wrote my original post about weight loss I didn't want to go into too much of the specifics of why eating a low-carbohydrate high-fat diet works. I did mention blood sugars, their effect on insulin, and gave reasons why it's vitally important to control the insulin levels. However, I purposefully didn't go into the very specifics of how fat accumulation works. It's time to change that. This article wouldn't be possible without the brilliant Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary T

*** This is an excerpt of my latest blog post. You can read the whole text at http://www.samipaju.com/blog/thoughts-ideas-and-freeing-your-mind.html Thoughts have power, moreso when followed by action. And action is rarely present without the thought. You don't just get out of bed in the morning and go to work like a robot who has no say on what it's programmed to do. You think about what needs to be done before leaving the house, and you may even stop to think why you are going to work. Maybe you're saving money for a vacation, or maybe you feel like you are helping to make the world a better place through what you do for a living. In any c