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• The Official Disease of the 2012 London Olympics!

  

  The sponsors for the 2012 London Olympics have been presented, to quite a bit of controversy.Here’s a few of them:Official Restaurant: McDonald’sOfficial Treat... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, SOCIETY

• LCHF Success Story in Free Tourist Magazine

  

  Most of the many success stories on LCHF are in Swedish. But here’s a nice exception. Birgitta Höglund, a Swedish former chef, now lives in Turkey in the popula... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 HEALTH

• Former Boxer: LCHF is for Lazy Idiots

  

  There may be a massive trend towards higher-fat diets in Sweden now. But it’s still controversial. The Swedish former boxer Paolo Roberto just published a... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Statistics for Beginners

  

  Correlation is not the same thing as causation. But don’t tell that to health reporters. I hardly recall seeing a single headline reporting on observational dat... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Interview: LCHF for Weight Loss and Health

  Here’s the first of several interview with experts on low carb nutrition. First out: “Denver’s Diet Doctor” – dr Jeffy Gerber, MD. This was recorded at the... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Summertime

  

  Klara enjoying the beachI apologize for the shortage of updates here lately. I’ve been taking some time off with my family. Summer in Sweden is short you know,... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sugar Free: Alec Baldwin Interviews Dr Robert Lustig

  

  Here’s a great interview by a slimmed-down Alec Baldwin (now sugar-and-pasta-free). His guest is none other than dr Robert Lustig, who seems to be everywhere... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Views

  Nine months ago I uploaded my presentation from the AHS conference, called “The Food Revolution”. It’s now been viewed more than 150 000 times. Fantastic.I’m... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• How to Burn 800 Calories in Just 30 Minutes

  

  Really, who cares about burning calories?Just eat real food (without excess sugar or starch) when you are hungry and let your body take care of it. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• The Men Who Made Us Fat – Part 2

  (Video part 2 - 3 - 4)The first part of the BBC series The men who made us fat was great, revealing the disastrous mistakes behind the fear of fat.This second... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• What Does Whale Taste Like?

  

  When on Iceland recently I had a local speciality for dinner: Whale. Interesting experience.When the waiter came with the food I first thought there’d been... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• The Largest Man in the World

  

  This is, unfortunately, not a joke. Morbid obesity is becoming completely normal in the US.Who knows where this will end? If we just keep repeating the failed... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Why Americans Are Obese: Chocolate Extravaganza

  

  Here’s another scary scene from the recent cruise. Most Americans could probably handle one or two small pieces of dark (70%+) chocolate with their coffee. But... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Another Milestone for Diet Doctor

  This site has only been live for a year, but the number of visitors keep going up. And now it’s about to hit another milestone with 5,000 people that like it... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Our Daily Meds

  

  That’s a lot of drugs!All this apparently started with “high cholesterol”. Of course, most healthy people have cholesterol over the arbitrary number 200 mg/dL. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Stunning: Saturated Fat and the European Paradox

  

  Wow. This is mindblowing.Have you heard about the French Paradox? French people traditionally eat a lot of saturated fat, like butter – yet they generally have... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Will Sugar and Ice Cream Cure Diabetes?

  

  This is just insane. How about a Pepsi-organized day when kids can drink massive amounts of sugar sweetened beverages (32 oz. mugs! unlimited refills! Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• OT: Something to Drool Over

  

  This might be seen as off-topic. But it isn’t really. To change the world you mainly need good ideas and hard work. But it also helps to have the right kind of... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 TECH

• The Swedish Diet Revolution and the Resulting Hysteria

  Swedes are happily rejecting obsolete fat phobic advice. More and more Swedes just don’t fear real butter anymore. A good choice, as modern science clearly show... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Like Father, Like Diet Daughter

  

  Here’s a Saturday morning at home. We just whipped some cream – obviously real whipping cream (40 %) – to be eaten with almond flour waffles and berries.... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE