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AltShift experiment (part 3)
As you may or may not know, I’m currently testing a fat loss protocol called AltShift (see my previous posts about it here: part 1 and part 2). This is my update for rounds 4 and 5. As I said before,...
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AltShift experiment (part 4)
This update #4 of my AltShift experiment (previous posts here: part 1, part 2 and part 3). This update includes rounds 6 and 7. Round 6 started back in Sydney but still with Buddhist stuff going on,...
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AltShift experiment (part 5)
AltShift experiment update! If you missed the previous updates, you can find them here: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4. This update includes rounds 8 and 9. I travelled to Melbourne to visit my sister...
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AltShift experiment (part 6)
Life has been hectic lately (we moved from the Buddhist centre to a studio unit recently), but I’m still shifting. Past updates are available here: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5. This update...
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AltShift experiment (part 7)
I’m not superstitious but there’s something special about number 7, and so this will be my last bi-roundly update on the AltShift experiment. I’ll post more about it whenever there’s something I want...
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The oats + AltShift experiment
Several months ago, I blogged about the porridge experiment. I ate rice porridge with black sesame, walnuts and goji berries for a few weeks to make the Chinese doctor happy. I attributed my positive...
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Food for thought: For most questions the answer is “it depends”
A person concerned with her weight recently asked me and another dietitian how much avocado she could eat per day. As always, my answer was “it depends”. Without a context (what does her current diet...
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Food for thought: Moderation for the moderators
If I had 10 cents for every time I’ve heard “everything in moderation”… Actually, it’s more like if I had 10 cents for each time I’ve said it (read: I’m broke). Unlike most dietitians, I don’t advocate...
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DNAFit – Genetic information for Fitness & Nutrition
If you know me or have read my blog before you may know I’m very passionate about self-experimentation. As a scientist, I find published research extremely valuable generally speaking, but when it...
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Self-experiment: 7 day carb test
Guinea pig time! This n=1 experiment comes from Wired to Eat, Robb Wolf latest (and greatest IMO) piece of work. Robb Wolf is one of the most respected voices in the paleo/ancestral scene not only...
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