by gregg@urbanpump.com | Mar 16, 2021 | Health, health and fitness, healthy fats, immune system, Lifestyle, nutrition, unhealthy fats
Do you remember, back in the 1980’s in particular, that saturated fats were bad for us, and that they were the main cause of heart disease according to all of the experts at the time? Do you also remember that they strongly encouraged us to eat poly unsaturated...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Dec 12, 2017 | high fat diet, low carb eating, nutrition, obesity, set point theory
Starvation mode. I used to tell my clients that whenever they would hit a weight loss plateau that lasted for a month or longer. At that point, the client I was working with would have cut back her calories to roughly 1,300 a day, and even though I am not a fan of...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Aug 24, 2016 | health and fitness, muscle, Muscle building, nutrition, The Alternative Hypothesis
Andrew looked us up in February of 2016 for guidance in losing fat and improving his overall health. Six months later he has lost 30 lbs of fat and looks incredible. I took photos of Andrew the first day, but I had Andrew keep his shirt on so we really...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Jul 18, 2016 | anti-aging, nutrition, obesity
For all of us who enjoy imbibing on our favorite soda, I am afraid there is more bad news. Not only does soda consumption contribute to diabetes and obesity, apparently it will shorten our life span. According to the researchers from the University of San Francisco,...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | May 28, 2016 | health and fitness, muscle, muscle mass, nutrition, obesity, set point theory, The Alternative Hypothesis, The Biggest Loser
It finally happened. A researcher was curious enough to see what happened metabolically to the people who went through the rigorous diet and exercise routines that must be followed on the show “The Biggest Loser” several years later. The results were...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Mar 2, 2016 | health and fitness, nutrition, obesity
I visited sciencedaily.com yesterday to see what was the latest on diet and exercise, and, unsurprisingly, there was a research study done on rodents that found a low carbohydrate-high fat diet produced more weight, and especially fat weight on overweight and...
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