Science: Round 1 Part 1, Calories or Carbs
The Background: What causes my blood sugar to rise out of a healthy zone? Meals with too many calories (exceeding 500 calories in a sitting)? Meals with too many refined carbohydrates (total...
View ArticleScience: Round 1 Part 2, Calories or Carbs
We decided to give our pancreases a few days off to recharge. Apparently the entire weeks food activities can effect any given days, so a few days off is the least we can do after the Sausage Egg...
View ArticleScience: Round 2 Part 1 – Calories versus Carbs
Okay, now the headings for this experiment have officially begun to confuse me… why Round 2… Could this be Round 1 part 3…. I have no idea… Introduction: In any case, we are getting somewhere. Today...
View ArticleScience: Round 2 Part 2: Calories vs Carbs
Introduction: We have done it… We have finished the Calories versus Carbs experiment!! You have no idea how hard this was to complete. I broke Dan. We have been asked repeatedly, “When are you testing...
View ArticleThe Fresh Slice Pizza Scam
I am a huge fan of Fresh Slice Pizza. Huge doesn’t quite come close to my addiction. Obviously, they know me by name in the store. Some weeks I will eat there 3 or 4 times. It isn’t the pizza so...
View ArticleA Glass of Red Wine Does NOT Equal An Hour In The Gym!
Recently I have been seeing a lot of headlines suggesting that ‘a glass of red wine equals an hour in the gym’, or ‘Science says you can skip the gym and drink wine instead‘. This is probably the...
View ArticleBlood Sugar Science Experiment #2
Background The purpose of the first experiment was to determine how calories affected blood sugar independent of grams of refined carbohydrates, as well as to compare Dan and my relative ability to...
View ArticleBlood Sugar Science Experiment #2 part 2
Background If you need any information about the methods or materials used in this experiment, you can click here to find a detailed list. Today we are eating the sub before the salad. Mark is...
View ArticleBlood Sugar Science Experiment #2 part 3
Background If you need any information about the methods or materials used in this experiment, you can click here to find a detailed list. This leg of the crossover experiment, part 3 is Salad first...
View ArticleThe ‘You Are Not A Fit Person’ Diet in a nutshell
It has been a long time since I have posted here. I don’t have a lot of excuses for my absence, just living life and raising two amazing daughters. In any case, there is a lot to catch up on. Before I...
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