A friend of mine recently pointed out that Keto ranked near bottom for expert diet recommendations by US News. I didn’t have time to respond in depth, but it got me thinking.   Critics of Keto, what’s your alternative to get people out of obesity in the real world?  I...

I was going to call Nassim Taleb my favorite philosopher, but it occurred to me that would have been kind of dumb because he is skeptical of any universal claims to truth or any overarching philosophical system describing reality.  He is more concerned with what we...

  One of intermittent fasting’s greatest virtues is its simplicity.  There are a lot of different diets floating around: Keto, Carnivore, Vegan, Pescatarian, Mediterranean, Atkins, Paleo.  It is extremely confusing sorting through all of the MD’s in each camp...

About 10 years ago, we really wanted to get a Jotul wood stove.  They are really cool, but expensive.  You also have to get pipe, place for wood, spark guards.  When we added it up, it would have cost about $4,000.00. Glad we discovered these electric stoves.  They...

  For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.  For matter there is anti-matter.  And for keystone habits, there are anti-keystone habits.  As part of your 2021 planning, you should remove anti-keystone habit, the bad one that adversely affects so...

  2020 has been a difficult year, but it is also the year that I discovered James Clear's book, Atomic Habits, one of the most transformative books of my entire life.  Importantly, you will learn about the problem with goals, or resolutions as we call them at the...

Some of you may be thinking that I’ve been a little too exuberant on fasting.   What if it turns out not to be true?   To answer that question, I am going to explore the nature of beliefs, how we determines things to be true, and best antidote to excessive confidence...

One of the biggest obstacles to fasting is not the science, the health benefits, or the weight loss. It's the word “fasting.” It just makes people freak out.  You say “fasting” and people hear “fad,” or “starvation” or “hunger” or "pain" or “eating disorder” or...

One of the most inane critiques of fasting is that you will be constantly hangry, emotionally groggy, and withdraw from all social activity as you sit isolated in your corner munching on your rice cakes while longing for food like Oliver Twist.  For example, in an...

  One of the perils of sharing any diet journey or any personal experience for that matter... If it worked for me, will it work for you? We all share a lot in common as humans, but evolution has made us variable too. Penicillin saves lives, but can also take it...