Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Retrospective #151: Homage to Vilhjalmur Stefansson by his wife Evelyn

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This entire column, with thanks to my editor, is an excerpt from the blog Empirica , by L. Amber Wilcox O’Hearn. “I recently came across...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Retrospective #150: Another Milestone, Amid Ramblings and Ruminations

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Seven and a half years ago, as this blog reached the 3k page-view mark, my hometown weekly newspaper advised me that they “had had done en...
Monday, July 15, 2019

Retrospective #149: Feral Cat Feeding Frenzy

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We have had a small colony of feral cats for 11 years. When four adolescent siblings appeared on our terrace one fine day, we fed them. The...
Sunday, July 14, 2019

Retrospective #148: Obesity, a Condition of Genetic Susceptibility

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Obesity is , for most of us, a condition of genetic susceptibility. I say “most of us” because I want to address in particular NOT the v...

Type 2 Nutrition #494: My Food Rules

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My food rules haven’t changed much since I began eating Very Low Carb in September 2002. The “program” I followed then, at the my doctor’...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

Retrospective #147:Obesity is a Disease (for billing purposes)

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The New York Times article begins, “The American Medical Association has officially designated obesity as a disease…” This ties in nicely...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Retrospective #146: Medicare to Pay for Obesity Counseling

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“Medicare to Pay for Obesity Counseling in the Name of Prevention,” trumpeted DiabetesinControl.com. What a boon for physicians! And what ...