http://criticalmas.com/2009/01/waistland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=waistland Blog for Michael Allen Smith of Seattle Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:20:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://criticalmas.com/2009/01/waistland/#comment-1141 MAS Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:04:09 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=2079#comment-1141 Cool. Next time I'm at a book store, I'll flip through it. Thanks. Cool. Next time I’m at a book store, I’ll flip through it. Thanks.

]]> http://criticalmas.com/2009/01/waistland/#comment-1140 Ronda Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:42:01 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=2079#comment-1140 In this book he does not go into ethical eating in this particular book it is more about what has been found to increase longevity. I was actually surprised, I expected him to be talk about veganism. In this book he does not go into ethical eating in this particular book it is more about what has been found to increase longevity. I was actually surprised, I expected him to be talk about veganism.

]]> http://criticalmas.com/2009/01/waistland/#comment-1139 MAS Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:34:54 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=2079#comment-1139 Calorie Restriction is a topic I have not looked at too deeply - at least as far as longevity goes. Robbins approaches nutrition from an ethical background, which is admirable, but not for me. Calorie Restriction is a topic I have not looked at too deeply – at least as far as longevity goes. Robbins approaches nutrition from an ethical background, which is admirable, but not for me.

]]> http://criticalmas.com/2009/01/waistland/#comment-1138 Ronda Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:26:50 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=2079#comment-1138 I have never used the body fat calculations that she mentions, but it makes sense that body fat percentage is a more accurate number. What did you think of the information on Calorie Restriction? I was just reading about it in "Healthy at 100", by John Robbins too. I have never used the body fat calculations that she mentions, but it makes sense that body fat percentage is a more accurate number. What did you think of the information on Calorie Restriction? I was just reading about it in “Healthy at 100″, by John Robbins too.

]]> http://criticalmas.com/2009/01/waistland/#comment-1136 MAS Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:33:29 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=2079#comment-1136 I am glad the author pointed out the errors on using BMI. I love to tell proponents of the BMI, which includes many doctors, that when Mike Tyson was the top boxer in the world, he was "obese" by BMI standards. I am glad the author pointed out the errors on using BMI. I love to tell proponents of the BMI, which includes many doctors, that when Mike Tyson was the top boxer in the world, he was “obese” by BMI standards.

]]> http://criticalmas.com/2009/01/waistland/#comment-1135 Ronda Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:28:07 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=2079#comment-1135 I just finished reading this a couple of hours ago. It was a great read. I found the information on BMI very enlightening. I just finished reading this a couple of hours ago. It was a great read. I found the information on BMI very enlightening.

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