Low Carb Meat Eater Beware: Benefits of a Vegetarian Low Carb Diet

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Sugar has received a bad rap. Surely, sugars reputation is well deserved. Addicting. Fattening. Tooth decaying. So, the low carb diet craze is really no surprise. It was just a matter of time. You really have multiple choices. Pick one: Atkins, South Beach, Paleo. Yes, Paleo is indeed low carb. This is why it probably […]

A Latte a Day Will Make You Fat

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The Latte Effect: A Latte a Day Will Make You Fat

Drink one Starbuck’s Latte a day for one year and gain 20 pounds. Surprised? Not only do you burn $5 a day that you could be investing, but you also get fat. Poor AND fat. The book The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach is essential reading for financial literacy. He teaches the “Latte Factor,” spending […]

What Skinny “FIRKO” Mice Can Teach Us About Weight Loss

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Green coffee bean for weight loss in mice

Mice are the new proverbial “guinea pig.” They share by some estimates as much as 97.5% of our genetics. In fact, they may share more genetic material with us than chimpanzees, thought to be our closer relative. Researchers have been able to turn off or inactivate genes to create “knockout mice” to test various hypothesis. […]