Monday, January 2, 2017

Many doctors not sweet on sugar

I used to be fat. Many people would not have said I was fat but I was. In fact, according to the linked body mass index (BMI) calculator I was borderline obese. The reason few folk noticed was that I was thin compared to many of my friends. Click the link and discover where your body sits on the BMI scale. 

A big driver of my steadily increasing weight in my senior years was sugar. The damn stuff is everywhere if you are lazy and eat a lot of prepared foods. I've cut most prepared foods from my diet and in doing so have slashed my sugar consumption.

Do I miss the sugar? No. And neither does my wife. We have both taken control of our diets and it feels good. When I hit a bump while driving, I no longer feel a jiggling band of fat at my waist quivering above my all-too-tight belt.

Click on the following link to a New York Times opinion piece: Take the no sugar challenge.

Oh, and by the way, today my BMI is 23.1.

Sunday, January 1, 2017

When it comes to your gut, you are what you eat

Today, I'm starting a new blog. A blog looking at food, healthy eating and personal well being. My new blog will feature recipes, personal insights and links to stuff I think you will find interesting. I am not going to stress out trying to write a new, original post every day.

I want to skirt the "know-it-all" trap that eventually takes down many good newspaper columnists and talented bloggers—and, I must confess, me. Not this time: a man's gotta know his limitations...

Today I'm directing you to an article in the New York Times: A Gut Makeover for the New Year.