I was always a big guy for most of my life. I really started to pack on the pounds in my teenage years with no physical activity and lots of eating out at buffets and fast food. By the time I was 17, I was already over 300lbs. As […]
I was always the heavy girl – I was always told being heavy was just my build. Then one day, things changed. I woke up one late summer morning and decided… enough was enough. I come from a long line of family who suffer from obesity related illnesses, and I […]
I was always a larger kid throughout my childhood and figured it was genetics which prevented me from being lean. It was difficult going anywhere where I needed to take my shirt off and although I made the best of it, it affected my confidence greatly. In 2011, I weighed […]
The FDA is renewing it’s attack on salt consumption and it’s a big mistake. The attack is based on the supposed effects salt has on blood pressure. Most studies that link salt intake to increased blood pressure are observational studies, NOT experimental studies. Observational studies are very poor at testing cause and […]
