The Short Answer: Because we don’t understand enough of how the body works. That includes why we weigh what we do. Throwing more money at the problem (diets are a $66 billion dollar industry in the US; food vastly larger) has so far led to a bigger population. For every success, there are many […]
Why We Don’t Resist Fad Diets (8/21/12)
Resistance is Futile? People often ask me why folks – particularly women – are so prone to fad diets. I tell them there are lots of reasons. One big one – lying is in. If national leaders lie about wars, extramarital affairs and criminal acts, why can’t hucksters ply new heights of health hype? And […]
Want to control your weight? Treat food as information (1/6/11)
Information is Physical Now that the holidays are over, you really want to control your eating – forever. One useful way is to see food as information, as a series of messages given to the body. So look at your body the way many physicists do – as a giant information processing machine. […]