Monthly Archives: December 2010

Myths

Let’s wrap up 2010 with a healthy dose of myth-busting (in no order of importance). Dietary fat is not bad for you. Fruits (fructose) are not healthy the way the media says it is. Vegetables and fruits do not protect against cancer. Carbs are not always good for you. A total cholesterol of above 200 [...]

My Role Model

What you can’t learn from books, what you can’t learn from history, you can learn via observation. I try to learn. Everyday. From everyone. In every way possible. Today I want to spend a few minutes talking about one of my role models. This guy is as awesome as it gets!! A little about him. Fitness: [...]

I love you India but… Your breakfast sucks (Part 2)

So I ended my last post about Indian breakfasts saying that the current Indian breakfast… is grain dominant and grain dependent (rice and wheat being the staples) and hence is (unnecessarily) very high in carb content. is lacking in protein. contains too much oxidizable vegetable oils and provides no good fats. is almost completely devoid [...]

Sample Conditioning Workout (Video)

I recommend short duration high intensity workouts once or twice a week and recently Arvind also wrote an awesome post on HIIT which explains the pros and cons of such training. The problem seems to be that a lot of folks seem to not understand what high intensity means. In order to give you an idea [...]

I love you India but… Your breakfast sucks (Part 1)

Note: I was born and brought up in India and I care about what my people eat and their resulting health. So moving forward I’ll write some posts that are specific to the Indian diet, lifestyle and activities. My international readers, rest assured that the information contained will be very valuable and interesting. You will [...]

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