I love the “Got Milk?” ads of a celebrity with a milk mustache. I do not know whether these celebrities are regular milk drinkers, but they sure make drinking milk look sexy. And they also reinforce the idea that drinking three glasses of milk a day will lead to weight loss. That is as true as a fairy godmother.
For most of us, our food choices will have the biggest impact on whether or not we will loose weight. In general, we know that daily caloric intake should be our weight multiply by 10. Then you throw in some multipliers such as your activity level plus your age, and voila! You arrive at your [...]
There are many factors that affect how our bodies convert the food we into energy. Most people, including myself, have no problem with eating enough food to supply our bodies with the energy we need to function (though it is questionable whether we are supplying our bodies with premium or regular fuel). This post is a discussion of the other side of the energy equation: other than fat storage for excess calories, how are the calories distributed inside our bodies?