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Obesity Researcher Comes Up With New Diet("Northwoods Diet")
newsday.com ^ | 12-10-04 | ap

Posted on 12/10/2004 3:15:09 PM PST by Rakkasan1

MINNEAPOLIS -- Florida's got the South Beach diet. Now Minnesota's got the "Northwoods Diet." That's what University of Minnesota professor David Bernlohr came up with as the solution when he noticed his waistline expanding. After all, he's an obesity researcher.

Bernlohr said he'd fallen into the traditional American habits of skipping breakfast, eating too much and eating too late at night.

So he put himself on his own diet -- what he jokingly dubbed the "Northwoods Diet," poking fun at the fad diet industry and the popular South Beach diet.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carbs; diet; eating; food; health; northwoods; obesity
seems pretty simple. Time for a Monster Thickburger.
1 posted on 12/10/2004 3:15:10 PM PST by Rakkasan1
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To: Rakkasan1

..."You can't have sex at your desk and you can't drink booze at your desk and you can't inject drugs at your desk, but you can eat a doughnut. Nobody's going to stop you," he said."

guess the Dr. never met Bill Clinton or Uncle Teddy.


2 posted on 12/10/2004 3:18:36 PM PST by Rakkasan1 (Justice of the Piece: Hope IS on the way...)
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Too true.


3 posted on 12/10/2004 3:24:25 PM PST by exnavychick (Just my two cents, as usual.)
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To: Rakkasan1
This particular diet could injure a diabetic (Type II).

A snack just before bedtime is necessary to avoid an early morning blood sugar spike.

The problem for a diabetic is that when they are not awake, up and moving around, all that happens is they will have high blood sugar which will damage blood vessels.

4 posted on 12/10/2004 3:35:04 PM PST by muawiyah
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No Booze at the desk?
When did that Law pass?
I'm sitting here with my Helmet firmly attached, my Seatbelt snugged and buckled, my tinted Eye Protection, Gloves, Steel Toed Boots, Orange Vest, little foam wrist protectors and a Beer in a non-spill Kooley Cup and now knowing that ignorance of the Law is no excuse I will dutifully turn my Lawbreaking A$$ in.
Thanks a lot! grrrrr ;'/
TT
5 posted on 12/10/2004 3:36:56 PM PST by TexasTransplant (Iraq is a battle in a campaign in a war)
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To: Rakkasan1

There is only one diet that works: eat less and work harder.


6 posted on 12/10/2004 3:37:59 PM PST by matchwood
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Gaaaaah! Eating carbs for breakfast the way this guy advocates would make me feel great for about an hour. Then my energy and my mood would tank. Eating protein and staying away from carbs is the only way I can function at an efficient level all day. If I ate like this guy does I'd be the size of an aircraft carrier.

And BTW, after each of my children was born I lost 75 pounds on Atkins, and kept it off. I'm what you call middle-aged, but at 5-10 I stay 135 pounds, even when terrible weather or asthma keep me from exercising outdoors.

People don't seem to understand that the metabolism of men and women is DIFFERENT, and even within each sex people are DIFFERENT. Not every diet is going to work for everybody.

7 posted on 12/10/2004 4:48:34 PM PST by Capriole
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my metabolism was the only good thing I inherited from any
relative.

I'm still on the see-food diet.


8 posted on 12/10/2004 4:53:40 PM PST by Rakkasan1 (Justice of the Piece: Hope IS on the way...)
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