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    Health isn't an end game, it's endless play
    Tanita Rose
    • May 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Health isn't an end game, it's endless play

    I stopped focusing on 'being healthy' years ago. Instead, I shifted into managing my health state. It's easy to talk about health as a...
    'Many scientists agree that': The Simpsons and the appeal to dubious authority
    Tanita Rose
    • Apr 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    'Many scientists agree that': The Simpsons and the appeal to dubious authority

    Here's a trick to make one thing look true and another thing appear false. All you have to do is break the rules of reasoning. It's easy,...
    If most people are lactose intolerant, should I stop eating dairy?
    Tanita Rose
    • Mar 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    If most people are lactose intolerant, should I stop eating dairy?

    A lot of popular claims about food are utterly illogical, yet ironically convincing. It's tricky to spot the common errors in reasoning...
    Choosing your carbohydrates [Food list!]
    Tanita Rose
    • Feb 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Choosing your carbohydrates [Food list!]

    'Should I avoid carbs completely, or eat carbs at each meal for fuel?' Here is an excellent, all too common example of a binary question...
    Four tips to reprogram your mindset from 'normal' eating to eating for performance
    Tanita Rose
    • Oct 25, 2019
    • 4 min

    Four tips to reprogram your mindset from 'normal' eating to eating for performance

    'Congratulations on your competition! No more dieting, huh? So, it's back to eating normally again?' Each time I hear this question, I...
    Lifting builds a stronger body image
    Tanita Rose
    • Oct 8, 2019
    • 5 min

    Lifting builds a stronger body image

    If there's one thing that has completely changed my body image, it's strength training. If not for my focus on getting stronger in the...
    Supplementing vitamin D [my n = 1 experiment]
    Tanita Rose
    • Oct 1, 2019
    • 8 min

    Supplementing vitamin D [my n = 1 experiment]

    I'd been unintentionally neglecting my bones for a while. Sounds odd, right? Isn't your skeleton sort of just there, doing its thing...
    'How to' is a seductive short cut
    Tanita Rose
    • Sep 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    'How to' is a seductive short cut

    There's something alluring about a quick 'how to' solution. Skip the reasons and the science, and just tell me what I need to do already!...
    Changing my meal frequency - why I decided to ditch the classic bodybuilder's diet
    Tanita Rose
    • Jul 17, 2019
    • 8 min

    Changing my meal frequency - why I decided to ditch the classic bodybuilder's diet

    If I had a dollar for every time that I reached into my bag or an available fridge and collected one of my many containers of food to...
     Restoring my hormones - connecting the pieces of puzzle [Mind map]
    Tanita Rose
    • Jun 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    Restoring my hormones - connecting the pieces of puzzle [Mind map]

    If you have a mission, you need a strategy. And then you execute, monitor and adjust. Your mission is unique to you. It could be to build...
    Bone broth - how does it help digestion? [Infographic!]
    Tanita Rose
    • May 9, 2019
    • 7 min

    Bone broth - how does it help digestion? [Infographic!]

    Bone broth or animal stock has recently attracted attention for its health effects. There's a general understanding that it's excellent...
    Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea: a hormonal state or abnormality?
    Tanita Rose
    • May 3, 2019
    • 8 min

    Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea: a hormonal state or abnormality?

    It took me a while to actually pay attention to my lack of periods. For a while, I just ignored it and assumed it'd sort itself out. But...
    Four reasons I choose to eat pasture raised meat
    Tanita Rose
    • Apr 26, 2019
    • 4 min

    Four reasons I choose to eat pasture raised meat

    Toxins, taste, fats and nutrients. These are the reasons that I choose to eat beef that's pasture raised rather than factory farmed....
    Health halos and nutrient claims - can you trust what the food label tells you?
    Tanita Rose
    • Apr 17, 2019
    • 7 min

    Health halos and nutrient claims - can you trust what the food label tells you?

    All health claims are misleading. Even if it's about a real food. Here's the reason. If you take a single feature of a food - it could...
    A carb is (not just) a carb [infographic!]
    Tanita Rose
    • Apr 2, 2019
    • 4 min

    A carb is (not just) a carb [infographic!]

    A carb is a carb is a carb, right? That's the assumption behind the popular suggestion to steer clear of 'white' carbs - bread, pasta,...
    Are you healthy? It depends on the popular definition.
    Tanita Rose
    • Mar 29, 2019
    • 3 min

    Are you healthy? It depends on the popular definition.

    Are you healthy? Are your blood tests normal? It depends on the definition of healthy and normal at that time. It's easy to forget that...
    What's in your drug? Deciphering the details of my OC pill
    Tanita Rose
    • Mar 22, 2019
    • 7 min

    What's in your drug? Deciphering the details of my OC pill

    Recently I've had a break out of acne. I'm 29 years old but it's as if my body has seen androgens for the first time. Funnily enough,...
    Why I'm grateful that it took me months to lose body fat
    Tanita Rose
    • Feb 8, 2019
    • 2 min

    Why I'm grateful that it took me months to lose body fat

    I'm not a '6 week transformation' story. Not even close. I trained consistently and dialled in my diet (at the time, I had to make some...
    Eggs count as a 'health' food ... for the moment, at least
    Tanita Rose
    • Jan 21, 2019
    • 3 min

    Eggs count as a 'health' food ... for the moment, at least

    Thanks to our historically fat phobic culture, dietary guidelines have cast the humble egg as a cholesterol laden villain for decades....
    The optimal macronutrient ratio to lose fat ... doesn't exist
    Tanita Rose
    • May 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    The optimal macronutrient ratio to lose fat ... doesn't exist

    Calories. Macros. Ratios. This is how we tend to think and talk about food and nutrients. It's a message that's firmly ingrained in...
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