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John F. Raffensperger: The lady who died from Coke?
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John F. Raffensperger. Making the world better with operations research. The lady who died from Coke? From The Press, ". Woman drank up to eight litres of Coke a day. Natasha Marie Harris, 30, died suddenly on February 25, 2010. Her partner, Christopher Hodgkinson, had earlier claimed it was a result of drinking too much Coca-Cola. She had been drinking a lot of Coca-Cola for several years and Hodgkinson estimated between four-and-a-half and eight litres a day in the past seven or eight years.
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John F. Raffensperger: One little thing wrong with the Fruitarian diet
http://john-raffensperger.blogspot.com/2013/02/one-little-thing-wrong-with-fruitarian.html
John F. Raffensperger. Making the world better with operations research. One little thing wrong with the Fruitarian diet. Hello, friends, I've been away a bit. Had a few life changes, shifted from one continent to another, new job, new car, sold a house, bought a house. So please excuse me for the absence. US News has an article about Ashton Kutcher's month-long fruitarian diet. Apparently, the actor was preparing for the title role in the movie Jobs. Now what could be wrong with a fruitarian diet? Thoug...
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John F. Raffensperger: The Ben Affleck Diet
http://john-raffensperger.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-ben-affleck-diet.html
John F. Raffensperger. Making the world better with operations research. The Ben Affleck Diet. Hello, friends. I read that Mr. Ben Affleck is showing his support for a poverty-awareness campaign. I was pleased to read that, and I am glad he is doing that. In fact, he is going so far as to keep food and drink costs down to $1.50/day. That's impressive! So I created a diet for him with Wagmu. 16696 grams, Soy flour, full-fat, raw. 1871 grams, Apple cider-flavored drink, powder, added vitamin C and sugar.
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John F. Raffensperger: On failure in diets
http://john-raffensperger.blogspot.com/2015/05/on-failure-in-diets.html
John F. Raffensperger. Making the world better with operations research. On failure in diets. Has an interesting interview. With Prof. Traci Mann. In the article (and a related book. Which I have not read), she describes her research about dieting. As I understand it, she thinks that dieting will almost always end in failure. Based on my own experience with Wagmu. I have found that when I am logging food in Wagmu, I am succeeding, and when I don't log food in Wagmu, I am failing. John F. Raffensperger.
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John F. Raffensperger: Dieting: "Don't tell anyone"?
http://john-raffensperger.blogspot.com/2011/04/dieting-dont-tell-anyone.html
John F. Raffensperger. Making the world better with operations research. Dieting: "Don't tell anyone"? CNN has a typically chatty entry about a woman who lost a lot of weight. Her doctor gave her these four tips:. 1 Eat 8 ounces of food every 3 hours. 2 No sugary drinks. 3 Do not skip meals. 4 Do not tell anyone what you're doing. The first three make sense, from what I've read of the scientific literature. But the last? How does not telling anyone. Help me stay on a diet? John F. Raffensperger. Hi, Mich...
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John F. Raffensperger: In modest praise of Rachel Frederickson
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John F. Raffensperger. Making the world better with operations research. In modest praise of Rachel Frederickson. On Rachel Frederickson, who lost 155 pounds over about 18 weeks, for the Biggest Loser. TV show. In my previous post, I calculated that she must have been exercising at least 5 hours per day. It turns out that estimate was pretty close. As I seem to be in a permanent diet mode myself (which is itself perhaps a good thing), I have to pay out some respect to her for her discipline. Ms Frederick...
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John F. Raffensperger: Balintfy made the world better with OR.
http://john-raffensperger.blogspot.com/2009/02/balintfy-made-world-better-with-or.html
John F. Raffensperger. Making the world better with operations research. Balintfy made the world better with OR. Joseph Balintfy has died. He was a professor of Management Science and Operations Research at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. What did Balintfy do that was so cool? Balintfy studied using O.R. to improve nutrition. Back in 1945, George Stigler tried to calculate the minimum cost of subsistence. Rather than finding the minimum cost of substistence, Balintfy studied the cost of decent.
