Archive for January, 2008
Hope for Diabetics Boosted – Really?!
I’ve been chewing on Associated Press reporter Carla K. Johnson‘s story in the Seattle PI, January 23, 2008, for several days now – sorry – I just can’t let this one go by without commenting on it. The articles title is: Obesity Surgery: Hope for Diabetics Boosted. Yes, of course, lose weight and blood sugars [...]
Whole Grains, Vegetables & Fruits!
Whole-grain breads and cereals, pasta, rice, vegetables, and fruits are key parts of varied diet because they provide vitamins, minerals, complex carbohydrates (starch & dietary fiber), and other substances that are important to good health. They’re also low in fat – as long as you eat them without butter or creamy sauces. Few people eat [...]
4 Diet Mistakes
PARADE – Michael O’Shea had 4 Diet Mistakes on Sunday, January 27, 2008. Michael O’Shea wrote that diet sabotage doesn’t always come in the forms of chocolate layer cake. Some dangerous diet derailers are unexpected. You’re Not Eating Enough: I see this frequently with weight loss clients. Not only are you slowing down your metabolism but [...]
Is There a Diabetic Personality?
“Apathetic, hypochondriacal, clingy and passive, immature and masochistic.” That was the description of the “diabetic personality type” in a 1936 psychoanalytic journal. Wow – thank goodness it’s not 1936! Today doctors dismiss any notion that people with diabetes have specific character traits – nor do they have any higher-than-average rates of most forms of mental [...]
Eating Out as a Way of Life
I remember when eating out at a restaurant was a very special occasion that happened may be 2 or 3 times a year – and when we did, it was a small, home town cafe. It was high living when we went to visit my brother who was in the Air Force and we had [...]
Health Food vs Healthy Food
I am so excited to have ordered the DVD Get Healthy Now 2007 from VegSource. [watch a clip] The very first lecture is Jeffrey Novick, MS, RD, LV/N, titled “Health Food vs. Healthy Food: Can You Tell the Difference?” In this lecture, Jeffrey Novick begins with his first rule, “NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ ON THE FRONT OF [...]
Oprah: Ben Affleck Used Hypnosis to Stop Smoking
Oprah: Ben Affleck is helping TV titan OPRAH WINFREY prompt Americans to stop smoking by talking about the reasons behind his decision to quit after 20 years. The movie star/director appeared on Winfrey’s show on Tuesday (22Jan08), which was aimed at those struggling to give up nicotine. He revealed he once smoked a pack of [...]
Health/Fitness Affirmations for Exercise and Sports
I continue the book shuffle and came across When Working Out Isn’t Working Out by Michael Gerrish. It’s a book that I have had for some time and as I opened it I turned to page 27 which has health & fitness affirmations. If you have been reading my blogs, you know that I am [...]
Calories … Calories … Calories
A calorie is not a nutrient, but certain nutrients provide calories. Protein, carbohydrate, and fat make up the calorie contents of various foods. Alcohol is not a nutrient – but it sure provides calories! 1 gram of protein contains 4 calories 1 gram of carbohydrate contains 4 calories 1 gram of fat contains 9 calories [...]
High-Protein "Miracle" Diets
Three Reasons Why They Fail American essayist H. L. Mencken once quipped that “For every complicated problem there is a simple solution –and it is wrong.” His observation is still timely when applied to the current wave of miracle diets. Weight loss hinges on many factors, including calorie consumption, exercise habits and beliefs about the [...]
Exercise at Home & On the Road
I admit it. I am a gym freak. Until 13 years ago, I hated to exercise- I hated to sweat. It was an uncomfortable experience for me and it was so embarrassing. Thanks to self-hypnosis I am in the gym 5 days a week and very active on weekends riding my bike, hiking & splitting [...]
What Have We Done! – What Are We Doing?
What have we done to our food supply? A few weeks ago (December 26th) I blogged about diacetyl and commercial food workers. According to the Seattle PI, a Denver man has filed a law suit claiming he developed popcorn lung from eating 2 bags of microwave popcorn a day. You gotta wonder what anyone would [...]
Thousands of Genes May Affect Weight
WebbMD Medical News by: Miranda Hitti If weight loss was one of your New Year’s Resolutions, don’t expect your genes to get you to your goal. In a new report, scientists estimate that more than 6,000 genes affect in mice. All those reports about the discovery of a new “obesity gene” probably aren’t going to help [...]
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