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How sad that Paula Deen, the queen of fat food comfort eating missed an opportunity to start talking about healthy eating. Deen confirmed to Al Roker on January 17, 2012, that she has type-2 diabetes. Rumors that the 64-year-old Southern cook suffers from the disease have been persistent. The National Enquirer first reported the diagnosis in April 2010. Deen neither confirmed nor denied the reports – until now. “I’m here today to let the world know that it is not a death sentence,” said Paula Deen. She’s right, it doesn’t have to be. Stop eating the unhealthy fat Paula Deen food and start eating healthy plant-based food and within as little as 4 to 6 weeks blood sugars can return to healthy levels. It is so sad that Deen has chosen instead to hawk Nova Novartis, the pharmaceutical company that supplies her diabetes medication instead. I guess the pharmaceutical companies money is more important than truly helping people avoid and recover from the preventable disease of diabetes, obesity and the other diseases caused by eating the sugar and grease that Paul Deen promotes to regular families. I’m here to tell you that you can make healthy eating changes in your life that are simple and affordable and will help you lose weight and prevent the diseases of obesity. Slender For Life™ offers real solutions for life-long change. Save your life and learn about weight loss hypnosis.

Paula Deen

“I’m here today to let the world know that it is not a death sentence,” said the Food Network star, who is now being paid as a spokesperson for Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company that supplies her diabetes medication. Coinciding with her announcement, Deen and her family are appearing in a new ad campaign for the company this month.

The news puts a spotlight on Deen, who has been criticized for promoting the type of high-fat, high-sugar diet that leads to weight gain – a major factor believed to cause type-2 diabetes. Deen said her reputation wasn’t the reason she kept the diagnosis under wraps. “I wanted to bring something to the table when I came forward,” she explained.

When asked about whether she will make a change in how she cooks on her show, “Paula’s Best Dishes,” Deen didn’t give a direct answer, instead encouraging viewers to practice moderation.

“Here’s the thing, you know, I’ve always encouraged moderation,” she said. “On my show, you know, I share with you all these yummy, fattening recipes, but I tell people ‘in moderation… You can have that little piece of pie …’”

Deen told USA Today that since the diagnosis, she walks on the treadmill and quit drinking sweet tea. “That’s a big trick for a little Southern girl,” she told the paper. “I calculated how much sugar I drank in empty calories, and it was staggering. I would start drinking tea at lunchtime and drank it all the way to bedtime.”

When asked by Roker about changes to her own diet, The Lady & Sons restaurateur emphasized her moderation mantra.

“I have always eaten in moderation,” she said. “You know, people see me on TV two or three times a day and they see me cooking all these wonderfully Southern, fattening dishes. That’s only 30 days out of 365,” she said. “And it’s for entertainment. And people have to be responsible. Like I told Oprah a few years ago, honey, I’m your cook, not your doctor. You are going to have to be responsible for yourself.”

Deen, who told TODAY.com last year that she couldn’t do without butter or a deep-fryer, was called out by fellow food personality Anthony Bourdain in a TV Guide article for being “the worst, most dangerous person to America,” who “revels in her unholy connections with evil corporations” and is “proud of the fact that her food is f—ing bad for you.”

Deen responded, telling the New York Post, “Anthony Bourdain needs to get a life.” Positioning herself as relatable to the home cook, she added, “Not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills.”

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Paula Deen could be educating millions about healthy cooking for weight loss and diabetes. Instead, she promotes outrageous menu items like her fried-egg bacon & egg burger on a glazed doughnut.  One of Deen’s customers who also has type-2 diabetes, told the paper that Deen’s announcement actually had him worried that The Lady & Sons (Deen’s restaurant) would change its menu to offer healthier, low-fat fare. When he was called in for his reservation, he joked to the reporter, “I’m gonna go in and get me some more diabetes.” Diabetes is not a joking matter and as a nation we simply cannot afford the health care costs of being fat and its related diseases like diabetes.

Seriously, y'all: A fried-egg bacon burger on a glazed doughnut bun is NOT doctor-approved.

Deen says, “My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills.” Why would she think that making them fat and sick is helping them save money?! You can eat delicious healthy food that is easy to prepare and affordable that won’t lead to disease and death. Paula Deen is right – I have to be responsible for myself. I have to take responsibility for my own health care.

Deen stated that she has always promoted moderation. Moderation has not worked for her and it doesn’t for most people. Radical change produces radical results. Moderate change produces moderate results – usually to nowhere.

As a nation we must reform healthcare. We simply cannot afford to be the fattest and sickest nation. It is time that each of us take responsibility and reform our healthcare with healthy eating, exercise and other healthy lifestyle changes. Unlike Deen, most of us don’t have Nova Novartis sending us a fat pay check to promote being fatter and sicker. Deen did announce yesterday that she is donation a portion of the money she makes from Nova Novartis to the American Diabetes Association. Imagine the good she could do if she stopped selling fat, drugs and diabetes and taught people how to make wonderful plant-based meals that promoted health and not death.

Diabetes doesn’t have to be a death sentence. Eating Paula Deen food is.

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A Starch-based Diet Supports Spontaneous Healing: Atherosclerosis, Arthritis, and Sometimes Cancer

In my Seattle weight loss and Bainbridge Island weight loss offices of Slender For Life™ I am frequently ask about potatoes and the glycemic index. I try hard not to roll my eyes and to not sigh too loudly – I admit that I am not always successful. When this question is posed, I refer clients to Potatoes Are Pillars of Worldwide Nutrition, by Dr. John McDougall. You can find Potatoes Are Pillars of Worldwide Nutrition in the Hypnosis Health Info Article Library. Learn hypnosis for weight loss and make healthy real food choices.

Potatoes Are Pillars of Worldwide Nutrition

The use of GI as the sole criterion to pass judgment on a food as “good or bad” for you is wrong. There are many other qualities of a food that contribute to its nutritional value that must be taken into consideration before recommending or condemning a particular food. Based on GI, for example, whole wheat bread (GI=129) is worse for you than ice cream (GI = 51) and carrots (GI=131) are worse for you than sugar sweetened chocolate (GI=49). 2 A baked potato with a GI of 134 would be an unhealthier choice than a Mars candy bar at a GI of 97. Obviously, those who condemn unprocessed high glycemic index plant foods are overlooking some serious issues.

One of the lowest glycemic index foods is the simple sugar fructose. The GI value is 29. Yet this food is simply empty calories with no protein, essential fat, vitamins, minerals, or dietary fiber. Of all the sugars, fructose is the one that raises cholesterol and triglycerides the most, and therefore would be considered one of the worst foods for people trying to prevent heart and other blood vessel diseases.3 Because of the contradictions and limitations surrounding the GI, the most recent position statement of the American Diabetic Association does not recommend using this concept in the treatment and prevention of diabetes and related complications.

Read Potatoes Are Pillars of Worldwide Nutrition by Dr. John McDougall.

Hypnosis for weight loss can help you easily make healthy food choices. At Slender For Life™ weight loss hypnosis clients learn that a plant based food diet is a healthy and easily sustained eating strategy. There are limitless ways to eat potatoes that are healthy, fat free and that taste great.

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Nuts Come in Hard Shells—for Reasons

Even though an ounce of nuts a day may not cause appreciable weight gain, nuts do not violate the laws of thermodynamics and the evidence shows adding more than an ounce daily without other calorie restrictions does cause weight gain. And excuse me! Who, when given permission, eats only one mouthful of nuts a day? ~ John McDougall, M.D.

Read Nuts Come in Hard Shells—for Reasons

My book, Becoming Slender For Life and it’s hypnosis CD set suggest a healthy eating strategy based on the teachings of Dr. John McDougall and the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Its common for new wight loss clients to tell me that they are hooked on nuts and they just can’t stop eating them. Hypnosis for weight loss can help you easily stop unhealthy cravings and habits. Learn self-hypnosis and discover how you can create healthy new habits and choose your calories wisely.

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Here is Darya Pino’s blog post for January 5, 2011:

Grocery shopping has never been more confusing than it is in 2011.

With conflicting nutrition information coming at us from all sides, navigating the supermarket can feel as impossible as doing long division while juggling loaded bear traps. It’s neither fun nor safe.

To help you find real food within the endless labyrinth of junk, I’ve put together this handy flowchart for your use and amusement. Consider it your supermarket GPS. If you ever get lost, just start back at the top.

You can find Darya Pino’s blog post here

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If you want to lose weight in 2011 and struggle with food choices and come home with a cart full of processed food, hypnosis weight loss can help you achieve success. Are you ready to make healthy choices at the supermarket? Self-hypnosis can make the difference for you. Visit my Seattle weight loss and Bainbridge Island weight loss offices and find out how you can use wight loss hypnosis in your life.

You may also want to read Plant-Based Food Guide Pyramid

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Learn hypnosis and choose healthy habits for heart and mind. No matter where you live, self-hypnosis can help you improve your health. With the phone and online hypnosis at Seattle hypnosis and Bainbridge Island hypnosis, smokers can stop smoking with my Break Free hypnosis smoking cessation program and hypnosis therapy can help you manage your blood pressure and your diabetes. Learn how to hypnotize and help yourself have a healthy heart and mind.

The Bastyr Center for Natural Medicine posted and interesting article titled, Choose Healthy Habits For Heart and Mind. “What’s good for your heart may be good for your mind. A recent study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry found that risk factors for heart disease such as smoking, high blood pressure, and diabetes may also be risk factors for dementia. Fortunately, by choosing healthy lifestyle behaviors a person may reduce this risk and stay sharp and healthy for life.

Cardiac risk factors bad for the brain

In this study, researchers looked at the association between cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, and diabetes and risk of hospitalization for dementia.

Researchers found that people who had high blood pressure or diabetes or who smoked had a higher risk of hospitalization for dementiaoverweight or high cholesterol and dementia in this study. compared with people who did not. This was particularly true when these risk factors were present in midlife as opposed to later in life. There was no association between

‘Evidence from our study and previous investigations have shown that cardiovascular risk factors, including smoking, hypertension and diabetes, are associated with a higher risk of dementia later in life,’ said the lead study author. The existing evidence suggests that interventions aimed to prevent cardiovascular disease through treatment of cardiovascular risk factors…will have the additional benefit of reducing the risk of dementia.”

Healthy habits boost both brain and body

Choosing healthy lifestyle behaviors is an important step for maintaining health and preventing disease. Here are some tips to keep the body—and particularly the mind—healthy.

• Keep your mind active. Regularly engage in mind-challenging games, read books, or take a class to keep the mind sharp and alert.
• Stay connected with others. Attend social events on a regular basis for fun and support.
• Eat a healthy diet. A heart-healthy diet may be a mind-healthy diet as well. Eat an abundance of fruits and vegetables and avoid excess calories and saturated fat.
• Exercise regularly. Moderate physical activity most days of the week is recommended to optimize health and prevent disease.
• Stop smoking. Smoking is bad for your health. See a doctor (better yet, a hypnotherapist) to help you stop smoking and if you don’t smoke…don’t start!
• See a doctor regularly. Regular check-ups with a doctor are important to make sure that blood pressure and glucose levels are under control.

Read the full post, Choose Healthy Habits For Heart and Mind.

So, if you are ready to choose healthy habits for your heart and mind, then learn hypnosis. You can manage your blood pressure and diabetes and stop smoking with hypnosis therapy. But don’t limit your self-hypnosis to smoking cessation. You can use hypnotherapy for increasing your desire to exercise, eat healthy, be socially active, to challenge your mind alnong with a host of other lifestyle  changes.

No matter where you live, you can utilize Seattle hypnosis and Bainbridge Island hypnosis and learn how to hypnotize yourself. If you live here in Puget Sound, give me a call. If you live too far away, then we can develop a telephone and  on line hypnosis program just for you.

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Your Hypnosis Health Info Hypnotic Suggestion for today:

I choose healthy habits for my heart and mind.

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Note: Statements and testimonials are representative of our top active participants using hypnosis. Some people may make little or no change with hypnosis. Why? It does take effort to make change (in any system) and it just won’t happen if you do not learn and apply the tools. Worse, some people never even complete the training and sessions and therefore never see any results. These claims are not a guarantee of your change, and may not be average of participants. Individual results will vary greatly and in accordance to your commitment, effort, determination, hard work, and ability to follow directions. Summary: As in any self-change program and with everything in life – you get out what you put in.

The Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine

The Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM) posted on October 13, 2009, that “In a study out this month, researchers found that consuming fish does not reduce the risk of heart failure. After 11 years of follow-up of 5,000 men and women, almost 670 had heart attacks. Those who consumed the most fish had no protective effect, compared with others. This research was part of the Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands where, like all Western nations, heart failure is common.” You can find Eating Fish Does Not Protect Against Heart Attacks at PCRM.

Weight loss hypnosis clients often tell me that their doctor or mother or someone has told them that eating fish is good for their heart. I do not prescribe a diet but I do share how I eat and I offer informational resources such as Dr. John McDougall’s Wellness Center, PCRM, and others. it is up to each individual to decide how they choose to live.

If you want to lose weight, hypnosis may be right for you. Weight loss hypnotherapy has a proven track record for success.  Look around here at Hypnosis Health Info and read about weight loss hypnosis and how you can make changes in your life with self-hypnosis.

For other healthy eating information, I highly recommend Dr. Neal Barnard‘s book, Breaking The Food Seduction.

Don’t wait, visit me now at my Seattle weight loss or Bainbridge Island weight loss office now or on-line from where ever you are.

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Your Hypnosis Health Info Hypnotic Suggestion for today:

I eat for my health.

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Note: Statements and testimonials are representative of our top active participants using hypnosis. Some people may make little or no change with hypnosis. Why? It does take effort to make change (in any system) and it just won’t happen if you do not learn and apply the tools. Worse, some people never even complete the training and sessions and therefore never see any results. These claims are not a guarantee of your change, and may not be average of participants. Individual results will vary greatly and in accordance to your commitment, effort, determination, hard work, and ability to follow directions. Summary: As in any self-change program and with everything in life – you get out what you put in.