How to Eat Less Candy
How to Eat Less Candy
Use an opaque (not transparent) candy bowl, have a lid on it, and keep it out of easy reach. Anecdotal? No - this is from a study of 40 women at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The candy bowls were placed in the women's workplaces, and each day, the bowl was topped up, and various locations were tested....
Pass The Tea Bag
Drink it - don't wear it... Herbal teas are a great option for hot drinks. I became a herbal tea drinker many years ago during a drawn out camping experience - all we had to drink was a large box of different herbal tea flavors. There was something therapeutic about sitting around the campfire sipping herb tea....
Does Someone You Care About Have Anorexia?
Anorexia is an eating disorder that develops when someone stops eating enough food for adequate nutrition. It can happen slowly, over several months or even years, as when some people grow older or develop an underlying disease like cancer. As...
Fast Food Cereal Restaurants
Cereality is a cereal bar plus cafe. They serve brand-name cereals (hot and cold). You can add as much milk as you like (including soy and lactose-free). Cereality cafes are currently located in Arizona, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. I wonder if they serve oats?...
Low Fat Diet Debunked?
Bewilderment and confusion strikes again. The NY Times reports that a low-fat diet has no effect on reducing cancer and heart disease risk. The study is the largest ever conducted (49,000 women followed for 8 years). The results, the study investigators agreed, do not justify recommending low-fat diets to the public to reduce their heart disease and cancer risk. Given...
Weight Loss Diets - A Review Of 4 Popular Diets
There are a number of diets available, but here I review four which are popular at the moment. 1000 calorie diet Trying the 1000 calorie diet is only advisable for one week, due to your body entering starvation mode and...
McDonald's Global Decline: Too Uncool?
Over the last year I have watched as two local McDonald's outlets have closed - no reason given. I was waiting for big refurbished McDonald's to appear - but they didn't. In my area, there are now an equal number of Subway and McDonald's outlets. This anecdotal evidence is hardly an indication of global decline. McDonald's revenue is as healthy...
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