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Category Archives: Health
Through the Ceiling
I have successfully navigated though the shoals of carb withdrawals and am now into the smooth sailing portion of the journey. Here is how I know by physical conditions when I am into the fat-burning phases. First, my hands do … Continue reading
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Tagged atkins diet, broth, exercise, fitness center, low carb, MyFitnessPal, pho, soup stock, sugar cravings, sugar withdrawals
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Diary of A Recovering Sugar Addict, Day 301
Being in control is the solution, and not controlling everything is the challenge. Friday I went to a restaurant, a very good restaurant, in Kansas City called Revolve. The look and feel was what I imagine European cuisine to look like … Continue reading
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Tagged atkins diet, best diet, carbohydrates, fasting, glucose, high blood sugar, ketones, ketostrips, losing weight, paleo diet, southbeach diet, sucrose, weight
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My Big Fat Greek Experience (or the Real Mediterranean Diet)
At the tender age of 20, I was transferred overseas with my 20 year old husband to Greece. We were going to a small duty station about 30 miles south of Athens to a small town near Marathon. The entire … Continue reading
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Cure Obesity Instead
In the New York Times yesterday there is news that the FDA has approved a new medical device for treating obesity. Treat obesity. Huh? Not cure obesity, let’s treat it. Obesity is a symptom, so treating obesity is like treating … Continue reading
One Small Change, Big Changes
The smallest changes can make the biggest impacts by rippling out into the rest of your day, week or future. Buy a dozen eggs at the grocery store and now you can make your own breakfast tomorrow in under five minutes. … Continue reading
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Tagged alton brown, americas test kitchen, best cooking shows, cooking shows, good eats, home made, make at home
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Temporary Insanity
I am reading today in the Mother Jones online magazine about the California almond industry. Almond production now has grown to the point that it is an ‘industry’ and Wall Street traders are beginning to swoop into the market for … Continue reading
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Tagged almond milk, almonds, hedge fund, irrigation, real food, wall street
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Biggest Loser
Telling the world that all a person has to do to lose weight is eat less or work more, because it’s just basic physics is a mistake. It is a mistake because it makes the person who that doesn’t work for … Continue reading
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Tagged best diet, diet, how to lose weight, losing weight, obesity, weight watchers
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The First Law of Thermodynamics
In science a law is a theory that has withstood every challenge, has proven itself repeatedly in the arena of experiment, is no longer in dispute. The first law of thermodynamics is that energy cannot be created or destroyed, that … Continue reading
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Tagged balancing energy, calories, first law of thermodynamics, gaining weight, losing weight
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One Day
Ok, it is Saturday. Saturday and Sunday do not get much eyeball attention according to the statistics that I see on WordPress. I finished the entire book “Why We Get Fat” in a single day. It was that engaging. I … Continue reading
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Tagged carbohydrates, cholesterol, gary taubes, meat, sugar, Why We Get Fat
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One Small Change at a Time 