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Digestion doesn't make you hungry. In the case of processed food, you may experience withdrawal, which is often mistaken for hunger. But "Chewing stimulates the salivary glands production of ptyalin, a digestive enzyme, which can overwork the pancreas" Warning! Chewing Gum Can Be Hazardous to Your Health…

While waiting at a pharmacy today, I happened to stumble over an article mentioning Uffe Ravnskov in the current issue of the What Doctors Don't Tell You magazine, whose front cover caught my eyes with the words The Myth of 'bad' cholesterol. Lots of interesting stuff, but it occured to me that he and Gary Taubes may…

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I wouldn't go for one of these, e.g.: Cold Stone Creamery's Oh Fudge! Shake This colossal calorie bomb starts at 1,250 calories for the “Like It,” or small, 16-ounce size. The large 20-ounce size packs an incredible 1,920 calories (an entire day’s worth) and 69 grams of saturated fat – or the equivalent of two 16-ounce…

The relationship of obesity and poverty is likely to worsen considerably: "If the rate of Alzheimer’s rises in lockstep with Type 2 diabetes, which has nearly tripled in the United States in the last 40 years, we will shortly see a devastatingly high percentage of our population with not only failing bodies but brains.…

Haha, what does it mean when people say, I'm just saying? Please enlighten me. That aside, while the American worth has doubled over the last 30 years, the bottom 90% of the population when adjusted for inflation has seen precisely no change during this time. What else has happened over the last 30 or 40 tears that will…

I confess to having no idea what people using the term satisfied are talking about. Do they all mean the same thing, or do the various individuals have their own different take on it? Could it be that when people can't explain why they are doing something, they infer that they are doing it because it's the only thing to…

I must remember to bring that up the next time the smoothie product presenter shows up at my local CostCo, lol.

I can well imagine that easy may translate into trade-off.

Indeed. With improved taste sensibility, you'll discover and want the finer things in life.

I looove beef and broccoli! Not cupcakes though, they are so slimily sweet. Good thing too, because they say you are what you eat.

Say low self-esteem. You thereby block everything out perceived to be connected with it. Or who knows, some might stuff themselves to loosen up stubborn constipation, lol.

Haha, why would anyone voluntarily want to inflict pain upon oneself? If you stuff yourself so fast that your brain doesn't get a chance to figure it out, then why? Don't you know? Sometimes you feel very hungry, but often it's simply that you need a little something quickly. Probably because your last meal didn't include…

I like what you're saying. I too wish that fat shaming wouldn't work; apparently negative ads work, at least in the short run. And I too would to encourage people in a considerate manner, but too much of it too soon and they'll enjoy your encouraging words and forget about the work because there's no longer any reward to…

Haha, there's nothing extreme about eating real food. Most people used to do it most of the time. Your someone, while not far from today's average American, is the extreme, wouldn't you agree? Sure, improving your taste sensitivity takes time. A few weeks are likely to show a considerable difference. Nicely aligns with the…

Who knows, we might be better off not using terms such as full and satisfied, as we can't agree on what they mean! If you're tired off food cravings, it's quite simple. Eat healthy low-glycemic food. Processed food on the other hand may give you withdrawal at the end of digestion, a discomfort which is not hunger. Real…

Joel Fuhrman, author of The End of Diabetes: The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes, "goes into great detail on why a high-protein diet including animal products is dangerous, and cites research that for every 5% of calories consumed from animal protein, the risk of diabetes increases by 30%. Another cited…

It's quite simple really. Just because your stomach talks to you or feels empty doesn't necessarily mean you're hungry. Once you realize that, you can let go of it and enjoy life until your next healthy low-glycemic meal. Forget anything about that so-called being full; you can be full and hungry, and you can be not hungry…

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you!

"To add to this body of evidence, a new study in the journal Obesity examines the association between sugary drinks and diet beverages and the accumulation of fat, especially belly or visceral fat - the fat inside the abdomen that is active metabolically and associated with heart disease and diabetes. ... Drinking more…

In Master Your Metabolism, Jillian Michaels says not to eat carbohydrates after 9 p.m. In Power Foods for the Brain, Neal Barnard says that "Protein blocks serotonin production in your brain, while carbohydrate has the opposite effect, helping you make serotonin. That's important, because serotonin helps you sleep." It's…

Someone once told me her skin turned orange after too much raw fruit.

Yes, a book I once read suggested putting half a teaspoon of cinnamon on your daily oatmeal, which increases your insulin sensitivity by 50%. I have later seen the benefit of cinnamon confirmed several times.

I'm not overly fond of mushy eggplant, but sauteed is fine. Dunking is a disgusting habit that ruins both the bread and the drink. Same with milk or cream in tea or coffee. I love blue cheese, but not in a burger. Some stuff is best left separately. A Martini is not a vegetable garden, so one olive will do.

Watched it today. Good to be reminded that it matters what kind of food you eat. Whether it's real food or junk.

Haha, what's this obsession with weight loss?

Haha, there is no way people would choose more regulation of pollution and smog no matter how fat they think they get from such bad air. Those who need disciplin the most are those who resist it the most. That's how they got there in the first place, first little by little, then it snowballs, and before you know it, you're…

I can well imagine that this may come as a surprise to many. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/964323-salt-sugar-fat-how-the-food-giants-hooked-us?page=3#posts-14723231

So who eats healthy snacks? Would it be those who eat healthy meals that keep them fuller and for longer? These healthy people also know that it's not good insulin-wise to eat when you're not hungry. That makes no sense that they would snack. Maybe an apple in the mid-afternoon, no harm in that, but not much beyond it. Oh…