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How about this? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robbie-gennet/donald-rumsfeld-and-the-s_b_805581.html

It's a myth that smoking calms you down. The only thing that a cigarette alleviates is your nicotine craving. That alone should stop anyone from getting into it any deeper. A medical test can show as far back as one full year whether you have smoked. I don't know if a single cigarette is enough, but it's a bit scary given…

That's too funny. That we should be so surprised about this. "Very simply, it appears that exercise lowers metabolism, and it does so to such a degree that it almost exactly compensates for calories burned during exercise. In other words, if you burn 400 calories doing an exercise, your metabolism slows so that you burn…

Apart from the addiction of processed food and the lack of education and healthy options, my guess is that many people, often the poor with little security net, perceive the need to conform to those around them as far most pressing than the more distant consequences of picking up potential pounds. When parents urgently…

This country was fairly stable for a long time, then a shift appeared about thirty years ago, from where it has gone steadily downhill ever since. An example. From 1965 to 1981, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused to approve aspartame. With the country's new administration in 1980, a new FDA Commissioner took…

People are somewhat divided on this. Joel Fuhrman, M.D., is an American board-certified family physician who specializes in nutrition-based treatments for obesity and chronic disease. He is also the author of a recent book entitled The End of Diabetes: The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes. Having read it,…

Thank you. I have been looking for an opening to reference the following. "In 2006, 97% of people reported consuming snacks on a regular basis, up from 71% in the 1970′s. The total contribution of the snacks to daily calorie consumption also rose from 18% to 24% during that time. That means the average American now gets…

I was hoping for disclosed links to those studies. Meanwhile, here are some other references. "Yes, that's right - eating every 2-3rd hour to manage blood sugar is nonsense and a myth that's just about to die." http://www.leangains.com/2011/01/better-blood-glucose-with-lower-meal.html "The body needs time between meals to…

If your meal frequency is too high, your body will release insulin constantly, sugar is stored, fat is building up. Eventually your overworked pancreas might give up, leaving you with diabetes. When you allow for time inbetween meals, maintaining low levels of insulin allows your body to more easily tap into your stored…

Love the Mahi Mahi Wild Pacific and the Jarlsberg fat free cheese (50 calories a slice). Hoping for Activia Light (60 calories per 4 oz) one of these days.

Haha, does this mean your scale shows a higher reading once you have expelled the gas? I was coincidentally thinking of just that the other day and was reminded of a story I read a few years ago about some guy who ate a lot of beans, had something to drink too maybe and then fell asleep in a room; the door and all windows…

While eating before bed may not necessarily make you fat (I haven't just now, so I won't know for sure until later), it invites your health to an uphill battle for various reasons, some of which have already been posted to this thread. I for one, more often than not, would wake up in the middle of the night when having…

OP, do you snack much? Snacking keeps your blood sugar constantly elevated. Maintaining low levels of insulin allows your body to more easily tap into your stored fat for fuel. A scenario of three meals a day and a mid-afternoon snack which makes you fuller for longer boosts your metabolism. Combined with eating the right…

I think it was in The Blood Sugar Solution Cookbook by Mark Hyman that I read the other day the body likes it when you eat at the same times every day. I once had the same burrito for lunch every day for a couple of years, and when they stopped serving it, I don't recall any weight issue though. I don't eat more or less,…

Your weight, unlike so much else in life, is within your bounds to be made predictable. Unless you have some special condition in which case you should see your doctor, your scale is your friend. And friends you look forward to seeing. When I woke up this morning after seven hours of sleep, I weighed one pound less, from…

Come to think of it, looking at the food specifically that OP listed from the article, it's bound to be delicious. Herring, rye bread, olives, thank you. I could easily imagine trying it for my mid-afternoon snack during any given week. So appetizing in fact it's ok even if the dishes don't make me lose belly fat; that and…

Healthy is also in the timing. So don't keep your blood sugar elevated at all times and don't wear out your pancreas. Have the three standard meals and a mid-afternoon snack. See books by the cream of the crop such as Mark Hyman, Joel Fuhrman and Jillian Michaels for details.

Regulation vs corporate competition? The first article below highlights the consumer addiction side of it by concluding that "while most people support nutrition guidelines to help Americans make better choices along with the posting of calorie counts on restaurant menus, nearly six in ten of those surveyed opposed…

Studies show that dieters who weigh themselves regularly see better results. When checking weight every day, you are facing the scale. It keeps you accountable. If you make it a habit to write down your weight every day, you can easily track your progress from day to day and week to week. Following your weight fluctuations…

I'm too lazy for an entire hour of intense workout, so when it comes to burning calories, so I happily note that Jillian Michaels wrote in one of her books that if she had the choice between six hours of sleep and a workout on one side and eight hours of sleep on the other, she would not hesitate to pick the eight hours of…

Snacking is very much a problem. Aside from the mindless munching of empty calories, the timing is not good. Three meals a day and a mid-afternoon snack such as an apple and some nuts which make you fuller for longer boost your metabolism. Some suggest to eat often to keep your blood sugar constant, but that means…

Yes, annoyingly and as someone said, measuring your waist circumference is generally the preferred way in BMI to factor in being large-framed or muscular, sort of like the age in BMR and activity in TDEE. I suppose you could also simply ballpark it if that would work reasonably. Boosting my own metabolism is limited to…

It's not easy to know what's fact. In Master Your Metabolism from 2009 on p156, Jillian Michaels writes that late night eating by itself puts more fat around your belly. In Slim for Life from 2013 on p218, she says that you don't store fat from late night eating. In both books, she says that you tend to consume more…

Good to hear. I start out the day with a cup of hot chocolate, then a cup of peppermint tea. Another tidbit. Coffee at 8 a.m. will leave you with a quarter of its caffeine at 8 p.m.

Please figure out me too! The weight of my 600 calorie foods and drinks since I woke up is close to two pounds. Apart from lifting a glass and a fork to my mouth at various times this morning, I haven't engaged in any exercise beyond the occasional use of a TV remote, nor have I gone to the bathroom, cut my nails or shaved…

Master Your Metabolism by Jillian Michaels is a wonderful book, whose meal plan isn't demanding. Its focus is on healthy, unprocessed foods. It has good advice on toxic metals and vitamin supplements and covers key metabolic hormones in a way that the average reader can understand. She believes in neither low-carb nor…

I've been at 2/3 of my TDEE for months and have returned to my ideal weight. I'm never hungry or tired. I have had no need to increase my calorie intake; actually I've taken on the 5:2 fasting cycle and lost another two pounds. Still no cravings or anything.

The FDA recommends that adults and children over the age of four consume at least 50 grams of protein every day. This recommendation is based on a diet that provides 2,000 calories a day. Food Grams of Protein almonds 3 oz. 10 broccoli (two cups) 5 chick peas (one cup) 15 lentils (one cup) 16 whole wheat bread (2 slices) 7…

Which has more protein: broccoli or steak? Don't be too sure you know the answer, it may surprise you. Calorie for calorie, broccoli has more than double the protein than a sirloin steak, but the steak also has 55 mg cholesterol and 1.7 grams of saturated fat. The broccoli? 0 cholesterol and a teeny tiny amount of…

I came across a compelling book today, Power Foods for the Brain: An Effective 3-Step Plan to Protect Your Mind and Strengthen Your Memory by Neal Barnard. "Protein blocks serotonin production in your brain, while carbohydrate has the opposite effect, helping you make serotonin. That's important, because serotonin helps…