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Calories per day.
Curious about everyone else's number. Add up all the calories you've eaten every day this month and divide it by the number of days this month. How many calories are you averaging every day? How many calories are you allowed for your goal? My MFP goal is 1200 calories a day. I am averaging 1550 this month. Only enough to…
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The dangers of PROCESSED meats.
Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption By Mike Adams The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has just completed a detailed review of more than 7,000 clinical studies covering links between diet and cancer. Its conclusion is rocking the health world with startling bluntness: Processed meats are too…
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MFP poll: Food bills.
Since losing weight and becoming healthier have your grocery bills: A. Increased, since you're eating more fresh and healthy food. B. Decreased, since you're eating less food. C. Stayed about the same. My SO was depressed about our Whole Foods bill last night and it got me wondering. :P
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Article-The Spirituality of Veganism.
I love hearing people’s success stories about switching to a vegan diet … how they lost the weight that had chained them down for years, or overcame their battle with diabetes or cancer by turning to a whole-foods, plant-based diet. But more than those stories, I love to hear how people feel – perhaps for the first time in…
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Raw diet heavy in greens is key to gorilla slimness and heal
The New York Times recently published an article asserting that a high protein intake -- similar, they say, to the Atkins diet -- is the reason gorillas in the wild are thin and in good health. What?! Yep, you read that right: the New York Times is using gorilla nutrition to try to promote the Atkins diet. The Atkins diet…
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Time To Wake Up ~ Great article for the veg friendlies.
This is a new article written by my personal hero Dr. Will Tuttle. I thought it was really good and wanted to share with like minded people. :) Time to Wake Up OK, everyone! It’s time for us to pay attention. It’s long been obvious that there are apparent forces spreading economic, environmental, and social devastation.…
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Eating enough
Whats up with everybody harassing everybody else constantly about not eating enough on their food diary? Didn't most all of us get here because we were eating too much? How about not being pushy, and letting people make their own food choices?
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What is your ultimate goal weight?
I wanted to see what everybody's heights and ultimate goal weights are. I'm 5'5 1/2" and my first goal weight is 135, ultimate goal weight as small as I can get below 135, as long as I stay 105 or above. :)
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Tyson chicken
Videos: Warning: May contain graphic images http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5_jLlP-Yao Former Tyson employee desribes abuse on Tyson's factory farm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOdEKz8MZMs&feature=related Undercover investigation at Tyson. Workers urinate on chickens. "The poultry giant will pay more than $5 million for…
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Reduce your weight, increase your fiber, calcium, magnesium.
Study: Vegetarian diets HEALTHIER IN EVERY WAY than diets with meat PCRM.org | Neal Barnard, MD | 06/14/11 Vegetarian diets are not just better for weight management, they are more nutritious than diets that include meat, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. With two out of three…
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Deli meats...hot dogs...bacon...cancer.
http://pcrm.org/news/blog/archive/processed_meat_cancer_link_confirmed_drbarnardsblog_110524.html http://www.aicr.org/site/News2?abbr=pr_&page=NewsArticle&id=20691&news_iv_ctrl=1102 Please read the above links for important information on research which has positively confirmed the link between processed meat and…
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Healthy "Caesar" salad dressing recipe-quick and easy!
Caesar dressing is the best dressing but its fattening and made with fish! Fish are filled with toxins! Try this quick, easy, and delicious dressing recipe. Its high in Omega 3s so its great for you, and its also a lower calorie version of the real deal. Its so good, people always ask me, "THIS is VEGAN?!?!" I've made it…
