Category: Diet

“I’m obese!” my husband proclaimed in a horrified voice. “This BMI thing, it says I’m obese!” pointing an accusing finger at the computer screen which displayed a picture of an oversized, bloated figure.
“Let me see that” I said, shoving him aside.
My extremely muscular and most definitely NOT obese husband was referring to the results […]

WHY SHOULD I CARE?
Americans consume more High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) than table sugar. Not hard to believe, considering a single, 12 oz can of soda has as much as 13 teaspoons of sugar in the form of high-fructose corn syrup.
“But, I don’t drink soda,” you say. Well, read on, because even if you […]

Generally, I really go for things that are refined: a pedigreed show horse, a man who knows how to pronounce foie gras, but today I’m going to tell you about refined sugar-one refinement I stay as far away from as I possibly can.
WHY IS SUGAR BAD? DOESN’T FRUIT HAVE SUGAR TOO?
Refined […]

“You: On A Diet,” by Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz offers cutting-edge information about the biological reasons we gain weight, and the secret to losing it and keeping it off for good. In “You: On A Diet”, Roizen and Oz-ster list five commonly found ingredients that we should ALWAYS avoid:
Hydrogenated […]

Rich? Who’s rich? I love rich!!!
And bleach? Well, honey my hair could tell you a thing or two about that . . . .
Too bad neither enriched nor bleached flour have any redeeming value - kind of like the jerk you went out with last Saturday.
You know, the one who looked really […]