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Tags: Diets, Nutrition, Obesity, Weight Loss
You had your last date with butter and sugar on New Year’s Day (Mom’s pecan pie). Since then, your food life has been strictly low fat, low carb.
So why does the thought of your bathing suit – or a cholesterol test — still make you shudder? Chances are you’ve fallen for a food myth or two.
Here are four of the most seductive — and persistent.
Dear So and So,
What the hell are you doing?
I’m trying very hard to keep all systems going: brain, heart, liver, GI, lungs, the whole shebang. And what do I get from you? A bag of chips and a pop.
This isn’t going to help. Let’s try focusing, shall we?
Here’s my deal.
‘Something going on in the female’, appetite study suggests
Women vs. men: Orange colour indicates areas where men showed greater decreases in inhibition than women. These brain regions are involved in emotional regulation, conditioning and the motivation to eat. (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Faced with their favourite foods, women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the higher obesity rate for females, a new U.S. study suggests.
Researchers trying to understand the brain’s mechanisms for controlling food intake were surprised at the difference between the sexes in brain response.
Gene-Jack Wang of Brookhaven National Laboratory of Upton, N.Y., and colleagues were trying to figure out why some people overeat and gain weight while others don’t.
Not low-glycemic
Here are ten simple rules to help you follow a low-glycemic food plan. These rules will make eating very simple and easy to remember.
Read the reasons for these rules, refer to them often and, most importantly, follow them all the time. Before very long, they will become second-nature to you.
1. Whenever possible, eat foods that are in their natural state.
In this rule, reference is made to a food like carrots. What is the natural state of a carrot? Raw. When carrots are eaten raw, they are safe and natural-the way they were designed to be eaten.
Tags: Diets, low glycemic
The merger of Whole Foods Market with Wild Oats highlights the benefits and drawbacks of this organic retail giant. Although Whole Foods Market certainly provides a “feel good” shopping experience for millions of consumers, it’s important to keep in mind that WFM isn’t nearly as green as it pretends to be. But of course, for many consumers, Whole Foods Market offers the only access for green and organic products.
If Whole Foods Market is the only option available in your area, here are some important tips for the organic-minded shopper:
Tips For Shopping At Whole Foods Market
Tags: food, Health Issues
low carb pyramid
The July 17, 2008 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of the Dietary Intervention Randomized Control Trial (DIRECT) study comparing the effects of low-carb, Mediterranean, and low-fat diets on weight loss (1).
Predictably, this paper elicited a flurry of commentaries. You can find some of the headlines, and Tom Venuto′s take on the study, on his BURN THE FAT blog (2).
Tags: Diabetes management, Low-carbohydrate diet, low-fat diet
