Food for Thought: Comfort Food
Comfort foods can add to your midsection. The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken. – Maya Angleou Comfort foods are…
April 2021
List: 15 Common sleep mistakes that pile on the pounds.
If you snooze, you will lose weight! This list is an extension of the 10 sleep suggestions article that I wrote a few years ago. Sleep…
Eating Healthy While Eating Out, Part 1
Eating healthy while eating out is not easy. Fast Food Restaurant I personally would prefer to not eat healthy when I eat out. I would…
Question: Is salt or sodium bad for me?
Should I pass on the salt or add salt to my food? Salt Well To start, let us discuss what table salt is. Table salt…
Hormones of Obesity: Cortisol
Cortisol: The Beer Gut Hormone Steroid hormone cortisol (hydrocortisone) structural formula Cortisol is a steroid hormone of the glucocorticoid class that is made and released…
Research: Portion control a successful strategy for weight loss.
Portion control leads to higher level of weight loss success. Portion Control Weight loss success in people is highly variable among individuals and what…
Editorial: Pizza is not a vegetable, but you gotta make foods kids will eat.
Michelle Obama was right but missed the mark in her methods.
Before you start reading, I am fairly conservative and a Ronald Reagan fan. I consider him to be the best president in the 50 years I have been on this planet. If this offends you, I suggest you stop reading now. In preparing for this article, I read a few articles on the lobbies that tried to have ketchup and pizza declared a vegetable. Various lobbies over the years have created an effort to get the US Department of Agriculture and the Department of Education to recognize them as a vegetable.
Recipe: Raspberry Mint Green Tea
Raspberry Mint Green Tea This beverage is a delicious and refreshing drink that is low in calories and will help you lose weight. It combines the…
List: 31 Tips for Healthy Shopping for Weight Loss or Maintenance
Advice on smartly navigating the weight loss landmines in the supermarket.
When trying to lose weight, one of the most difficult activities you must do is grocery shopping. Since weight loss is 80 percent diet, going to the grocery store can be an exercise in torture. All those tempting goodies on the shelves, the delicious aromas coming from the in-store bakery, the eye-catching displays of tasty but fattening foods. How do you make it through this minefield blowing up your diet?
Supplement: Alli Diet Pills
Will Alli help with weight loss? Orlistat is a pharmaceutical drug, sold over-the-counter under the name Alli, and under prescription as Xenical. It has been…