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Nutrition, Weight Loss February 9, 2019

List: 25 Ways to Fight Cravings

Twenty-five simple ways to prevent or stop unhealthy food and sugar cravings.

The article is a continuation of List: 21 Ways to Fight Cravings.  Everybody has moments of weakness that sends them toward the exit ramp from the diet train.  Nothing will destroy your willpower or derail your diet faster than giving into your cravings.  It does not matter what you crave.  It might be creamy, sweet, salty, or sour foods. Unfortunately, these very flavors are often at the center of gustatory pleasure that undermines your efforts to lose weight.  After all, when is the last time you craving broccoli or cauliflower?  No, it is the more unhealthy choices.  If you can figure out how to prevent or reduce these cravings, dieting and weight loss will become much easier.   Below is a list of 25 tips to help you reduce your cravings.  

 

Nutrition, Recipe, Weight Loss February 2, 2019

List: 16 Smoothie Ingredients That Are High in Fiber

Sixteen high fiber smoothie ingredients that will keep you full.  

Fiber is your friend.  Fiber is one of those miracle ingredients that is an awesome addition to any smoothie.  It will keep you full and help slow the digestion and absorption of both carbohydrates and fats.  Fiber slows down the digestion of starch and other more complex sugars.  Fiber binds fats and slows and prevents their absorption.  Lastly, fiber sweeps out the colon and cleans out toxins that your body does not need. You can quickly see that fiber is a needed addition to a healthy diet.  

 
Editorial

Nutrition, Weight Loss January 28, 2019

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.