Nutrition

Editorial

Nutrition, Weight Loss April 5, 2021

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.

 
Family with a shopping cart

Nutrition, Weight Loss April 3, 2021

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?

 
Speed Bump

Weight Loss January 29, 2021

Road Bump: Travel and Vacation

Travel and weight loss: a bumpy road.

Ok, I am on my first big trip to take a vacation.  That is actually two obstacle to continuing my health kick.  One is traveling and the other being on vacation.  I plan to attack this differently than I have in the past.  In the past, I would take the whole day off and just spiral out of control.  No more.  Today will be different.