good food habits

Eat Big But Small – Lamb

Rack of lamb and asparagus – a meal that you can have for under 300 calories that will keep you satisfied for hours. Eat Big but Small is an attempt to show how you can eat more, but less with great food and lots of vegetables.

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Scale or Fail

Your body doesn’t lie. It is the perfect calorie counter- you are not. The brain doesn’t remember the food you eat – we simply are not wired that way. The eye is lousy at determining portion size. Remember use the scale, or you’ll fail.

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Tuna Fish

Finding great food products is a joy – but finding a canned tuna fish from a company that cares is amazing.

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Beer and Sausage Diet: Update

For three consecutive years, every October marks the month of the Beer and Sausage diet for my friend Evo Terra. Believe it or not, each year he loses weight, his cholesterol improves, and he has had no negative side effects other than needing new clothes. Learn why this unconventional diet works while other don’t.

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Eggs and Beer Diet v. Smoothie Diet

Two diets: one a smoothie diet, and the other eggs and beer. Who would lose the most weight over a month, and would the cholesterol improve or get worse? Here are the answers.

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Hospital Cafeterias: they should be a Place of Healing

A hospital cafeteria should not peddle junk food. A hospital cafeteria should be a place of healing and rehabilitation. It is time to change how hospitals view their cafeteria – it should be viewed as a place to teach patients to be healthy by teaching them how t and what to cook.

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Timing of Meals Affects Weight Loss

Eating your main meal before 3 pm can meal much more weight loss than people who eat later in the day. Now confirmed by two studies, and our own patients – when you eat is important.

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Food Can’t Cure You: It Can Kill You

There is a silly idea that food can cure you- it can kill you- but won’t cure heart disease or cancer, or the like. Here is why eating diets rich in micronutrients works, but taking supplements may be a waste of your money, and even your health.

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Myth: Candy Makes Your Kids Hyper

Kids, candy, and hyperactivity – there is no relationship. It may be the expectation that there is one that has more to do with the kids and parents reaction, but it isn’t the candy, or the sweeteners, or the artificial coloring. Still, it is important to monitor what your kids eat, and help them make healthy selections.

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