healthy living

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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Expansion of Primary Care and Relationships Leads to Less ER Visits

The way to provide health care delivery isn’t just to insure everyone, but to develop community based health care on relationships, trust, and listening. This has resulted in decreasing costs of healthcare and provided a model of healthcare in the world.

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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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Seven Reasons Obesity is a Disease

7 reasons why obesity is a disease – dismissing the arguments against The American Medical Association (AMA) who have officially recognized obesity as a disease, a move that could encourage physicians to pay more attention to the importance of addressing obesity.

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Exercise

When I was a boy, playing meant you got outside and ran around with your friends. Today it means connecting with someone on a computer and playing in front of a screen. If you want to play with me- get a Nike Fuelband and join me on an active journey and play.

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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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Chris Brogan and The Challenge

My bet with Chris Brogan is on which of us will lose more inches around the abdomen. My strategy will be simple menu planning and increasing activity. He has a girlfriend who is a personal trainer and nutritionist. Here is an example of how I will meet the challenge.

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Stop Protesting and Start Cooking

When a food blogger protests against Kraft for Mac N Cheese – they are hypocrites. We have something better- its called a kitchen – learn how to make real food, teach your kids to make real food- and that is far better than getting 200,000 petitions.

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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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