A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
The LA Times has a nice little photo montage, illustrating the “thin” line between eating a 1600 calorie weight loss diet vs. a fat-inducing 3000 calorie one. Now, in my view, the line really isn’t that thin…the difference between the meals is pretty obvious. The 1600 calorie day meals are all low fat and high in fiber: veggies or fruits are featured in each meal. What I find interesting about the 3000...
But It’s Sooooooo Expensive To Eat Healthy!
The incongruity of this statement dawned on me the other day as I stood in line at my local grocery store. ‘Cause it’s one I’ve heard often enough… It costs SO much to eat right. Does it? Really? From my impromptu info-gathering session at the grocery store the other evening, I’d say it’s VERY expensive to eat poor, nutritionally deficient foods. I watched, for instance, as a heavyset woman and her...
Study: Parents Can Hinder Teen Weight Loss
The subject of adolescent obesity came up in the comments yesterday – and it just so happens that the discussion coincides with the publication of a new study on the subject. The study authors looked at the families of overweight teenagers participating in Project EAT, an investigation into the “socioenvironmental, personal, and behavioral factors associated with diet and other weight-related behaviors.” Parents...
Report: Major Trends in US Food Consumption, 1970 – 2005
The latest USDA report on trends in US Food Consumption over the period 1970 – 2005 was released in March. The conclusions are not good. As noted in the report: “According to the National Center for Health Statistics, about two-thirds of U.S. adults in 2003-04 were either overweight or obese, compared with 47 percent in 1976-1980. The U.S. obesity rate among adults has more than doubled, from 15 percent in 1976-1980 to...
Is 5 Small Meals A Day Useless For Weight Loss?
I’ve just finished reading that the “snack diet,” or the splitting up of your food intake into five or six snacks/ small meals to boost your metabolism and lose weight is “useless.” Dr Tim Crowe, a nutrition specialist at Deakin University in Melbourne, spoke dismissively of the whole idea calling it “rubbish” and a “faddish dieting trend.” He also indicated there was some...
Dysfunctional Foods
I took the Special K Challenge this morning…the link caught my eye during a Google search, and I couldn’t resist. Special K is a real blast from the past: I recall the old “pinch an inch” ads from daze gone by. Can’t say I ever ate the stuff much, however. Didn’t really care for the taste, to be honest, plus, I had a hard time figuring out what was really “special” about it from a...
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