Faking it
The Dow Chemical company wants to sell you a new fat blocker as a way to allow you to eat unhealthy foods. Forget that the last fat blocker on the …
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Your Brain on Portions and Pleasure
This report speaks directly to the message we are trying to get across: that overweight and obesity is about more than just molecule micromanagment. To love your food and reintroduce …
Your Brain on Portions and Pleasure Read MorePace Controls Portions
It is important to say it again: Pace Controls Portions. This simple principle can be found in the healthy habits of the Mediterranean people, and has been replicated in this …
Pace Controls Portions Read MoreRed Wine Pill: FDA takes a closer look
Good for the FDA. They stepped up and smacked down a Georgia-based supplements manufacturer for making unfounded (read, rediculous) drug claims about one of its resveratrol pills. Read the report …
Red Wine Pill: FDA takes a closer look Read MoreYea tho’ I walk through the shadow …
Temptation is not often easily avoided. Halloween is a perfect example. Every year, the confection flood gates open, and test the mettle of your dreams of moderation. Just keep in …
Yea tho’ I walk through the shadow … Read More‘Halloween diarrhea’: Medical Mystery Solved
This research looks at the Tricks that certain Treats can cause for us after Halloween. According to this report, patients with severe diarrhea and flatulence may need to consider a …
‘Halloween diarrhea’: Medical Mystery Solved Read MoreAnd the Children Shall Lead Them …
According to this research, the message may be sinking in — in the UK, at least. Regardless of the location, it gives hope that we are actually having a positive …
And the Children Shall Lead Them … Read MoreI’ve heard it … you’ve heard it. “Don’t pass out candy. It’s bad for the kids!!” Then you hear the response: “But they won’t eat it. Kids’ will HATE the …
Read MoreThe Holiday Gauntlet: From November To New Years
If you have kids, you can expect a pillowcase full of candy to come into your living room and spill across your dining room table. Even if you don’t have …
The Holiday Gauntlet: From November To New Years Read MorePace and Portions … Like I Said
Since beginning this work almost 10 years ago, we have been teaching individuals a very simple principle. Pace Controls Portions. This was derived from the behavioral habits of the Mediterranean …
Pace and Portions … Like I Said Read MorePutting Caffeine in Food?
According to this Food Industry Report, you should expect to see caffeine-spike foods and snacks appearing on your grocer’s shelves. The brand, Morning Spark’s, for example, now produces a caffeine-fortified …
Putting Caffeine in Food? Read MoreToo Much Caffeine???
Too much caffeine — and it’s likely you don’t know just how much caffeine is in each drink — poses a potential health risk to the teens and kids they …
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