Concert Waif
I'm at the idina Menzel concert. The person selling the T-shirts for the warmup act is a waif. Nice girl, but a complete bird, with wrists like pencils. you just …
Concert Waif Read MoreFoods To Help Lower Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is not just about the sodium anymore. The factor you can increase … to decrease … your blood pressure, turns out to be foods with Potassium. Blood …
Foods To Help Lower Blood Pressure Read MoreRum-Glazed Sweet Potato Pudding
This is a jazzed up sweet potato dish. A fun and yummy complement to the holiday meal. You’ll Need: 1/3 cup sweet or dry sherry or Madeira 2/3 cup raisins …
Rum-Glazed Sweet Potato Pudding Read MoreFaking 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 …
Faking it Read MoreSlow Cooked Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Submitted by Linda B. at Westinghouse. Thank you, Linda B.! You’ll Need: 1 Yellow Onion thinly sliced (Vandaila Onion will add a different taste) 1-1/2 lb. Pork Shoulder Roast ½ …
Slow Cooked Pulled Pork Sandwiches Read MoreYour 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 MoreGrilled Salmon on Cedar Plank
Submitted by Linda B. at Westinghouse. Thank you, Linda B.! This is a slow cooking method that will produce a wonderful aroma, delicate texture with a rich smoky flavor. Untreated …
Grilled Salmon on Cedar Plank 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 MoreBottomless Bowls
WHY is it that larger portions = larger consumption. This GREAT article, from Dr. Brian Wansink, used self-refilling bowls to see how portions create consumption. I love psychologists because they’re …
Bottomless Bowls Read MoreVoting
Today is election day. I am standing in line 30 minutes early, having been made to bo frightened by the stories of long lines and marathon 6 hour delays in …
Voting Read MoreEditorial: Portion Distortion
How did it happen? How did the sense that “volume equals value” become so much a part of our way of thinking that it has made us the world leaders …
Editorial: Portion Distortion Read MorePortions Then and Now
Over the past few decades, we have seen portion sizes go through the roof. It’s no surprise that our increasing weight problems have mirrored these increases in portion size. In …
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