The Rocco DiSpirito “Now Eat This! Diet” Book Puts the Sin Back Into Healthy...
The Rocco DiSpirito Now Eat This! Diet book is a follow-up to the celebrity chef’s Now Eat This! cookbook. The diet emphasizes low-calorie meals that replicate the “sinful” feeling of favorite comfort...
View ArticleAscetic Tourism: Luxury Detox Ranches Give Tourists a Taste of the Simple Life
(CC) Stig Nygaard/Flickr Today’s Wall Street Journal featured a piece from Christina Binkley, who visited the Ranch at Live Oak, a luxury detox destination in Malibu, California for hectic...
View ArticleThe MealSnap: The Ultimate Dieter’s iPhone App, or Pointless Techie Trinket?
Because There’s Always Room For One More… Let’s say you’re an iPhone user who has a weakness for new application concepts. You’ve already gotten apps that update your horoscope hourly, identify by name...
View ArticlePortion Size, Personal Choice and All-You-Can-Eat Dining
Contributor: “Dr. J” Dr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health and fitness. A Florida surgeon and fitness freak with a black belt in karate, he runs 50...
View ArticleCavemen, Competitive Eating and What it is Doing to Us
Contributor: “Dr. J” Dr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health and fitness. A Florida surgeon and fitness freak with a black belt in karate, he runs 50...
View Article5 Ways to Optimize Your Kitchen for Weight Loss Success
(CC) Ben Ostrowsky/Flickr Recent research published in the Annual Reviews of Nutrition indicates that overeating — and, by extension, weight loss — has a lot to do with the way your kitchen is laid...
View ArticleNew Studies Name In-Shell Pistachios as a Healthy Snack for Dieters
(CC) Rosana Prada/Flickr If you’re trying to watch your weight, two new studies indicate that pistachios are a dieter’s best friend. Participants who ate in-shell pistachios consumed 41 percent fewer...
View ArticleWhy Your Doctor Won’t Tell You You’re Fat, and Even With Silverware, Size...
It’s a Heavy Subject, in Both Senses (CC) Truthout.org/Flickr You’d expect that the attitude of an obese person’s physician would be, “I don’t think she’s satisfied with her weight. I’d better bring it...
View ArticleReason No. 116 Why It’s Not Your Fault If You’re Fat: Your Plates Are the...
For Instance, Yellow Plates Are the Color of Fat, Which Should Be a Tip-Off Right There (CC) Nina Matthews/Flickr As everyone who knows me is bone-tired of hearing, CalorieLab recently published my...
View Article5 Mindful Ways to Eat Fewer Calories
Contributor: “Dr. J” Dr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health and fitness. A Florida surgeon and fitness freak with a black belt in karate, he runs 50...
View ArticleCan Sugar Help Control Appetite?
(CC) Richard Elzey/Flickr Being successful on any diet or life-changing plan can be extremely difficult. After all, if it were easy, then losing weight wouldn’t be a multi-billion-dollar industry....
View ArticleEating For Two
Contributor: “Dr. J” Dr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health and fitness. A Florida surgeon and fitness freak with a black belt in karate, he runs 50...
View ArticlePortions and Portion Control: The Key to Controlling Our Weight
Contributor: “Dr. J” Dr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health and fitness. A Florida surgeon and fitness freak with a black belt in karate, he runs 50...
View ArticleTo Pig out Or Not To Pig out, That is Our DNA Question
Contributor: “Dr. J” Dr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health and fitness. A Florida surgeon and fitness freak with a black belt in karate, he runs 50...
View ArticleA Diet Low in Protein Can Lead to Overeating
© Pixelbliss – Fotolia A lack of dietary protein can lead to overeating and obesity. A new study from the University of Sydney found that people who have smaller amounts of protein in their diet are...
View ArticleIf You’re a Compulsive Eater, Perhaps You Should Try Being Grateful
Counting your blessings counts On the day after Thanksgiving, one thought running through a vast number of minds is, roughly, “If every day was Thanksgiving, I’d be the size of a manatee.” Right? Well,...
View ArticleHoliday Eating Advice From the Experts
Some of it not quite what you’d expect © Alliance – Fotolia.comStatisticians tell us that the average American adult gains about one pound between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, which is not an...
View ArticleThe Flaw in the New FDA Labeling Rules
(CC) sylvar/Flickr You don’t make people healthier by redefining “healthy” The Food and Drug Administration’s proposed new rules for the nutrition labels on packaged foods have gotten a fair amount of...
View ArticleObservations on the Subject of Eating
© Studio Gi – Fotolia.com Wait, don’t leave… I didn’t say they were mine I routinely run across news items, reports, essays and commentaries on the subjects of weight control and self control, which...
View ArticleRules of Thumb for Portion Control
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) John C Bullas/Flickr Are you a victim of portion creep? Are your food portions growing? Would you like to get back “normal” portions? Portion creep has been a major contributor to the...
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