Opinion

Twinkies, Cookies, and Candy, Oh My!

When it comes to trying to lose weight, you’d think that staying away from, and depriving yourself from cookies, twinkies, candy, and other such “bad foods” wouldn’t be harmful to losing weight.  Well, a nutrition professor went on a two month “Twinkie Diet,” ended up losing over 20 lbs, and even lowered his BMI, according [...]

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The Not-So Happy Meal

A recent article in the New York Times talks about a recent bill that took a strike against the McDonald’s Happy Meal. After reading this article, it makes me think about whether or not this is really the right approach to fighting childhood obesity.  Yes, it is a problem when there are children less than [...]

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I Wish I Had This When I Was Pregnant…

Guidance.  Pure and simple.  It’s crazy how something so simple can go a long way.  I ran across this article as I am doing my rounds on the news, and started thinking about how I gained so much weight during pregnancy and haven’t been able to take it all off over a year later. One [...]

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Claims to Fame

By fame, I mean products making way into the home by making health claims. Many recent questions arising from health claims on products, including cereals, beverages and most recently, POM Wonderful.  The issue isn’t any particular product that is making health claims, but a trend towards companies using health claims on packaging and advertising to [...]

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Why My Weight is Costing Me…

I just read an article about how being obese is very costly (via dailyfinance.com)  It was shocking at the cost estimated for obese women.  In theory, it would cost me almost $10,000 to be obese.  WOW.  That’s a lot of money.  Now I’m not a tall woman, actually I’m only about 5’2, and although I [...]

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