High Fat, Sugar Foods Really Do Contribute to Overeating
With Weight Loss, Italian Style! approaching it’s formal launch date, I feel vindicated by research on overeating conducted by former Food and Drug Administration chief Dr. David Kessler.
Kessler, who once spearheaded a campaign that highlighted the addictiveness of cigarettes, has discovered that foods with high concentrations of fat and sugar can rob a person of [...]
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Brussels Sprouts, of All Things!
One of the secrets to the mastery of life is to remain open to assistance, no matter where it comes from.
Recently I learned a great secret to eating well, at the hairdresser’s, of all places! I overheard my hairdresser talking to one of her colleagues and passing on the following juicy piece of information: a recipe [...]
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“Boy Wonder” Critic Raves About Italian Food
I don’t know if you’ve heard about the boy wonder food critic, David Fishman, who is taking Manhattan by storm.
The 12-year-old was discovered on the Upper West Side a few months ago, where he was found dining by himself, which seems to be his habit, and studiously taking notes.
The New York Times did [...]
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Weight Loss and the Art of Doing Nothing
Today while I was marveling at the persistence of spring flowers pushing through the ground to reveal their beauty, I thought of the concept of paradox.
During the winter, everything seems to be dead, but it isn’t. It’s just taking a rest. The rest is just as important as the work. You can’t have one without [...]
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De-Demonized Sugar Still a Culprit in Obesity
I wanted to draw your attention to an interesting article I read in The New York Times about how long-demonized sugar is being re-introduced into many processed foods as a “natural” ingredient.
The move, reported in an article titled, “Sugar is Back — This Time as a Selling Point,” comes partly as a result of consumer backlash [...]
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Manage Your Weight By Appreciating the Value of Real Food
Although newspapers seem to be going the way of the dinasaur, I still read them and love them. I used to be a journalist!
While going through the paper the other day, I noticed something interesting in an article about a new pill that combines many individual medicines used to combat heart disease. While some lauded [...]
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