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Soxy
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New Spins on Nutritional Motivation
The type of nutrition books I read are not about special diets to follow. I'm a picky eater and can't follow anyone else's "diet". Several years ago I bought The Portion Teller by Lisa Young who gives lots shocking tid-bits about how portions sizes have increased over the years (like today's bagels are double the size they were in 1960 & one bagel = 5 slices of bread). She also gives you template eating plans based on your "portion personality" (like are you a Breakfast Hater, Special Occasion Victim, Binge Eater, Stress Eater, Etc).
Recently I read The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler, former head of the FDA. It had a lot of scientific studies about food and why obesity is becoming such a problem in this country. He explains the science behind the fact that humans have not changed much genetically in the last 10,000 years, but the foods we eat and our activity have changed dramatically in even just the last 50 years. It talks also about the food industry's economic interest in getting us "hooked" on processed foods. It also touches on some the political policies that support the food industry. I think very differently when I see food commercials now. In the end it offers ways to navigate through all the strong cues & chemicals to stay lean & healthy.
My current favorite reference is The O2 Diet by Keri Glassman. You don't count calories, you count ORAC points (oxidative radical absorptive capacity). Nothing is really forbidden, she tells you what & why a food is good for you. My new favorite snack when I need to indulge is chocolate covered strawberries (homemade of course) with the high quality chocloate she recommends. It only takes about 3 to cure a craving and prevent a binge, and the whole time I'm thinking about how the antioxidants are healing my body from the day's stressors, instead of feeling guilty.
The type of nutrition books I read are not about special diets to follow. I'm a picky eater and can't follow anyone else's "diet". Several years ago I bought The Portion Teller by Lisa Young who gives lots shocking tid-bits about how portions sizes have increased over the years (like today's bagels are double the size they were in 1960 & one bagel = 5 slices of bread). She also gives you template eating plans based on your "portion personality" (like are you a Breakfast Hater, Special Occasion Victim, Binge Eater, Stress Eater, Etc).
Recently I read The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler, former head of the FDA. It had a lot of scientific studies about food and why obesity is becoming such a problem in this country. He explains the science behind the fact that humans have not changed much genetically in the last 10,000 years, but the foods we eat and our activity have changed dramatically in even just the last 50 years. It talks also about the food industry's economic interest in getting us "hooked" on processed foods. It also touches on some the political policies that support the food industry. I think very differently when I see food commercials now. In the end it offers ways to navigate through all the strong cues & chemicals to stay lean & healthy.
My current favorite reference is The O2 Diet by Keri Glassman. You don't count calories, you count ORAC points (oxidative radical absorptive capacity). Nothing is really forbidden, she tells you what & why a food is good for you. My new favorite snack when I need to indulge is chocolate covered strawberries (homemade of course) with the high quality chocloate she recommends. It only takes about 3 to cure a craving and prevent a binge, and the whole time I'm thinking about how the antioxidants are healing my body from the day's stressors, instead of feeling guilty.
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morningstar
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How is it that no one mentioned Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle by Tom Venuto yet?
morningstar
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Nancy, I think Prevention magazine is utter crap, but you look amazing in your avatar!
nancy324
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Thanks.
My parents used to subscribe to Prevention when I was young and it scared the living daylights out of me. Nowadays, however, it's more focused on the positive than the negative. Still, it was in a recent edition of Prevention that I read that a chemical called PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid, also known as C8) is used in the lining of microwave popcorn bags. True, the information is not all in yet, but I'm glad I switched to making my own popcorn. I'm sure it's healthier, and I know I'm saving money. For a $2 per year subscription, I've adopted a few healthier habits, and obtained reinforcement of many of the things I am doing right.
However, I agree that it would not make sense to accept as fact everything you read in that or any other magazine without confirming the information.