Entries tagged with 'health'
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Remember a few weeks ago when I was musing about what kind of diet I'm on? Well as of last week I'm on the Acid Reflux Diet. A gastroenterologist I saw stuck a tube camera down my throat (I didn't feel a thing because of the wonderful drugs the anesthesiologist gave me) and said he found some signs of acid reflux. He told me to eliminate caffeine, chocolate, and mint from my diet. He also told me to try to have a number of small meals throughout the day that should end by 7:30, or 8 p.m. at the latest. In other words he put me on the eat-like-a-boid early bird special diet. (And oh yes, like just about every...
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"A few of the last week's comments focused on not settling for not being as fat. That resonated with me—not being as fat isn't good enough." There were so many terrific, thoughtful comments on my diet post last week about how much I should weigh that I've been reflecting (not obsessing) about that very same question all week. There are lots of positives about my current weight: My wife has marveled at my weight loss. She tells me all the time how good I look.I move so much better around the squash court, and of course, I don't get tired as easily when I play.People who know me reasonably well but see me infrequently immediately comment on how much weight...
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Is juice all that good for you? Does grass-fed beef taste better than conventionally raised beef? Is arugula all that special? The short answers: "No, no, and no." For further explanations to these questions and more head to New York Times blog Room for Debate where six people from different parts of the food community clear up common food myths. [via Kottke]...
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People who drink a glass or two of wine or beer daily have denser bones than non-drinkers, according to a Yahoo! News report. But it's not as easy as the more you drink, the better your bones—those who downed two or more servings of hard liquor daily had significantly lower BMD. The study was originally published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition....
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Researchers from UC Berkeley and Columbia University have found that "Teens who attend classes within one-tenth of a mile of a fast-food outlet are more likely to be obese" than students whose schools are father away from fast-food outlets, the Los Angeles Times reports....
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After last Friday's weigh-in of 225 pounds, I am well within single digits of what I thought my goal weight was: 218 pounds. But all week I have been thinking: How much should I weigh? Where did I get that number? Is it right? So many pounds, so many inches, so many questions. When I look at the federal weight guidelines for men six feet tall, I find nothing but agita. Even big-boned, large-framed six-foot-tall men are supposed to weigh somewhere between 164 and 188 pounds. I have not weighed 164 since I was ten years old, and hell, I haven't been south of 200 since I got married in 1978. Who puts together these ideal weight charts, anyway? So...
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With the non-stop focus on food at SE World HQ, I need as many diet buddies as I can get. Although everybody is supportive at work, who would have thunk that our superb intern, Grace Kang, is my ace number one diet buddy at work. I may be the boss, but Grace always speaks her mind with my waistline in mind, even when I give her dagger looks. At home my wife and even my son are ever vigilant, but for me there is much more diet peril at work for reasons known to most serious eaters: the constant availability of potentially seriously delicious food. Grace usually sits at our conference table, amidst the sea of gathered and delivered food...
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Fiber One Yogurt Jacob Gershman of Slate looks into misleading fiber claims found on cereal and yogurt packages. He explains that there are two kinds of fibers: dietary (found naturally occurring in plants) and functional. The added fiber found in most food products are functional, like polydextrose and inulin. Since FDA-approved food labels don't distinguish between dietary and functional fiber, the polydextrose found in a box of Cocoa Pebbles may be labeled as a dietary fiber even though it's not the same thing: ...Nobody knows if these fiber additives possess the same health benefits as natural fiber found in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. [...] Even when it comes to the natural, wholesome stuff, like oats and kidney beans, nutritionists...
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"We all tried not to eat more than 20 chips a day..." This week I found myself confronted by three foods I find utterly irresistible: Apple crisp, potato chips fried in lard, and really good chocolate. Do you share these weaknesses? Encountering any one part of this terrible-but-terrific trio would be cause for alarm in a given week. Encountering all three is, for me, the equivalent of a drug addict being inadvertently locked overnight in a pharmacy. It must be said that I did not seek any of the three out. I was not searching for lard chips or crisp or chocolate. All three of them just happened to fall into my path. I'll explain....
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Need advice on stocking a healthful pantry? The Chicago Tribune found plenty of guidance on realistic menus, recipes, and tips for the health-conscious eater from Dawn Jackson Blatner, author of The Flexitarian Diet, and Mark Bittman, author of Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating. Blatner, a professional dietitian, recommends filling your cart with 25 percent whole-grain, 25 percent lean protein, and 50 percent fruits and vegetables....
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