If you are actively engaged in the new Alpha Male Challenge or any other program where the goal is weight loss, the current administration may be trying to help you – by curbing sugar imports. Ah but wait, let’s take a closer look at this situation. According to a news report this morning, the Obama …
Do you ever have problems picking out food? You read the food label, glance through the ingredients list and take a look at the package but still feel stumped from time to time. Should you pay a premium for “natural”? (answer: no, it has no formal meaning). What about organic? Fully hydrogenated oils? HFCS? When …
This morning Good Morning America aired a very inaccurate nutrition segment. GMA usually has some fantastic dietitians (RDs) talking about nutrition but today they had a “nutritionist” on there named Kimberly Synder from NY (“nutritionist” which is a word anyone can use, especially in NY where there are no licensure laws). Kimberly’s website says she …
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This summer the journal Appetite had a few interesting studies about eating behavior. In one study examining females who dined with friends or total strangers, the researchers found that the women who ate with friends consumed significantly more food than those who ate with total strangers. In this same study they found that those who …
Yesterday I found this calorie balance equation on the CDC website and my first though was: this is a very simplistic view of weight maintenance. However, when communicating to the masses (something CDC certainly does), breaking things down into simple terms is a necessity to get the point across. And, calorie balance is important. Study …
According to a new study out of John’s Hopkins University, fatty, sugar-laden foods alter opioid receptors in the area of the brain that controls food intake. Opioids are feel good chemicals in our brain. So the scenario in those with binge-eating disorder may look something like this: eat highly pleasureable fat and sugar-laden food, feel …