Here's the revelation! Being thin and healthy, eating what you like yet liking yourself, and controlling your weight without fixating on it for the rest of your life is not about natural gifts, but about the gift of knowing how.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Better training needed to curb 'fatism' within the health professions, study finds
"One reason for the high levels of obesity prejudice is that people only hear that obesity is due to poor diet and lack of exercise, which implies that obese people are just lazy and gluttonous, and therefore deserve criticism. But, uncontrollable factors, such as genes, the environment and neurophysiology, play an important role."
Better training needed to curb 'fatism' within the health professions, study finds
Better training needed to curb 'fatism' within the health professions, study finds
Thursday, April 15, 2010
New HFCS study stirs up obesity debate
New HFCS study stirs up obesity debate: "A rat study from Princeton University has claimed that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) consumption could play a major role in ballooning obesity rates – but some have challenged the study’s methodology."
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Sleep Then Diet!
Taking care to get enough sleep may allow you the energy and focus to follow your program as you work toward your weight loss goals. Get off the computer, and that means you--and me too! have a good night!
People get hungrier when they're starved for sleep
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are trying to stay trim may want to make sure they get plenty of sleep.
In a study, researchers found that normal-weight young men ate a Big Mac's-worth of extra calories when they'd gotten four hours of sleep the night before compared to when they slept for eight hours.
Given the findings, and the fact that people have been sleeping less and getting fatter over the past few decades, "sleep restriction could be one of the environmental factors that contribute to the obesity epidemic," they write in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
A number of studies have linked shorter sleep duration with higher body mass index (BMI) -- a measure of weight in relation to height used to gauge whether someone is overweight or obese. But no experimental studies to date have actually looked at what happens to a normal-weight person's eating patterns when he or she sleeps less.
To investigate, Dr. Laurent Brondel of the European Center for Taste Sciences in Dijon, France, and colleagues looked at sleep, eating, and energy expenditure in 12 healthy young men across two 48-hour sessions.
Two days served as a control period, during which the study participants stuck to their normal routines but kept track of their sleep, eating and activities in a diary. During the second two-day period, the men went to bed at midnight and woke up at 8 a.m. on one day, and on the other day went to bed at 2 a.m. and woke up at 6 a.m. They were allowed to eat as much as they liked.
After the night of short sleep, the researchers found, the men took in 22 percent more calories, on average, than when they were allowed to sleep for eight hours. They ate more at breakfast and dinner, but not at lunch. The average calorie increase was about 560.
It's possible that people might eat more after a short sleep because mammals have evolved to store up calories in the summer, when nights are short and food is plentiful, Brondel and his colleague Dr. Damien Davenne of the University de Caen in Caen, France noted in an email to Reuters Health.
The findings make it clear that people need to do their best to get an adequate amount of sleep so their bodies can function properly, Brondel and Davenne add. "It is time to understand that sleep is not just losing time, besides the recovery processes that occur, there are many other functions (energy conservation, memory and so on) which are going on."
SOURCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online March 31, 2010.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Is it High Fructose Corn Syrup that Makes Us Fat?
No--there's No single food that will kill you...nor cure you! There's a constellation of unfortunate circumstances that contribute to overweight and obesity in our country, and so many countries around the world, places where foods don't contain a lot of HFCS, but where people are similarly eating more calories, and getting less activity...it's not exclusive to people eating foods sweetened with sugar, HFCS, or other. Rather than blame the food, part of the blame lies with the marketing geniuses, whose mission is to sell products, and make foods appear sexy, desirable, fun, cool, etc. etc. There is no similar effort to market fresh foods, fruits and vegetables.
The obesity epidemic really began around the time that low fat became popular...but even that is too simplistic a correlation--at the same time more people were afforded cars, the population grew significantly, gyms were converted to classrooms, phys ed classes were cut, more factory subsidized farms meant fast food became cheaper than fresh, so many factors conspiring to undermine health.
So this is a good debate because it allows us to NOT demonize any one food, but to understand that within a context of our cultural communities we need to stay focused on lifestyle and choices.
The obesity epidemic really began around the time that low fat became popular...but even that is too simplistic a correlation--at the same time more people were afforded cars, the population grew significantly, gyms were converted to classrooms, phys ed classes were cut, more factory subsidized farms meant fast food became cheaper than fresh, so many factors conspiring to undermine health.
So this is a good debate because it allows us to NOT demonize any one food, but to understand that within a context of our cultural communities we need to stay focused on lifestyle and choices.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
BOOK REVIEW: Susan Burke March Chronicles Her Journey from Overweight to Just the Right Weight in 'Making Weight Control Second Nature' -- Not Another Diet Book
David M. Kinchen has read my book! I love it when a reviewer reads Making Weight Control Second Nature: Living Thin Naturally and understands and benefits from my message...and compliments me too! Read his review...thanks David!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Visualization Helps Motivate Change!
Here's a neat service that helps you visualize what you'll look like when you achieve your weight and life goals. You upload a photo of yourself on http://www.EmpowerMePhoto.com
Empower Me Photo isn't just about weight loss, though. Maybe your dream of personal achievement includes:
• Obtaining a degree.
• Earning a promotion.
• Buying a new house.
• Meeting Mr. or Ms. Right.
Wherever your dream is leading you, you can use your Empower Me Photo image to inspire and motivate you into taking steps toward fulfilling the vision you hold in your hand.
Empower Me Photo isn't just about weight loss, though. Maybe your dream of personal achievement includes:
• Obtaining a degree.
• Earning a promotion.
• Buying a new house.
• Meeting Mr. or Ms. Right.
Wherever your dream is leading you, you can use your Empower Me Photo image to inspire and motivate you into taking steps toward fulfilling the vision you hold in your hand.
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