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This is a meal I had a year ago in Miami at a patio restaurant in the business district. My son Nick and I had been walking for a couple hours appreciating the tall buildings and had earned our appetites. The meal was so beautiful, I had to stare and study the artistry of it. Once […]
Last month I read an article in the LA Times, “A Brief Timeline Shows How We’re Gluttons For Diets” (February 28, 2015.) It outlined a history of dieting, starting in 1825 with a low-carb regimen by Jean Brillat-Savarin. The timeline brought back memories of the grapefruit diet, cabbage soup diet, Zen macrobiotic diet, Atkins, Beverly Hills, Zone, Sugar Busters, […]
“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” – Mark Twain For almost 20 years, we have been hearing about the “obesity epidemic” along with its connection to every disease under the sun, projections that it is only going to get worse, and the gloomy prediction that it is causing our children to […]
I read that Puerto Rican Sen. Gilberto Rodriguez is suggesting that parents be fined if their children don’t meet their “ideal weight.” I wonder if Senator Rodriguez and his staff have considered the multitude of undesirable consequences of such a bill. Will this lead to children being put on fad diets or being denied food […]
On February 4th, Michelle Obama announced a $500 million dollar donation from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation toward the “the fight against childhood obesity.’ Yes, $500 million toward the phrase I want to eliminate! (Let’s Not Talk about Obesity in 2015) Here we go again. First of all, I think it’s great anytime any money […]
At the bottom of my website page, you will see a Blogging with Integrity badge and a disclaimer for my blog. I hope you read it, as well as check out the website www.blogwithintegrity.com. I want you to know who I am and what I stand for. For starters, I could use some sponsorship money […]
My sweet neighbor children, Danika (age 8) and Carter (age 6) invited me to Turkey Bingo at their elementary school last night. This is the same school where my sons went to school and I have great memories of this place, so of course, I said “yes!” I also wanted to see what was being […]
For the first time, I was more in tune to an election in another state than my own. The proposed soda tax in Berkeley, California caught my interest. The goals of the tax were to discourage consumption of sugar-containing beverages and generate money to “combat diabetes and obesity.” I was hoping the tax would pass, […]
Mindless eating can be loosely defined as overeating due to unconscious hand-to-mouth munching. It can be influenced by environmental factors, such as family and friends, shapes and size of portions, size and shapes of serving plates and packages, lighting, colors, smells, distractions, etc. The danger in this is that it leads to overconsumption of calories, […]
I am really tired of the word “obesity.” Anyone else out there feel the same way? I am sick of hearing about how fat our nation has become, how unhealthy and heavy our children are, and how big we are ALL going to be in the future. It’s demeaning and defeating. And most of all, […]