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• Commented on Is a Vegetarian Diet Healthier?
  Arrow, Good point: there is actually a correlation between intake of saturated fat and production of serum cholesterol in people prone to higher cholesterol levels in their blood--not specifically dietary cholesterol.... usually these (cholesterol and saturated fat) are found in...
• Commented on How Many Calories Are In Your "Healthy" Fast Food Option
  OOhhh, thanks Lisa, that is a great meal to know about! Too bad they almost "hide" the fact that they provide real fruit at some of the restaurants!...
• Posted More Bunk From Time Magazine to Share
  This week, the article on "How to Eat Cheap" explains that one dollar can buy so many more calories of junk food. The author incorrectly calculates that over a thousand calories of potato chips can be purchased for a dollar...
• Posted How Many Calories Are In Your "Healthy" Fast Food Option to Share
  Fast foods are such a fact of life, it wouldn't be reasonable to give up the quick-sandwiches and drive through windows. So, we try to be healthy by making the better selection when we have little choice other than these...
• Commented on Is a Vegetarian Diet Healthier?
  Great work, Tina! Yes, certainly eating eggs, whole milk, and whole milk dairy products wouldn't help lower your cholesterol enough :) Glad the diet you have chosen is working so well for you and your health....
• Commented on Is a Vegetarian Diet Healthier?
  Well, Barry, as a registered dietitian for over 25 years I happen to know as a fact that elevated cholesterol levels are strongly linked to heart disease, so that is a problem. I did not know that many native populations...
• Commented on What Happens To The Body When You Quit Smoking?
  Yes, people gain an average of 12 pounds when quitting smoking. But the health hazards of smoking far outweigh the health hazards of carrying a few extra pounds. It's partly due to a slightly higher metabolism as Julie mentioned above,...
• Commented on Need to Lose 20Kg
  Congratulations on starting your diet! 20 kg is a lofty goal, and should be given a lot of thought to detail to see it through: It will likely be 5-6 months of healthy dieting and exercise to lose this amount...
• Commented on How Many Calories Do I Need?
  Gee, Barry, I don't have any idea where you get your mounds of evidence, but Ali is right on the money. The scientific evidence is from the doctors who practice in America, who have licenses, who belong to the American...
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• Posted Is a Vegetarian Diet Healthier? to Share
  Vegetarianism has been promoted as a more healthy way of eating for many decades. And this can be true, but is not necessarily! For people with high cholesterol, for example, eliminating animal products from their diet will remove all sources...
• Commented on How Do I Maintain Weight Loss?
  Amen to Spectra! Maintenance of weight is brought on by maintenance of the habits that get you there... make sense? Decide on a few healthy habits you can maintain long term: maybe it's a healthy breakfast every day, maybe it's...
• Commented on Poll: Who Shrunk My Chocolate Bar?
  I haven't noticed this; I have noticed the "King Sized snickers bar" because a client told me he ate a 170 calorie snickers bar (proud that he was checking the label as a new habit)... I never heard of such...
• Commented on Who Invented Snacking?
  Oh yes, this generation/time we live in, people are all about instant gratification. There are no longer "treats" like going out for ice cream or having a candy bar on a special occasion.... the special occasion is "I just pumped...
• Posted Wake Up To The Calorie Content In Your Coffee to Share
  Most people know that black coffee has about zero calories. Add a few ice cubes to cool it off and you're not adding any more. A little milk to lighten it up, a few teaspoons of sugar to sweeten it,...
• Posted 4 Ways to Avoid the Freshman 15 Syndrome to Share
  The weight gain that plagues many college students their first year on campus can be prevented by monitoring a few habits that tend to get out of hand once dorm life begins. Pay attention to these common blunders and avoid...
• Commented on 3 Ways Twitter Could Improve Your Health
  Accountability, focus, and support? Who knew twitter could give you all of this! What a boon for the frustrated dieter. If you don't mind, I will be sharing this idea with my clients from now on! Many of us have...