Tag Archives: Dieting

When is Eating Healthy not Healthy? [Food Police]

photo credit: SqueakyMarmot When is eating healthy not … healthy? Apparently when you have a condition known as orthorexia, described as “an unhealthy obsession (as in obsessive-compulsive disorder) with what the sufferer considers to be healthy eating.” Weight of the … Continue reading

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Study Shows Women Eating Trans Fats While Pregnant or Nursing May Cause Obesity in Child

photo credit: chiodachic Trans fats take one more step to earning the infamy associated with drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. A study recently conducted on Wistar rats shows pregnant or nursing mothers fed a diet enriched with hydrogenated vegetable fat causes … Continue reading

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Taste Test on Commercial Diet Bars and Snacks [Tastes Like **** Department]

photo credit: loveberry It’s not often I get to report on health news happening in my own back yard. Our local newspaper, Asheville Citizen-Times, conducted a non-scientific taste test on 6 different diet bars with a four-person panel. Here’s a … Continue reading

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Why You Should Pay Attention to the Glycemic Index [Health News]

photo credit: ptufts I recently learned and wrote about a study connecting high glycemic index diets to cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and gall stones. Since then, I read an article at CalorieLab about the glycemic index and how high or … Continue reading

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An interview with Mr Luis Bruno

So part of the reason I’ve been silent recently is the fact I’ve been feeling a bit uninspired. Not for weight loss or living healthy, but putting things down in written form. But that doesn’t really help you, our readers. … Continue reading

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