My how times have changed. If you still drink Coke or Pepsi daily, you might want to take a look at this visual.
If man made it, don't eat it. - Jack LaLanne*
I prefer butter to margarine because I trust cows more than chemists. - Joan Gussow** *Jack LaLane is a healthy 95. He might be on to something. ** Here's Joan Gussow moderating a conversation with Michael Pollan and Dan Barber While I pass my neighborhood McDonald's multiple times each day, I always take a pass on its food. Check this out. You might start passing up on it too.
Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain. Here's the report. Read it and weep.
By the way, if that's not a good enough reason to give up your Coke/Pepsi habit, maybe this will convince you. If you really want to lose weight, you cannot be on a diet. Zonya Foco uses the acronym: D.I.E.T. F.R.E.E.
There is no doubt, the reason for a 95% diet failure rate, yes 95%, is because diets do not work - lifestyle changes do. If you want to make a few lifestyle changes, you will learn that losing weight is an easy proposition. I know this first-hand. Here's what diet free means. D - Drink Water I - Include Breakfast E - Eat Often T - Tame Your Sweet Tooth F - Find the Fat R - Replace Processed Food with Wholesome Close to the Farm Foods E - Eat Until No Longer Hungry E - Every Day Exercise Nearly one in three kids born in 2000—and one in two minorities—will develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetime, according to the American Diabetes Association. The disease is linked to heart attack, stroke, blindness, amputation, and kidney disease.
That's the reason diet (proper eating) is so important. Put down the chips, fries, soda, fast food, and more, and miraculous things will happen. I asked Dr. Roizen (Realage.com) a simple question:
Q. Is it safe to say that the same poor food choices that create heart-related disease are similar to what might cause a stroke. Or is it much more complicated than that? He gave me a simple answer: A. It's safe to say. Moral of the Q&A: Eat better, lose weight, and a significant byproduct - you will be much healthier. In the early nineteen-sixties, a man named David Wallerstein was running a chain of movie theatres in the Midwest and wondering how to boost popcorn sales. Wallerstein had already tried matinée pricing and two-for-one specials, but to no avail.
According to Greg Critser, the author of “Fat Land” (2003), one night the answer came to him: jumbo-sized boxes. Once Wallerstein introduced the bigger boxes, popcorn sales at his theatres soared, and so did those of another high-margin item, soda. A decade later, Wallerstein had retired from the movie business and was serving on McDonald’s board of directors when the chain confronted a similar problem. Customers were purchasing a burger and perhaps a soft drink or a bag of fries, and then leaving. How could they be persuaded to buy more? Wallerstein’s suggestion—a bigger bag of fries—was greeted skeptically by the company’s founder, Ray Kroc. Kroc pointed out that if people wanted more fries they could always order a second bag.“But Ray,” Wallerstein is reputed to have said, “they don’t want to eat two bags—they don’t want to look like a glutton.” Eventually, Kroc let himself be convinced; the rest, as they say, is supersizing. Source: The New Yorker For additional information about the increase in portion sizes, visit the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's presentation. Harvard Medical School Says:
Don’t take aspirin just because you’ve heard it can help prevent a heart attack or stroke. It can, but it can also do some damage. There’s no exact tipping point at which it makes sense to start taking an aspirin a day. If you are healthy, haven’t been diagnosed with heart disease or other cardiovascular disease, and don’t have risk factors for them, aspirin probably isn’t for you. You’ll reap little benefit while exposing yourself to side effects you’d rather stay away from. The less healthy your heart and arteries, the more likely the advantages of taking aspirin will outweigh any risks.It isn’t the easiest decision to make. *If you are in the gray zone, talking with your doctor could make it more black and white. *My doc advised me not to take an aspirin a day. I've heard Doctors Oz and Roizen state emphatically to take the aspirin. In fact, they tell you to purchase the cheapest aspirin you can find (Wal*Mart) and drink it with warm water - it helps dissolve the aspirin before it can do damage to the stomach. Ah, confusion reigns. If you drink one 12-ounce can of soda a day, in one year, this is the amount of sugar you will consume. Now think about it: What if . . . you drink two, three, four or more a day? .
Would you like a glass of water to wash all that sugar down? When I show this jug in my presentations, many people take this quote to heart: Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding. - Harvey MacKay By the way, if you would like to see a "health" drink that has a lot more calories than the Coke/Pepsi example, check this out. My metaphor is the Food House. These are the components that are important for diet and lifestyle changes. They are explained in detail in my book: Feed Your Head.
Without a doubt, in regard to diet, proper eating, and lifestyle, one of the biggest problems we face is portion sizes.
The picture below demonstrates: The colorful plate (The Portion Plate) is the proper size of a plate. It is sitting on top of a plate that most of us have in our homes today. The portion plate is about 10 inches in diameter. The white plate is about 12 inches in diameter. Studies have been done: The larger the plate, the larger the portion and yes, we eat it all. And, that means we pack on a lot more calories than we should. Next time you're at a restaurant, pay close attention to the portion sizes. They are enormous. You might want to check out the Portion Plate site. Only Stephen Colbert could explain it in a truly hysterical manner. Watch and laugh.
It's a whopper. This Jack in the Box meal comes in at 1,720 calories. Basically, that's the daily allowance for the entire day. If you'd like to see many of the fast foods that we consume, here are snapshots from TV commercials. While not the sole reason for our obesity dilemma in the U.S., it certainly is a contributing factor. Purchase Feed Your Head (free shipping). The survey says:
"On average, children reach for cookies, chips and other treats about three times a day, consuming nearly 600 daily calories from snacks. That’s an increase of 168 snack calories compared with what children ate in the late 1970s." Here's the rest of the article from the New York Times. While checking out of my local sporting goods store, this is a quick snapshot that I took . . . candyland! By the way, you see the Skittles in the picture? It weighs in at 680 calories and 31 teaspoons of sugar. Fosamax, one in a class of drugs called bisphosphonates, is supposed to make bones stronger, and for many women, it is safe and effective. But now there's mounting evidence that, for some women, taking these medications for more than five years could cause spontaneous fractures.
Please view this blog post for the solution. It’s much easier to do prevention than treatment. - Dr. Michael Roizen
Purchase Feed Your Head (free shipping). I could bore you with all stats in the world about this subject. However, you care about your own situation. So, I'm going to quickly tell you my stats that changed by "practicing what I preach". If you purchase the book, you could have a similar experience! To accomplish the results below: No Meds, No Pills.
Weight: 195 to 168 Total Cholesterol: 202 to 155 Waist: 38 to 31 If the entire process wasn't simple, I would not have written the book. Be assured, this quote is very true: Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding. - Harvey MacKay There's a new bar in town. It's called Fullbar. It's designed to help you lose weight. So, here's the question . . . should I purchase it for that purpose?
Answer: No Reason: After reading the nutrition label, I identified that it had 11 grams of sugar and not enough fiber and protein (4 grams and 5 grams respectively). I recommend the bar Pure Protein. It's a few more calories, but it has 20 grams of protein. It will make you fuller longer than Fullbar and it has almost no sugar in it. In fact, when I want a candy bar, I have the Pure Protein bar. Bye, bye Snickers, Milky Way, M&Ms, and all the other high calorie and high sugar products. Purchase Feed Your Head (free shipping). Exercise is better than any drug or anything else we have for aging. There's no downside. If this were a drug, it would be the safest, most effective drug in the universe. - Dr. James O. Hill, Director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado at Denver Dr. Christina Economos discusses Living in the Balance: Nutrition and Physical Activity for a Lifetime. As I've mentioned in the past, this video was instrumental in getting me to start weight-training. Note: For all the benefits, I recommend clicking on "Watch Full Program". The Eat This, Not That people have created a wonderful book franchise. However, the alternative choices it offers are usually pretty bad.
Here's one example: The Worst Beverages in the Supermarket (you're kidding - you're going to recommend a product that has 320 calories and 42 grams of sugar - that's 11 teaspoons of sugar) Here's a much better alternative . . . plain ole Diet Coke. Purchase Feed Your Head (free shipping). Here's my version of it. These photos were taken from TV commercials. Our diet is known as the Western Diet and these photos demonstrate why we are fat. Purchase Feed Your Head (free shipping). |
Welcome to my blog about diet, health, and lifestyle issues. You'll find snippets and tidbits to assist with living a healthier lifestyle. Enjoy. - Ken Leebow
I'm a professional speaker. If your organization would like someone to speak on the subject of diet, health, and lifestyle issues, please contact me.
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