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Thursday, June 30, 2005

Diet Candy: Sales are Huge

Think you have a sweet tooth? According to Packaged Foods, diet candy sales reached $495 million in 2004, more than four times the sales in 2000. The major contributing factor appears to be the increasing versatility of many artificial sweeteners, allowing for new combinations of flavor, texture and appearance.

Food Production Daily reports that Russell Stover is the current leader in diet candy, controlling 37% of dollar sales in IRI-tracked mass-market outlets as of first quarter 2005. Following Russell Stover are Hershey at 14%, Atkins Nutritionals with 12% and Kraft and 9%.

What is Diet Candy

So called "Diet Candy" generally means sugar free or low sugar, and the proliferation of sweeteners continues to grow. FDA approved sweeteners include saccharin, sucralose, aspartame, and acesulfame-K, all available both on your supermarket shelves and as ingredients, especially in diet drinks.

Newer sweeteners are known as polyols, which provide the same bulk as sugar but are sugar free, do not promote tooth decay, and are used in a wide range of foods including chewing gum, candies, ice cream, baked goods, and fruit spreads. Polyols are generally mixed with other sweeteners, since the combination (synergy) creates an even sweeter product than either used alone.

New Sweetners: Coming Soon to a Sweet Treat Near You

New sweeteners on the horizon include dihydrochalcones, derived from citrus fruits; glycyrrhizin, a non-caloric extract of licorice root and thaumatin, a mixture of proteins from a West African fruit.

Cyclamate, banned here in 1970 as a potential carcinogen, may make a comeback as it is currently awaiting approval in the United States. Cyclamate is currently accepted and used in 50 countries. Another little known sweetener, alitame, an amino acid derivative may win approval. All of these products are many times sweeter than sucrose, and are winning the favor of food producers and consumers every day.

The bottom line: Do these low calorie, low sugar products help people lose weight?

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Thursday, June 30, 2005

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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Stop the Increase in Gas Tax for Washington State

Okay, this has nothing to do with weight loss, unless you consider the weight of your hard earned money, but here's the deal:

In Washington State we already have one of the highest gas tax rates in the country. Now, with no real announcement or warning, our legislature is quieting introducing a proposed nearly 10 cent per gallon tax to take effect very soon! The only way to stop this new tax is to get the word out and have all registered voters who'd rather not be skinned alive at the gas pump sign the petition to Stop the Gas Tax!

History of Gas Taxes in Washington State:

From an article at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Bader said, "The voters rejected a 9-cent-a-gallon gas tax in 2002, and since that time the Legislature has raised the gas tax by 14.5 cents a gallon. Olympia simply isn't listening."

Timing is simply wrong for this, especially since the residents of Washington State are already paying 28 cents a gallon in taxes! No wonder our gas prices are so high! It's not the hapless gas station owners who are robbing us blind, but our very own legislature.

Money is needed, yes, but this is the wrong time to add further to the burden of the citizens in this most basic of needs. The price of gas will likely rise, and meanwhile our gas tax sits right on top, ensuring we'll always be paying far more than everyone else. The trickle-down effect has already started, where business owners must rise prices to help offset the higher costs of fuel, and it hits the worker hardest since employers aren't likely to increase wages to offset our higher costs of living.

As passed, the gas tax increase will be phased in over four years, beginning with a 3-cent boost in July, 2005.

The tax package also includes new tolls, local taxes and weight fees on cars, light trucks and SUVs. The full gas tax increase and weight fee will cost motorists $67 to $172 a year, depending on vehicle size. So, if you'd like to spend more each and every year to licence your vehicle (this only a couple years after we finally got equitable licensing fees in Washington State), then sign this petiton now!

I am coordinating the efforts for Clark County, but no matter where you live in Washington State you can get a petition, just go to NoNewGasTax.com and request one. If you are anywhere in Clark County, send me your request and I'll get one out to you. There are also pickup locations at a few places.

Thanks, and now, back to our regularly scheduled programming ...

If anyone in Clark County (or any county) would like to help me in getting signatures

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Wednesday, June 15, 2005

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Saturday, June 04, 2005

Chicken Fries

Burger King's got the jump on this one, and it's a great idea: Strips of chicken, battered and deep fried (just the way we like it), with a spicy, snappy, addictive taste. Their thinking is that people want food they can eat on-the-go (in the car perhaps) and their cup-full-o-chicken-strips fits that bill. The dipping sauce would be a problem, but I'm sure they'll figure that out.

Maybe the auto manufacturers should take a clue and put a mini-bar in the front seat? That'd be cool. Push a button and it flips up with a little tray, mini-refrigerator, maybe a mini-microwave for heating those "better when hot" snacks? Cup holder, natch. Um, what else? Ideas, people, give me ideas. Napkin holder would be nice, maybe a condiment center? Pretty soon I'm gonna need an RV just to get to work.

Then, when you're done, push another button and that flips away and up flips your "porta-office." Oh, the joy, the rapture, to be able to read e-mail and organize files while zipping down the road at 70 miles-per-hour in a 10,000 pound machine.

After a work "break" it's time to get serious, so push another button and the portable DVD/game console pops up. This is for serious traffic jams only though!
Remember to keep your eyes on the road and your free hand on the wheel at all times.

This leads to me my latest "big idea." I want a semi-truck, train, bus, whatever, something big, to haul a bunch of exercise equipment. Then the commuters can pay a fee to ride in the beast while exercising on their way to and from work. The trouble with that idea is when there is no traffic the ride would be too fast, and you'd get a lousy workout, but when the traffic is horrible and everyone else is all stressed and annoyed, us in the "Move it or Lose it" bus are saying, "ha ha on you. We're getting our exercise!" I love this idea, it just needs a little tweaking, oh, and a bunch of money.

Paul Allen, Bill Gates? You have the bucks. Make it happen, and I'll be first in line for a monthly pass, and you'll be heroes.

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Saturday, June 04, 2005

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Friday, June 03, 2005

Dark M&M's OR How to Make Candy Depressing

I finally found some "dark" M&M's; a not easy feat in itself. I've been looking for them for weeks. So, I get my prize home and tear it open only to find ... the colors. They are so horribly depressing you might as well eat dirt.

Don't they get it in M&M's land? It's the colors stupid! How could they not know it's the deep dark brown package and the bright, vibrant colors that I love so much, not the stupid candy. The candy, frankly tastes like, er, I don't know, sort of stale? I've never liked the taste of M&M's but the colors, that's another story.

Did anyone buy the white ones? That was doubly-dumb I thought. Who wants an anemic looking candy?

So, I'm not happy with this flavor at all. The taste is reminiscent of the sugar-free posers, and that's not good either. I'll stick with the regular.

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Friday, June 03, 2005

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		Kathryn Martyn Smith, M.NLP Body Mind Therapy, Weight Loss Coach 210 NW 78th Street Vancouver, Washington 98665 360-695-3184

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