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Monday, October 31, 2005

Pumpkin Carving 101

Halloween means much more than just eating bags of minature candy bars. Remember carving pumpkins as a kid? Mine always looked the same, but if I'd had the Pumpkin Carving Instructions found at Pumpkin-Carving.com, it could have been a different story.

Everything you've always wanted to know about carving pumpkins, but were afraid to ask including Pumpkin Carving History with the story of Jack O' Lanterns; How to choose the right pumpkins; pumpkin carving tools; traditional carving and more.

Start now and just think how excellent your pumpkins for next year could be!

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Monday, October 31, 2005

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Brazilian Diet Pills - Scam Alert

Everyone wants a diet pill. Take this pill and lose weight and all is well with the world, only one problem: they don't work. Sure, you can lose weight with prescription diet pills, a little bit that is, but at what cost?

All a scammer has to do is claim to have a diet pill that helps you lose weight and people start throwing money. The claims aren't true, and the companies are usually short-lived because they know they are breaking the law by making false claims yet they persist.

"This diet pill really works! Take one in the morning and tomorrow you'll be 10 pounds lighter!" "Eat whatever you want!" "No effort." blah, blah, blah.

If there really were a pill that effectively killed your appetite, would you still eat? Think about it. Do you eat now with no appetite? Sometimes? Okay, that's my point. Appetite suppresants only work if you are paying close attention to your hunger signals. Eat when hungry, sleep when tired. Good advice.

Check the comments on the Brazilian Diet Pill at Diet-Blog.com

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Wednesday, October 26, 2005

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Binge Dieting Decreases Breast Cancer Risk in Mice

Mice Benefit from Yo-Yo Dieting Say Researchers

Finally, another mouse study indicated that on-again, off-again dieting may actually prevent breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Mice on the so-called "yo-yo" diet regimen had a 96 percent reduction in cancer, compared to the animals allowed to eat whatever they wanted.

The results were surprising to the researchers who initially believed the effect of this yo-yo pattern would be detrimental (obviously, that's what any sane person would have assumed).

"This is the way people used to eat," says study author Margot Cleary, Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of Minnesota's Hormel Institute in Austin. "For many, many centuries for human beings it was feast or famine. Maybe the body has adapted to that."

Whether the findings will apply to humans remains to be seen but, if they do, they would add a new twist to what is known about nutrition and disease.

"It's been well known for decades that chronic food restriction is protective against lots of things, not just cancer, but it was thought the protective effect existed to the degree you restricted calories," Dr. Cleary explains.

"Our results show that it's really the manner that you receive these calories that can have a significant effect on what the impact is," she notes.

You can incorporate "cheat days" into your dieting plan and still lose weight. In fact, that's the method employed by many bodybuilders and other elite athletes who must stay in top form year around. A once a week cheat day (or cheat meal for the ultra disciplined) goes a long way toward keeping your sanity, plus your body likes it as it does get used to the feast/famine cycle.

If you want to diet, do so with a bit more common sense. Stay on your plan for a day or two, then allow a bit of a cheat day, then back to your plan for another day or two and so forth. This disciplined approach to yo-yo dieting may be just the thing to jump start your weight loss.

By cheat day I mean go ahead and have what you want, but I don't mean carry home two grocery sacks full of treats and consume them at one sitting. Sane binging is eating half the bag of Hershey's Kisses, while out-of-control binging is eating that bag, plus three others you bought for Halloween, then having to go back out to restock for the trick-or-treaters.

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Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Tuesday, October 25, 2005

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Thursday, October 20, 2005

Fast Food Wins Again! No Lawsuits Against Burger Chains Cries Congress

The US Congress today approved a bill which if passed and enacted into law would forbid lawsuits against fast food companies for causing obesity. This bill is so poorly written it's a joke, yet everyone's jumping aboard, lest they be considered "lawsuit happy." The point is, you cannot write a sweeping "no lawsuits" bill and expect it to go unchallenged.

Think back to tobacco. Originally it was a plant that when smoked caused a nice pleasant sensation and cigaretts and cigars were born. Then Big Tobacco stepped up to the plate introducing numerous chemicals to "enhance the flavor" and speed of the burn (hence you must buy more smokes). Chemicals they knew were dangerous or at least should have known in legal parlance. Some were added to make a person desire another smoke, or help one get addicted, and all this went on for decades until finally someone stepped up to the plate with a lawsuit. Today it still goes on to a large extent but not quite so blatantly, yet, Congress wants to stem the tide of lawsuits against Big Food before they've even begun? Fat chance (no pun intended).

BBC News: US Approves "Cheeseburger Bill"

CBS News: House Approves "Cheeseburger Bill"

FoxNews.com: House Passes "Cheeseburger Bill"

Washington Times: The "Cheeseburger Bill"

These headlines aren't very clever are they?

The Hill: The Newspaper for and about US Congress: House GOP tries out 'guns and butter' strategy against obesity class-action suits

Znet News: Obesity, Class and the Cheeseburger Bill This article is the first to point out the obvious use of enormous fat guts hanging out, superimposed near giant burgers and fries. Real nice use of images.

A Hamburger A Day chimes in

BBC News: US Approves "Cheeseburger Bill"

Good law needs to be very specific and this bill is far too broad and sweeping to have any effect whatsoever. This bill simply attempts to create sweeping legislation against the rights of the citizens in favor of the corporations and frankly, I'm getting pretty sick of it. We do know that eating fast food regularly is unhealthy, yet advertisements say otherwise and that's perfectly legal. Fast food (restaurant food in general) is too high in calories and saturated fat, plus contains who knows what chemicals which cause who knows what illnesses, so yes, I'd vote no on this bill. Write me a bill with substance that is specific and then we'll talk.

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Thursday, October 20, 2005

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Thursday, October 06, 2005

Splenda Brown Sugar Released

Finally, Splenda® Brown Sugar. I've hunted the stores for months trying to find DiabetiSweet Brown Sugar Substitute to no avail. Evidentially it didn't sell well enough for stores to stock it, but now we'll see how the new Splenda Brown Sugar Blend fares.

The brown sugar in the product (what they've added) allows consumers more of the browning, rising, texture, moistness and molasses-like flavor characteristics of baked goods made with brown sugar. Consumers need to use only one-half cup of Splenda Brown Sugar Blend to replace the sweetness of a full cup of brown sugar.

Okay, let's think about this a minute. If Splenda Brown Sugar Blend is Splenda mixed with brown sugar, why couldn't we do this ourselves? I hate when I pay extra for something I could mix up myself, so if anyone is experimenting, let me know.

Brown sugar Splenda is a proprietary blend of brown sugar and Splenda Brand Sweetener, or sucralose. In other words, it's sugar. It's also important to realize that despite all claims to the contrary, Splenda is not calorie free. The US labeling laws allow a claim of zero or "no calories" if the calorie count is less than 5 per serving. That explains why sometimes that packet of candy will claim to serve 2.3 people! So when you consume more than one serving, guess what; you're eating lots of real calories.

Yes, Virginia, Splenda contains approximately 4 calories per teaspoon, and .9g carbohydrate. Not a huge amount, but if you enjoy an occasional Splenda packet for a snack, and plenty of people do because they think it's calorie free, you are getting lots of unwanted calories. Five Splenda packets equals 20 calories, and so on. Every calorie counts, so don't consume empty calories even in the form of Splenda.

If you want a snack, have an apple; 80 calories of wonderful, juicy goodness and crunch.

Splenda's Recipe: Brown Sugar Substitute
1 cup artificial sweetener*
1/4 cup sugar-free maple syrup

Mix ingredients well.
Replaces 1 cup of regular brown sugar to be used when baking.

*Use type of sweetener that measures 1 cup to 1 cup of granulated sugar like Splenda, duh.

I note this recipe isn't using brown sugar but maple syrup. I want to know how much real brown sugar they use to mix with the granulated Splenda so we can all save bucks and just mix our own. Home chemists alert! Let's get on this detective work because this is not rocket science. The first person to crack the code wins a free t-shirt.

Remember, sugar free is not calorie free. If you make a recipe using a sugar substitute, still enjoy the same portion you would have otherwise. Don't fall victim to the trap of thinking you can eat all you want, just because it doesn't have any sugar.

One cup of Splenda contains 96 calories and 24g carbohydrates. One cup of sugar contains 770 calories and 192g carbohydrates. You can see how this one substitute could equal big changes in your weight.
Splenda.com or 1-800-777-5363

Posted by OneMoreBite-Weightloss on Thursday, October 06, 2005

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