by OneMoreBite | Mar 16, 2005 | EFT Weight Loss
There may be an alternative for those suffering from PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome), a hormone imbalance that interferes with normal ovulation. Women with PCOS do not have normal, regular menstrual cycles and may have multiple small cysts on their ovaries. The main problem is the hormonal imbalance which affects other body systems, such as the metabolic and cardiovascular systems.
British researchers in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism’s February 2005 issue reported that from 10%-50% of PCOS patients are obese. It’s also well known that reducing weight can greatly help alleviate the symptoms of PCOS.
Metformin is often prescribed, a diabetes drug, given to reduce the chances of miscarriage. Metformin itself does nothing for weight loss.
Xenical versus Metformin for Weight Loss
This excellent article by WebMDHealth.com reports on a study done with PCOS sufferers to see whether Xenical may help them lose weight and relieve other symptoms, including excess testosterone. Results showed those taking both drugs found a reduction in testosterone, significant because excess testosterone is largely why women with PCOS have side effects such as excess facial hair and have difficulties with conceiving and carrying a child to full term.
This is very good news, especially if Xenical also helps with weight loss, since even a small drop in weight can also help alleviate PCOS symptoms.
The side effects of Metformin which are reported at a 30% or greater include: diarrhea, gas, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, bloating. Yuck. That doesn’t sound so sweet. Three out of 10 is a pretty significant number in my book.
If you suffer from PCOS, it may be worthwhile to ask your doctor about trying Xenical.
by OneMoreBite | Mar 14, 2005 | Diet Products
Picked up a “Fat Mat” at the bakery supply for no good reason except it looked cool. What’s a Fat Mat? Glad you asked. It’s sort of a heavy-duty reusable paper towel, but more expensive and had a nice package. I picked one up at the bakery supply for no good reason except to satisfy my required “impulse purchase” quota for the day.
It could be months before I’ll have an opportunity to test the Fat Fat, so I went looking to see what others had to say (I should have done this first). Today’s my lucky day because I found Does it Work? a regular segment at KCBD News Channel 11 in Lubbock, Texas. Wow! Now this is quality broadcasting. Useful. Timely. I love it!
I don’t know about you but I’ve been duped by that “As Seen on TV” crap time and again. How many times I’ve bought something, took it home, it didn’t work, only to find you can’t return it to the store, oh, no, it’s only returnable to the manufacturer, and guess what? It costs money to ship merchandise. Yes, indeed. They know they’ve got you because who’s going to spend $5 to ship off a faulty product then wait around to see if you ever see either it or your money back? Not me. So when someone else does the testing, well that’s top notch, quality reporting in my world, and I tip my hat to those brave folks at KCBD.
by OneMoreBite | Mar 13, 2005 | Food Reviews
I started my quest to make a sugar free Rice Krispy Treat months ago when I went in search of a sugar free Marshmallow Kreme. I first bought fat free Marshmallow Kreme and didn’t realize until driving home that I’d screwed up. There never was any fat in there — the label fooled me big time!
I finally made a trek across the city to get the Marshmallow flavoring. I could have ordered online, but hey, if I can buy locally and save the shipping, I’ll do it, even though it meant driving way out of my way and spending half the afternoon, not to mention buying a bunch of extra crap I didn’t intend, so all-in-all, saving the $2 shipping probably cost me about $30. Anyway, off I went to The Decorette Shop, a bakery supply shop located on Foster Rd. at 54th Street in Portland, Oregon. I could spend hours in stores like this, and that’s where my trouble began…
Walking in a book rack smack dab in the front doorway caught my eye, so I stopped to browse. I swear, they kept coming by and asking if they could help as if I was setting up a cot and planning to stay the night. I finally said, “You must not sell many books,” referring to their obvious discomfort that I was loitering, or whatever they thought was going on. Really, I was just a shopper, okay? I’m not buying a book without looking at it, it’s not a crime, at least not last I checked.
If you’re going to stock thousands of items don’t freak out when someone actually wants to stop and take a look, okay? Clerks? Are you hearing me? I hate being asked if I need help when I’m obviously doing just fine, thank you. Ask me when it’s obvious I need help. Look for those subtle clues customers give like looking frantically for a clerk, eyes darting here and there. That helpless, “I have no idea where what I want is located in your fine store” look; seeking, searching but not finding. That’s the look of a customer who needs help. Head in a book, contented expression means this person does not need help. In fact, asking if I need help is an interruption I don’t need.
I’m off track, back to the saga of the Sugar Free Rice Krispy Treats: I procured the Marshmallow Oil and eventually made my way home where I commenced the project of making Marshmallow Creme, then creating the world famous Rice Krispy Treats, hoping for such an incredible breakthrough in sugar free taste treats that I’d be famous and make millions of dollars. Uh, huh, sure.
What I got instead was a Snap, Crackle, Pop experience when I poured on the marshmallow glop, which I was pretty sure I shouldn’t be hearing. Next thing you know I have a soggy mass of Rice Krispy Not-such-a-treat, and I went ahead and put that in the pan because I’m nothing if not persistent.
It looked pathetically bad, so I added more Rice Krispies hoping to crisp it up a bit. It didn’t work. The wet krispies sogged up the dry krispies so now I had more wet krispy crap. If you closed your eyes it smelled okay, but if you mistakenly put some in your mouth you were in for a bad surprise. It had no crisp and I think that’s a critical component in the Rice Krispy Treat — hence the Krispy part of the name you see.
The Anti-Martha Stewart
After all this I realized I’d used about 35 pans and utensils so I got out the camera and displayed them all in a fine arrangement if I do say so myself, then took a shot, all so I could illustrate this wonderful yet sad little story ala Martha Stewart style. Hey, maybe I’m the anti-Martha Stewart? I always failed at No Fail Fudge. Seriously.
So, if you want to make the Sugar Free Rice Krispy Treats I’d suggest you don’t. I’d rate them less than zero if I could, on a scale of anything to zero. They sucked, badly. I’m not happy I drove all over town, spent about $35, then an hour making marshmallow and finally figured out it was a disaster, but hey, someone’s got to do it, right? Might as well be me, at least this time. Next time, how about you try something and let me know? That would be swell.
by OneMoreBite | Mar 11, 2005 | Food Safety
This just in from the “Dumb and Dumber” files: Scientists have developed a chemical being fed to farm bred fish which, get this, causes them to be so hungry they will eat anything. Since regular fish feed is expensive, this is a way to save money because the fish will then eat anything at all. Typical science gone mad, but what happens when we eat the fish? Do we then get a dose of these chemicals? l don’t want an uncontrollable appetite, thanks anyway, Mr. Scientist.
There has long been a clear distinction that what animals eat, we eat. Certain plants that cows ate were found to cause illness in humans, so they moved the cows away from the plants drawing an obvious conclusion that what the cows eat, we eat. Why then do they continue to debate whether chemicals given to the cows, chickens and now fish we eat get into our bodies? It’s not rocket science people!
If you wonder why girls are developing breasts at 8-years old, look to the milk. Cows have been given growth hormones for decades, and now our little girls are maturing at an accelerated pace.
The amount of hormones, antibiotics and other chemicals given to animals in our food supply is appalling. Feed lot pens are sprayed with pesticide to keep away the flys, which filters into the noses, and onto the skin of the animals. It’s not safe to walk in your backyard after they spray pesticides, yet apparently the FDA believes it’s fine for us to eat cows and chickens that have lived bathed in a daily mist of those same chemicals?
And now they are going to introduce a chemical which enhances appetite to fish? Do these scientists all hold a degree from Cracker Jack?
Just say no to farm bred fish. You can also buy your meat from a local butcher who is likely obtaining his meat from a local farmer, most of whom do not use these practices. It is the large farms that use the worst feed and the worst processing conditions. Avoid that and you may just avoid a lot of the side effects from eating chemical laced foods. Think about it.
by OneMoreBite | Feb 28, 2005 | Food Safety
As it was, Monsanto won judgment against the farmer. This is wrong on so many levels it just baffles me. A better solution would be to require all modified seed to be quarantined so no natural wind drift would not occur. In other words, contain the devil seed in huge tents if you must, but keep it contained.
The court’s decision in draft form: Monsanto v. Schmesier.
I don’t want Monsanto in my vegetable garden but soon there may be no choice as the AP reported in Jan. 2005, Monsanto plans to purchase Seminis, a major seed supplier:
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Agricultural biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. said Monday it will buy vegetable and fruit seed company Seminis Inc. for roughly $1 billion in cash, broadening its portfolio of seeds and tapping into the trend of healthier diets. Monsanto said it will assume an additional $400 million in debt by Seminis, the Oxnard, Calif.-based supplier of more than 3,500 seed varieties to commercial fruit and vegetable growers, dealers, distributors and wholesalers in more than 150 countries.
Source and more discussion: http://www.gardenweb.com
by OneMoreBite | Feb 21, 2005 | Diet Products
Frankly, it’s their retro girl imagery that gets me. I always liked the Varga girl look, I admit it.
that gets me. I always liked the Varga girl look, I admit it.Here’s what’s cooking: You’ve done lunges until you think you’ll die of a heart attack, yet still your rear stays flat as a pancake? What’s a girl to do? Bubbles Butt Boosting Lingerie to the rescue!
Bubbles are simply stockings with an elastic band that lifts that asset, where it belongs; up, high, in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s an as*s! And isn’t it lovely? You’ll have them following you down the street when you wear your Bubbles.
The downside (there’s always a downside) is you need to be fairly slim (the largest size fits a 21 inch thigh) to wear Bubbles lest your backside may become somewhat lumpy, bumpy and otherwise frumpy, so if you need assistance in that regard, get The Daily Bites Free Weight Loss Tips for instruction and hints on using EFT and NLP for weight loss.
by OneMoreBite | Feb 18, 2005 | Just for Fun
While there, don’t miss the Hard to Find Grocer, which is what led me there in the first place.
by OneMoreBite | Feb 13, 2005 | Weight Loss News
Krispy Kreme is probably going to file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy because people don’t stop at one donut, they eat a dozen while driving home from work, and they finally realized they were getting to big to get in the car.
Yes, a donut is fine, once in awhile, but they aren’t a good nutritional choice for breakfast.
by OneMoreBite | Feb 10, 2005 | Food Reviews
Where will this madness end? Diet candy? Sheesh.
by OneMoreBite | Feb 4, 2005 | Diet Products
Secondly, I have no problem with affiliate arrangements but I don’t like being lied to and they have no intention of purchasing ad space so representing themselves in this manner leads me to believe they are less than honest. Then comes the weight loss patch itself. Can you spell RIP OFF?
Can You Lose Weight with a Weight Loss Patch?
Yes, if you place it over your mouth. I checked out their site and the main ingredient (I think it’s the only listed ingredient) is bladderwrack, an herb. You can buy bladderwrack in bulk for pennies, make tea or put powder into capsules and take it by the boat load, but it will not help you lose weight. Sorry. No magic here. It is useful if you have a low thyroid, but not as a weight loss aid. There are lots of other herbs that would be far more beneficial, so why they chose bladderwrack is beyond me.
Next comes the biggest lie, that you can get the herb into your body via your skin. Yes, if you drink it, no if you use these silly patches. You could make a strong tea and dip in a cloth then rub your skin with the liquid and you might absorb a tiny amount of the herb, but is that going to be enough for any effect? Not likely.
Weight loss patches do not work, period. Frankly, none of the pharmaceutical drugs sold for weight loss work well at all, unless you also eat less calories than you require and exercise (always written on the label insert), but if you’re already eating less and exercising more, you don’t need the pills or the patch do you?
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