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Top 7 reasons America is Fat

With the continually rising obesity epidemic, I feel compelled to share a few of the contributors that have been hypothesized about the cause, as well as my thoughts on each of them. 1)      On average you eat 2600 calories per day, compared to 1900 calories 40 years ago. Two words for you: food availability.  Americans don’t have to think about where their next meal will come from nor do they...

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Garbage Matters

If you could be part of a movement that is the equivalent of removing 7.8 million cars from our roads, would you do it? Many counties across our nation have made it very easy for us to recycle plastics, paper and glass. We don’t even have to sort it. Just put it in a different trash can and each week they haul it off. Doesn’t that feel good?! However, did you know in 2009 62% of our garbage was...

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Swiss chard, figs and homemade pizza oh my!

Yippee!  Sprouts moved in down the road.  I can’t tell you how excited it made me!  When I lived in Addison, everyone thought I was weird because I went to 2 different grocery stores (Wal-mart and Sprouts and sometimes even Albertson’s if they had a good special.)  Back then, I baked an artichoke (which wasn’t worth the hassle), made my own sushi, and even attempted kohlrabi.  Even though I’m...

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How I can turn brushing my teeth into something nutrition related

As you might have seen in the last post I went to the dentist last week.  I’ve always had extremely sensitive teeth.  So sensitive, in fact, that it’s hard to eat fruit straight out of the refrigerator.  Part of the reason for this is because my gums are receding and the roots are exposed.  I actually had to have surgery for this when I went about seven…it was called a gum graft where they...

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Operation BP: Part 3 – Lesson Learned!

Did you know that when checking blood pressure you should use your left arm!  Apparently that little tidbit of information didn’t commit to my memory at any point in school.  But any nurse, dental hygienist or other practitioner regularly checking your blood pressure knows this. My point: for 3 years I’ve been worried sick about my blood pressure jumping 10 points.  As you’ve read in the past...

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Pity Party

After a week long pity party, I’m over it and back to my running life.  After last Tuesday’s track workout (which kicked my butt by the way), I haven’t touched the running shoes.  In fact, the only exercise I’ve done in one week’s time is Wii Bowling and Tennis and Dance, Dance Revolution.  I even went as far as telling saying, “I’m through with running!”  I take it back…I...

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The Psychology of Nutrition: PART 1

You wake up one morning and get on the scale.  It’s higher than usual (let’s say by 10 pounds.)   It’s been several weeks since you’ve weighed, but you certainly didn’t think it would be that high!  You knew you’re clothes were feeling a little tight though.  How do you respond to this? You’re going to grab a banana for breakfast that morning instead of eating the bowl of cereal you’ve...