According to Dr Fuhrman Men shouldn’t be able to pinch more than a half-inch of skin near the belly button. Women should not be able to pinch more than an inch. If you have gained as little as ten pounds since you were 18 or 20 years old, then you could have a significantly increased […]
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And yes, it’s mine!! I am getting married today to the woman I’ve always wanted. Her name is Maria Paola Castro Angelini. We met in Costa Rica last year and with the help of the Internet, one year later we are having a Nutrient Rich Wedding, wrapped up in a whole lot of joy. Just wanted
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So many people think that the second I start talking about eating Nutrient Rich we’re talking about going on a diet to lose weight. I’m not suprised because so many of us need to lose weight these days, especially as we come out of the delusionary dance with eating nutrient poor foods which have been
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Why are we overweight? … We are eating “nutrient poor” food! This is the ultimate diet trap and virtually all dieting methods are born becuase of nutrient poor food; foods that do not serve our needs. Yes, there are other reasons, like less activity and a host of reasons that are causing that that need
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A recent study took a clever look at visual cues for overeating: Bottomless Bowls: Why Visual Cues of Portion Size May Influence Intake — Wansink et al. 13 (1): 93 — Obesity Research Subjects were asked to eat soup until they were satiated. Half of the subjects were given normal bowls, while the other half
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The British medical journal The Lancet published a study this week of the success of a new obesity drug, rimonabant. It’s a double-action substance, simultaneously telling the brain to shut up when it says, “I’m hungry” and also forcing fat cells to stop producing the nasty chemicals that elevate cardiovascular risk factors. (Read the BBC
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Eating a whole foods, organic “Nutrient Rich” diet, one that is nutrient dense and calorically normal, and saying you’ll do so, is not the challenge you’ll face when deciding to Eat Better, Not less. The challenges are as follows…(note these are challenges, I didn’t say obstacles or blockades) just challenges that will soon disappear. #1
Down to Earth, I overheard three 30-something girls talking about weight loss; about what they were eating and about all the troubles they were having. Little did they know, becuase to them they were merely eating at a chic place, that if they ate the food they ordered 80-90% of the time their issues would
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Part the nutritional rave these days is the energy density of the foods we eat. Instead of focusing on the nutrient density, some valueable, yet less than profound books like Volumetrics is focusing on the energy density of a food. The only problem is when you shift your focus from nutrient density which is inversely
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A plant based diet is not necessarily a vegan or a vegetarian diet. We promote 80-90% or more whole nutrient rich foods with smaller amounts of animal products and even smaller amounts of refined foods based on the foundation of nutritional wisdom, nutrient density. Nutrient Rich is not a diet, it’s a standard, so when
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