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Cut your veggies into chunks!

17 Tuesday Sep 2019

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When you’re making a salad, soup, stir-fry, or casserole, cutting your veggies into big chunks not only takes less time – it can help you drop pounds. Chomping down on big pieces of vegetables requires more chewing and more effort to eat. That’ll slow down how quickly you eat and help you feel more satisfied. Put those two together and it translates to eating less food overall.

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Which of these do you think adds the most calories to your salad:

09 Wednesday Jan 2019

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Dried cranberries, feta cheese, or sunflower seeds? Would you believe it’s the cranberries?

That’s because they have added sugar! The better salad toppers are the sunflower seeds or feta cheese. Both have only 100 calories – plus feta cheese has antibacterial compounds and blood pressure-lowering chemicals. And sunflower seeds are loaded with magnesium, which plays a key role in boosting our immune system, regulating our blood pressure, and keeping our bones strong.

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Would you try “Le Forking!”

10 Monday Dec 2018

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Would you try this French diet? It’s called “Le Forking!” The basic rule is: You can eat whatever you want, as long as you can do it with only a fork. No spoon, knife or fingers. Think about it… that eliminates spreads, snacks, soups, sandwiches, pizza, and burgers. So what does that leave you to eat? Things like salads, eggs and stir-fry.

And yes, using a spork is le cheating.

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Easy to eat some foods and difficult eating others.

22 Monday Aug 2016

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Why is it so easy to polish off a sleeve of Oreos – while we struggle to eat a big salad? Because the amount of food we need to feel satisfied – also known as our satiety threshold – is higher for sugary treats than it is for other foods. That’s according to Dr. David Katz from the Yale Prevention Research Center. He says the sugar goes right through us, instead of lingering in our stomach. So to feel full on fewer calories, have protein before dessert. Protein takes longer to digest, so you’ll feel too full to eat the entire ice cream sundae.

You don’t need to eat kale to be healthy…

31 Thursday Mar 2016

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because iceberg lettuce is actually good for you! The CDC found that iceberg lettuce ranks higher in density of the 17 most important nutrients than many other super-healthy fruits and vegetables. For example, it’s more nutrient-dense than sweet potatoes and blueberries! And it isn’t far behind broccoli and kale. So, when your kale-snob friend looks at your iceberg salad with scorn – let them know the CDC says it’s actually really healthy!

What’s contributing to the childhood obesity epidemic?

24 Thursday Mar 2016

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Research now points to pizza! The University of Illinois studied more than 12,000 kids over a 7-year span. And the research found that on the days when teens eat pizza, they consume 230 more calories overall. The problem is that they don’t cut back on their other meals on pizza days. So the researchers suggest that when we let our kids have pizza, we pair it with an equal amount of salad or a vegetable. So, 2 slices plus a salad, instead of letting kids eat 4 slices on their own.

Do you eat iceberg lettuce?

21 Thursday May 2015

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You’ve probably heard that iceberg lettuce has no nutritional value – but that’s not true. It can actually lower our cancer risk! That’s because it’s packed with vitamin K, a nutrient that targets pre-cancerous cells, and makes them inactive. And simply eating a few ounces of iceberg lettuce daily can help cut our cancer risk by 13%.

Trying to watch your weight?

15 Friday May 2015

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Well here are a few surprising things that can cause weight gain:

•Drinking low fat milk. It sounds like one of the healthiest beverages…But a study found that people who drank skim and 1% milk gained more weight than whole milk drinkers. Researchers say it’s because the fat in whole milk and 2% milk makes us feel fuller – longer. So we’re less likely to overeat throughout the rest of the day.

•Eating with friends. Studies show that when we eat with one friend, we eat about 35% more than we eat on our own…With 3 friends, our calorie consumption triples. Dr. Brian Wansink is a nutritional science expert. And he says that we overeat with friends because we tend to stay at the table longer, because we’re enjoying ourselves, so we continue to pick at our food. We also mimic our friends’ ordering habits. So, if they order dessert, we’ll order dessert. How can we hang out with our friends WITHOUT overeating? Be the first to order. Studies show that we tend to copy the first person who orders, whether they get a salad, or a burger.

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