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Quick Link to a New Book

Friday, June 19th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Hey everybody, I got a link to a great interview about a new book from Peter!  The book is called “The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite” and the interview from Salon is here.  The interview is great, and I haven’t read the book yet, but it certainly looks intruiguing. It does really make you think that Weight Watchers is taking a good sustainable approach!

Tags: appetite, articles, book, overeating

Keeping Up With the News

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 | Thoughts | 2 Comments

Well I’m finally catching up on some of my reading, blogs and newspaper articles have piled up around here lately, and I’ve got some great stuff to share with you! Here are a few of the highlights!

This is a great website that I just had to make sure you knew about! There are mealplans and instructions, recipes and ideas that help you eat healthy on a budget that is less than the national food stamp allowance per day!! http://www.cookforgood.com/index.html

Starbucks is revamping the menu so that it will look healthier, but… are there really any good choices in that baked good case? http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/06/starbucks-phases-out-high-fructose-corn-syrup.html?wpisrc=newsletter 

I love Food Network!!! I’m so excited that there is a “healthy” cooking contestant on this season’s “The Next Food Network Star” although… so far she hasn’t done so hot on the show.  Check out what’s in her pantry! What do you keep in yours?   http://blog.healthyeats.com/blog/2009/05/31/katies-healthy-bites-a-peek-inside-my-pantry/

Need a snack idea? Check with the FitBottomedGirls! (A really cute blog to check out even when you’re not feeling snacky!) http://fitbottomedgirls.blogspot.com/2009/06/snack-attack.html

I’ve been looking for this movie in our area, anybody heard of a showing? When I saw Michael Pollan in May he was promoting this new film… supposed to be a shocker! (not for the faint of stomach) http://www.foodincmovie.com/

Tags: articles, links

Food For Thought

Friday, May 22nd, 2009 | Thoughts | 1 Comment

A little light reading for your holiday weekend… I’ve seen so many great articles lately, I just wanted to send a quick note to share a few!

Apparently healthy menu items cause us to choose the unhealthiest… sound familiar? here
Make small changes here
What is a healthy lifestyle anyway? here
There’s a lot of talk about taxing soda and sugary drinks just like alcohol and tobacco, what do you think? here
Have you ever thought about how unhealthy the average American school lunch is? Check out what Italian, Japanese and french kids are getting here
Tough economic times don’t mean you can’t make yummy filling foods, check out this guys blog here
Wanna ruin your appetite? Things NOT to eat here (Warning: Super Yucky)

Tags: Add new tag, articles, lifestyle, links, menu, recession, school lunch, small changes, soda, tax, Thoughts