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Does this scenario look familiar to anyone? After sticking rigidly to my diet for weeks, I “cracked” and scoffed an entire stick of garlic bread with a tub of onion and garlic dip.
At least the vampires kept away that night…
The body and mind react badly to several weeks of “perfect” dieting. Constant low-level hunger [...]

Have you ever tried a kumquat? They’re these little citrus fruits, like miniature oranges, not much bigger than a grape, that you can eat whole, even the seeds. You can slice them and add them to salads, or just pop them into your mouth for a quick snack. Garrett stopped by the [...]

Leave it to my Germanic father to find yet another twist on pork and sauerkraut. Yes, we already have a perfectly good recipe for spare ribs and sauerkraut which we’ve been making for years. No, that’s not enough to deter the siren call of something potentially even better. Dad found a recipe [...]

A British study points to excess sodium as being a “hidden factor in the obesity epidemic” (quote: Graham MacGregor, a co-author of the study). The theory being that salty foods make kids thirsty, after which they reach for a high-sugar, high calorie drinks. The cycle continues, resulting in inevitable weight gain. [...]

This photo from the 1960s shows French women sitting in “slim-down coveralls” while being served low-calorie meals.
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Some recipes take several attempts to get right. When I first put up a recipe for Meyer lemon marmalade a year ago, I pulled it down a few weeks later because it just wasn’t good enough. It didn’t help that my friend Jesse tried some of my marmalade and said it was so [...]

Wii-Fit is looking to get YOU fit! Nintendo’s latest offering will combine a motion-sensing controller with an interactive balance board to create workouts. Available since December 1st in Japan, Wii fit is set for a North American launch in mid-May. Here’s the concept:
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A new study again confirms that eating fast foods not only causes weight gain, but also rapidly damages the liver. The 18 participants of the new Swedish study had transformations that mirrored filmmaker Morgan Spurlock in his controversial 2004 documentary “Super Size Me.”
For anyone who did not see the documentary, Spurlock spent one month eating [...]

Certainly not a diagnosis of heart disease, according to a recent study. A one-year follow-up study of patients with heart disease uncovered that…
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It’s easy to get caught up in work or chores, then dive into the nearest packet of biscuits because you’re starving and too busy to stop and prepare a healthy snack. Keep some of the following to hand, and you’ll always have something easy to grab.
All can be eaten without any preparation, straight [...]