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Are you crazy about puns and low calorie cooking?
If so, you will like Eat, Shrink & Be Merry - a healthy cookbook from Janet & Greta Podleski.

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Here is a comparison of 4 breakfasts from fast food outlets, along with 6 home-made breakfasts.
Each breakfast was actually prepared (or purchased) and photographed. Calorie counts are listed (full nutritional details also available).
Ranae (who compiled this list) lost 137 pounds by eating around 1400-1500 Calories per day (divided into 3 meals and 2 snacks). [...]

We’ve just added some “Buzz Up!” buttons to the foot of new posts. On Yahoo Buzz, people can vote for useful stories. Yahoo Buzz has a more broad selection of items than other news voting sites (such as digg).
If you see a post that you think would be useful for others, spread the word by [...]

If you’re on a diet - or if you just try to eat healthily and exercise regularly - then take a few moments to consider how you talk about it. You might think that the way you describe your diet to friends, colleagues and yourself doesn’t really matter, but changing the way you talk about [...]

Studies almost always lead to great discussion here on Diet Blog. We analyze, ask questions, interpret and share our own experiences. Inevitably, we find flaws in the methodology, show other studies that counter it and (let’s be honest) editorialize it to suit our own belief systems.
Enter [...]

As someone who’s been “shown the door” at nightclubs before, this article really annoyed me. A club in Australia faces hot water for barring heavy set women, but admitting men of similar size.
Yeah, because we all know how appealing fat dudes are! The bar’s actions prompted protests and 1,000 people to join an internet-based [...]

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New research in the Medical Journal of Australia suggests that reality TV shows focused on appearance may be bad for your self-esteem.
[...] the portrayal of cosmetic and weight loss procedures on television typically distorted the speed and difficulty of these physical changes - creating unrealistic expectations for viewers - and had been shown [...]

Whether you’re looking for a breakfast on-the-go, a post workout recovery or a mid-afternoon pick-me-up, smoothies can be a fast and easy way to pack a good nutritional punch.
Here are some smoothie basics and a couple of recipes to try:

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