Stress Eating Alternatives to Eating for Comfort in Times of Stress
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets | Leave a Comment
If you consider how often and how automatically we rely on food to manage our anxiety, medicate our feelings and manipulate our moods the link between stress and food is undeniable. In a time of stress, most people are more likely to turn to a snack than a pal. But food is our fuel, not our friend.
Yet we’ve grown up in a culture in which food has become much more than a source of fuel. It symbolizes a spectrum of human needs and wants, including comfort, companionship, reward, punishment, escape, control and power.
As infants, our caretakers popped a bottle into… Continue reading
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If you consider how often and how automatically we rely on food to manage our anxiety, medicate our feelings and manipulate our moods the link between stress and food is undeniable. In a time of stress, most people are more likely to turn to a snack than a pal. But food is our fuel, not our friend.
Yet we’ve grown up in a culture in which food has become much more than a source of fuel. It symbolizes a spectrum of human needs and wants, including comfort, companionship, reward, punishment, escape, control and power.
As infants, our caretakers popped a bottle into… Continue reading
Read More..>>Diet and Exercise Plan-Fatness or Fitness? Making a Plan of Attack
Posted on May 11, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets | Leave a Comment
May be you want a diet and exercise plan. Maybe you want to eat better; perhaps you’re planning to actually exercise more often, rather than just thinking about it more often.
Maybe you don’t want to take on too much; you don’t want to tackle the whole kit and kaboodle at once with your diet and exercise plan. So you’re considering which of these is best to start with. Shall I diet? Shall I exercise? Where to begin? It’s a perennial debate, even in scientific circles.
Bistro MD Gourmet Diet Delivered To Your Door. It’s a proven strategy that works!… Continue reading
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May be you want a diet and exercise plan. Maybe you want to eat better; perhaps you’re planning to actually exercise more often, rather than just thinking about it more often.
Maybe you don’t want to take on too much; you don’t want to tackle the whole kit and kaboodle at once with your diet and exercise plan. So you’re considering which of these is best to start with. Shall I diet? Shall I exercise? Where to begin? It’s a perennial debate, even in scientific circles.
Bistro MD Gourmet Diet Delivered To Your Door. It’s a proven strategy that works!… Continue reading
Read More..>>Vegetarian Tips
Posted on May 10, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets | Leave a Comment
Vegetarian Tips
- Ways to Eat Out Vegetarian and Stay Healthy When Vegetarian Being a vegetarian is not always easy, especially when dining out at restaurants with your carnivorous friends. Since you can’t always eat at vegetarian or vegan restaurants, here are some tips to read, meant to make your dining out experiences that much better.
- Be Bold! Most restaurants nowadays have vegetarian options available right on the menu. If not, ask your server if there is something that can be made for you. If you are at a more upscale restaurant, the chef will most likely be willing to whip up something
Living Alone Tips
Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under Health&Fitness Help, Popular Diets | Leave a Comment
- Healthy Eating and Cooking Tips for Living Alone When you live alone, sometimes it may be easier to order in pizza or pick up fast food on your way home from work. Avoid the temptation of doing that and follow these tips for great and healthy meals.
- Casseroles and Crockpots Stock up on vegetables with long lives such as potatoes, carrots, and onions which can be used for casseroles or soups. Crockpots are great—throw a bunch of vegetables in the pot in the morning before leaving for work and leave it set on low all day. When you come home you
Silent Inflammation Tips
Posted on May 7, 2008 - Filed Under Mental Health, Popular Diets | 1 Comment
Silent Inflammation Tips
- Beware These Inflammatory InvadersAlthough chronic inflammation research is limited, data suggest that a variety of stresses on the body may promote chronic inflammation. Specifically, smoking, alcohol, drugs, and caffeine have been associated with increased levels of inflammatory proteins in the body. For example, if you smoke, the body sees the tobacco as an invader and produces chemicals to fight against it. Constant attacks on the body tissue over time may lead to chronic inflammation and tissue damage, such as the development of lung cancer in a chronic smoker. In addition, the body can consider daily stress as an
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