Pure Clean Food

.Reading time 2 minutes.

The recipes that flood the media are deliciously tempting. Overwhelmingly desserts, but also high fat snack foods, and overly processed everything! Even the vegetables that initially had the possibility of providing nutrition are saturated with high-fat cheeses or oil, completely offsetting any positive function they held. I have learned to keep it simple. I scroll […]

Food Choices After Fifty

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I began to change my way of eating about seven years ago. My long term goal was to avoid prescribed statins, developing high blood pressure and needing a prescription, and to prevent type two diabetes from developing, also requiring a prescription. These issues plague people in our age group. How can we avoid these issues? […]

Change What You Crave

.Reading time 6 minutes.

I watched as talk show host interviewed a beautifully thin, well known woman. The topic was weight. The host asked “What do you eat?”, The woman said “Whatever I want” Host “Really? You’re so thin. You would eat a cheeseburger?” Woman “If I wanted a cheeseburger, I would eat a cheeseburger.” Host “Amazing. I don’t […]

Dessert or Nutrition?

.Reading time 4 minutes.

To simplify my mental organization of food, I have learned to categorize food in my mind as dessert or nutrition. Cake or not cake. Cakes, cookies, ice cream are, of course, dessert. But, chips, crackers, prepared, processed food, white bread, fried food, soda, and so on are also desserts to me. I know that I […]

Quality Calories

.Reading time 5 minutes.

Calories in, Calories out, right? But, what is the quality of your calories? I have tried several “diet plans.” I’ve ordered food, followed menus and checked off points. It all comes down to calories in vs. calories burned. Why do I need someone else to think for me? Food choices are all within my control. […]

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