Healthy Food Chart

Have you ever actually found a fly in your soup? I haven’t. I’ve seen it in cartoons, but in real life? No, never.

Unless you’re eating at an outdoor caf? in Calcutta, you’re probably safe from rabid winged pests.

But apparently food service workers are a bigger threat to your dinner than Musca domestica Linnaeus; a new study says many food restaurant employees go to work sick, and don’t get sick days.

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In addition to a new healthy lifestyle and eating habits, my doctor suggested that I try medi fast, which I’m willing to try. I have PCOS, which among other issues, causes me to have a problem with insulin resistance. I was able to achieve a healthier lifestyle and the motivation in need to continue it by taking the prescription drug Meridia. In 15 weeks I lost 33 pounds.

My question is, I’ve been educating myself about what my body needs to maintain a healthy weight. With PCOS, the body sometimes has trouble using insulin properly and converting it to energy. The GI diet is the best for people with PCOS and it discourages consumption of any artificial sweeteners, which I no longer eat.

The only Medi Fast foods that don’t contain something lab created or artificial is the soups. I looked at nutritional facts, and the products have maltodextrin, acesulfame potassium, corn solids, hydrolized chemicals….. There have been medical studies showing that artificial sweeteners may actually cause insulin resistance. Is this “diet” ok for me to try?

I exercise each morning in a facility at my workplace, then go to work. I need to eat my breakfast at my desk, as well as bring my lunch with me. Can anyone recommend easy to prepare meals to go?

Remember a few years back when researchers and other academics predicted that this would be the first generation in history where today’s children will die sooner than their parents?

It’s one of those sobering wake-up calls that swims around in the psyches of those who are even remotely health-conscious.

Well, “50 will be the new 75” has an equally sombre ring to it.

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It seems that it’s part of the human condition to make excuses for things.

Excuses why we were speeding, why we didn’t have our homework, why we’re broke, and of course, why we’re fat or unhealthy.

The Mirror.co.uk recently published The World’s Worst Diet Excuses. They list the excuse, why it is just an excuse, and what can be done to “beat it”.

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Who pays with cash anymore? Today it’s all about plastic. Heck, even gentlemen’s clubs have ATMs. Not that I know first hand. I’ve just heard they do.

But maybe we should break out the dead presidents again, because a new study says when you pay with cash, you’re less likely to buy junk food.

I bet the vending machine industry has known this for years. Their dirty little secret, “If you build it, they will buy.”

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I am 22. I am 6′ tall and weigh 320lbs. I am out of shape (obviously) but i have a decent amount of muscle from my lifting days. Im trying to get down to 220 as soon as possible (approx. 11-12 months). What is the best diet to burn fat, and retain muscle? I run 20 min a day and lift. my BMR is 2824.

Any ideas?

Thanks!!

For some reason certain foods have been written off by most who are trying to follow a low Calorie or healthy diet.

A recent post in ThatsFit.com may cause you to rethink certain food discrimination. The Baked Potato is at the top of their 6 Surprising Health Foods list. Just go easy on the butter.

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Is it just me, or are diet aids getting more and more weird?

We’ve had “Le Whiff” – chocolate you inhale. And now, the latest upcoming craze is crystals.

Tiny crystals that you sprinkle on your food. Doesn’t sound too appetising, does it?

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Supermarkets are scary. Just stand in line and watch what people buy, it’s startling. Blue yogurts, canned meat, and “fruit” flavored breakfast cereals.

Nasty stuff, right? Now, most people don’t pay attention to other shoppers, but I’m a jerk. I take mental notes so I can pass judgment. Try it. It’s a lot of fun!

Last week, I was at the store, minding my own business – not really – and watched some lady buy quite the lunch for her kids.

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