Genetically Modified Corn

February 12, 2010
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I recently received an email from a website that I subscribed to. Here is the headline that caught my eye:
GM Corn Shown to Cause Organ Failure

If you are into healthy eating or health foods like I am you should be concerned by this. Even if you’re not into eating right you should be concerned by [...]

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Whoa! Jennifer Love Hewitt

September 25, 2009
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Whoa! It looks like JLH has followed my diet in order to get in shape again! She talks about how she got in shape in an article in Shape magazine. Part of what she did includes a diet that I have been pushing for almost a year now. Here is a direct quote from her:
“He’s [...]

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Canadian Health Care

September 17, 2009

So everyone has been talking about health care and how government run health care similar to Canada’s is either eternal heavenly bliss or Satan’s personal torture chamber. But how would the average US citizen know for sure which is true? I mean really, how many of us have used the Canadian health care system to [...]

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Olive Garden – Random Acts Of Kindness

September 9, 2009

I was out at the Olive Garden in Dundee, IL over labor day weekend with my mom, her boyfriend Jim and a friend of mine named Paula and I just had to share a nice story about what happened there.
We were just being seated when Jim noticed an older gentleman and a woman going past [...]

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Follow Me On Twitter!

August 28, 2009

So I finally decided to get a twitter account this month. It’s kind of interesting. There are just so many users on there posting good information. Sure you get a lot of useless information too but it’s still fun. One of my favorite non-health tweeters is ICHCheezburger which has pictures of cats in unusual poses with funny [...]

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More Reasons Fast Food Is Bad

August 23, 2009

Now this is amazing. I had an earlier short story about why fast food is bad for you but this takes the cake. If you still believe that eating fast food is fine after watching this video, then I don’t think that there is anything that will change your mind…

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What Diet Has Worked For You?

August 21, 2009

I’ve added a new poll today! From the last poll it seems as though most people have a weakness for sugary foods and fried foods. I personally have a weakness for the sugary foods.
This time around I’m interested to know what diets have actually worked for you. The one that worked for me was to [...]

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Week 27, 28 – Nutritional Goal

August 19, 2009

I combines the last two weeks numbers:

Weight:
136.4 lbs

Body Fat:
13.8

BMI:
20.7 

Calories
1701

Fat Calories
400

% Fat Calories
23%

Total Fat
44g

Saturated Fat
11g

Cholesterol
102mg

Sodium
1626mg

Carbohydrates
239g

Sugar
139g

Not too much special this time around. I ended up combining the last two weeks information because I had to skip recording for a couple of days the week before last. I was away from home and had no idea what was in [...]

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Gemori Sauces, Marinades and Rubs

August 18, 2009

Have you ever been on a diet that worked very well but was very strict and forced you to eat the same foods every week or even every day? Well I think I might have a simple, convenient solution to your bland diet problems!
A friend of mine was telling me about a couple of her friends who have just recently [...]

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Week 26 – Nutritional Goal

August 5, 2009

Here are last weeks numbers:

Weight:
137.0 lbs

Body Fat:
14.0 

BMI:
20.8 

Calories
1750

Fat Calories
407

% Fat Calories
23%

Total Fat
49g

Saturated Fat
14g

Cholesterol
105mg

Sodium
1688mg

Carbohydrates
237g

Sugar
142g

I knoticed that my weight went up by a pound this week and I think I know why. Saturday I ate out at a burger place and another day I had pizza. I didn’t have the nutritional information for the burger place so I had to leave that [...]

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