How much fat should I eat?
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: How much fats do you take in a day? From what I gathered from your book, it looks something like: 1 tablespoon flax oil in green smoothie, 2 tablespoons coconut oil on lips and skin, a handful of nut and seeds for snacks in the afternoon. Am I right? I [...]
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You’re still reading . . . so I’m guessing you’ve “lost” weight only to find it again? A few times? How many times in your life have you gained and lost 10 lbs.? Or 20? Did you just sigh, thinking about how many times you’ve been through that? So many people are [...]
9 Comments • Continue Reading →your body needs IODINE . . . part 2 of 3 on thinning hair
I have been reading a bunch of scientific papers by David Brownstein and G. Abraham on iodine, as I have suspected that iodine deficiency may be partly to blame for the fact that 1 in 4 American women has a thyroid problem (countless men, too), and most of those are undiagnosed. You may know [...]
25 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 6 of 12
Are plant sources of protein sufficient? Today, good stats about the need for protein: Protein in human mother’s breast milk: 5 percent of calories Minimum protein requirement according to the World Health Organization: 5 percent of calories U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for adult protein intake: 10 percent of calories [...]
7 Comments • Continue Reading →Calories per pound of foods
Interesting facts: Raw vegetables contain 100 calories per pound Fresh fruit contain 300 calories per pound Animal flesh contains 1,200 calories per pound Green vegetables are so massively nutrient rich and calorie minimal, you could literally eat them all day and never get fat. The more you eat, the more you lose! By [...]
5 Comments • Continue Reading →pain and misery at the happiest place on earth
There’s a lot of pain and misery at Disneyland, especially considering it’s supposed to be the happiest place on earth. We had a blast there. But every year, we observe more and more people in wheelchairs, very few of them elderly. This year we saw rides stopped while obese people struggled to [...]
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