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Too Many Choices, Too Many Pounds

I thought that this information gave a good perspective on eating. Portion sizes are something I think people need to learn about. I also think that the over abundance of choices is a double edged sword. Too many of all these items at your grocer are made with low level ingredients. You aren't getting the best nutrition from them. Your loss of nutrients is also a factor in the weight game.

From SuperMarket Guru -

The average supermarket has over 50,000 products, the choice can be overwhelming and researchers are finding that the abundance of food choices (not only in supermarkets but all around us) promotes excess consumption. Could the variety of choices we have access to actually be fueling the obesity crisis? In an upcoming issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition researchers from the University of Florida suggest that diversity in menus could be promoting excess consumption and increased body mass index.

The article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is in response to a study from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where researchers found that both obese and non-obese women who were given macaroni and cheese daily, for five days reduced their intake, compared to those who were given macaroni and cheese once a week for five weeks. The authors of this study concluded that people loose interest in their food when repeatedly exposed to the same item; a behavior known as habituation.

To a similar tune, another study found that changing the number of colors in a bowl of M&Ms from seven to ten different colors, increased consumption by over 40 percent!

Researchers also say that the findings are particularly significant for people who may suffer from food addiction. Meal monotony, with proper nutrition, could be used as a weight-loss strategy, dimming the appetite and therefore reduce calorie consumption.

But let’s face it; a life without variety could be very boring. SupermarketGuru encourages you to listen to your body and be aware that we are always surrounded by food cues, so take a step back and ask yourself if you are really hungry and how much you are hungry for.

A Tasty Way to Get More Magnesium

I personally like quinoa, mainly for its protein, but also its many uses. I add organic quinoa flakes to oatmeal, pancakes, and other foods. I like it in place of rice as it is gluten free.

I guess I'd like to have Larry's Markets' recipe for their quinoa salad with oranges. In the interim I found one one I think I'll play with, my choice is to omit the corn. But you may like it as it is in this recipe.

Quinoa salad:

1 cup quinoa, well rinsed
1 cup frozen corn kernels, thawed
Juice of one lemon
1 Tbs olive oil
2 to 3 scallions, minced
Salt and black pepper, to taste
Bean salad:1 16-ounce (455g) can low sodium pinto beans, drained and rinsed
1 cup diced tomato
1 Tbs apple cider
1/4 cup chopped parsley or cilantro
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Garnishes: Pumpkin seeds
Black olives
1 red bell pepper, cut into strips

Directions

Boil 2 cups water (480mL) in a saucepan. Add the quinoa and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. When done, fluff with a fork and transfer to a bowl. Combine quinoa with remaining ingredients for the quinoa salad.
While the quinoa cooks, toss the bean salad ingredients in another bowl.
To assemble, spread quinoa salad evenly on a platter. Leave a well in the center and mound bean salad into the well. Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds. Arrange olives and pepper strips around the edge. (Delicious Living)

Low magnesium linked to inflammation

The experiment revealed several findings: Fewer than half of the people in the study were getting enough dietary magnesium to meet the estimated average requirement (the amount estimated to meet the needs of 50% of people), and more than one-third had low magnesium levels in their blood.

People with low-magnesium diets had higher levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation that is closely correlated with cardiac risk.

A low magnesium diet was also associated with a higher body mass index, a number based on height and weight that is used to diagnose overweight and obesity. Scientists have found a close relationship between obesity and inflammation. CRP levels decreased in people in the magnesium group whose CRP levels were high at the beginning of the study, but increased in those in the placebo group.

“The findings show that many individuals have a low magnesium status associated with increased chronic inflammatory stress that could be alleviated by increased magnesium intake,” the study’s authors said. (Magnesium Research)

People with Diabetes (PWD) often have low magnesium levels: More on Magnesium

Quinoa is high in many health promoting nutrients, and you'll get about 90mg of magnesium from a half-cup serving.

Dr Kelley

I am fortunate enough to have been educated in Dr Kelley's method, and well aware of the help it can offer to many. It is offered through Creating Health Institute.

ONE MAN ALONE: AN INVESTIGATION OF NUTRITION, CANCER, AND WILLIAM DONALD KELLEY

By Nicholas J. Gonzalez, MD

Dr. Gonzalez completed this comprehensive analysis of Dr. Kelley’s approach in 1986 as partial fulfillment of his immunology fellowship under the direction of Robert A. Good, PhD, MD, founder of “Modern Immunology.”

Although never previously published, this monograph has been generating interest in the alternative and conventional medical world for over two decades. This book documents Dr. Gonzalez’s five year evaluation of hundreds of Dr. Kelley’s patients and illustrates the value of Dr. Kelley’s nutritional-enzyme program.

Includes 50 representative case histories of patients diagnosed with a variety of poor prognosis or terminal cancer who did well under Dr. Kelley’s care.

Learn about the natural cancer treatment and Dr. Kelley’s success.

Big Food, Big AG, Fake Food Pyramids and Your Health

Marion Nestle - We need new food policy

FOOD, Inc. see it here
Insight into were our food comes from and how it is produced ....and the big companies that control everything.

http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com/2010/08/food-inc-corporate-controlled-food.html

Food is Medicine, GM Food is Poison
Among all developed countries, Americans are the fattest people in the world. The World Health Organization found over 60% of the American population is obese or overweight. Even more disturbing, the U.S. is the only country in the developed world to label obesity a national security health risk. Top Pentagon officials have warned Americans are becoming so fat, most of those volunteering for the Army are disqualified because of their size. Child obesity is also on the rise in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control estimates 1 in every 3 American kids are either obese or overweight. Jeffrey Smith, the author of Seeds of Deception, points to the mass production and consumption of genetically modified foods in the U.S. as a possible source of the problem.

http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com/2010/08/food-is-medicine-gm-food-is-poison.html