An interesting post about "Manipulating the Microbiome" to regulate weight gain.

From the article:
In a study, published Aug. 26 in the journal Nature Immunology, a research team based at the University of Chicago was able to unravel some of the mechanisms that regulate this weight gain. They focused on the relationship between the immune system, ( Read more... )

Well, no longer glued to the bathroom. I'm not sure if I've picked up a bug, had a reaction to something I've eaten, or if the radical change happening with my eyes has overloaded and detoxed a lot of circuitry. So need to make some rice. The slow kind, but I'm not really hungry, so that's all right ( Read more... )

It's only one study so far. But I must admit that when I was on Atkins, my triglycerides and cholesterol were the lowest on record. So...right now, thinking about keeping 100% butter, 100% clarified butter, 100% sour cream and 100% cream in the diet, in tiny doses ( Read more... )

Well, of course I goofed setting up the timer on releasing the blog post, but my series on "How to diet without dieting, or reflections on how food, diet, and dieting can affect writing" goes up at Book View Cafe's blog. As soon as I finish writing this promo.

This is not about writing per se -- it's about my belief that a disease changed the ( Read more... )

I saw this article last year at a Doctor's office, and now it's on-line. There's a Greek island called Ikaria where an extraordinary number of islanders live past 90. And we're talking live -- they work, live independently, have active sex lives without Viagra, etc ( Read more... )

**Sigh** Sometimes, I just use small amounts of sugar. I wonder what "organic" or "raw" agave nectar is, then?

Beware of the Agave Nectar Health Food Hype

From the article:

Agave “nectar” or agave “syrup” is nothing more than a laboratory-generated super-condensed fructose syrup, devoid of virtually all nutrient value, offering you metabolic ( Read more... )

Many of you know that I went macrobiotic in an attempt to heal my battered body. (I didn't do the battering, by the way -- which is probably why I'm doing as well as I am.) Since I make most of my food from scratch, I don't see trans fats or high fructose corn syrup very much. Mostly I use maple syrup and agave nectar, the first having lots of ( Read more... )

So, how are you all doing sans Equal and the other culprits? I mentioned going without such stuff for two weeks, and my specialist thought it was a great idea. She believes that the stuff increases hunger pains. I've found that a square of diet cinnamon gum doesn't trigger the cravings like a piece of diet candy can. But otherwise, I'm doing

...or anyone else whom I know is struggling with being unable to drop below a certain weight. But I wrote it for myself, too -- after ten days without diet candies (I used them to try and moisten my mouth from RX side effect) food craving has mysteriously disappeared. Only for those who would like to meander behind the cut....

( I'm now convinced! )

Talk about cute -- and if this is her first attempt at marzipan, I am in awe:

http://veganyumyum.com/2007/06/knit-night-cupcakes/