- Organic food makes us judgmental and stuck up
A recently published study says that our usage of organic products make us validate our personal moralities, whatever they might be, and thus we tend to see the world as more black or white than grey and otherwise. It is…
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- The #1 secret to losing weight
The FTC did a study and found that 55% of all weight-loss advertisements made claims that were most likely false or didn't provide any proof. Incidentally, the weight-loss industry is worth $30 billion a year, mostly mad…
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- Main ideas from The Lean: A Revolutionary (and Simple!) 30-Day Plan for Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss
Kathy Freston's book on , known for her books on Vegan diets, has written one of those 'day/month' diet books, which are onloy useful if you follow them for at least an year or two.
The book also has lots of lists of…
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- Main ideas from The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan Designed for Rapid Results
Mike Moreno's book does a (yet another!) take on low carb diets, with the added innovation of the arbitrarily chosen 17 day figure.
Main ideas from the book:
1. For the first 4 days, eat a lot of chicken, turkey, f…
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- Main ideas from The Blood Sugar Solution: The UltraHealthy Program for Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Feeling Great Now!
Mark Hyman's book is different from other books on diebetic life as it also focuses on environmental factors such as pollution, pesticides, hormones and antibiotics in our food.
Main ideas from the book:
1. It is …
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- simplelist: 96 most nutritous foods
The list is from Yale University's Overall Nutrional Quality Index. The Scores alngside the items are out of 100.
Broccoli 100
Blueberries 100
Okra 100
Orange 100
Green Beans 100
Pineapple 99
Radish 99
Summer s…
Topic: Food and Drink, Health food, Food, Nutrition, Simplelist, List | Read more
