Tag: Steady Consumption

Individuality
Shannon

When Life Throws You A Curve Ball…

When life throws you a curve ball, what do you do? Try something new and take a swing at it? Let it pass until the perfect pitch comes along? Hit it out of the park because you already know how to hit a curve ball? There is no right answer since everyone reacts differently to

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Food Science
Shannon

Chocolate Cake for Breakfast?

According to some of the greatest schools on Earth, anything goes!  This week the researchers at Tel Aviv University suggest “that eating [chocolate] cake regularly might just help a person to lose weight”.  Just for kicks, 4 the Luv of Food replaced the words ‘chocolate cake’ with the word ‘food’ to see how the article

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Eating
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Skipping Meals vs. Fasting

Skipping meals, the unintentional loss of calories normally consumed during a typical meal hour, is an unhealthy habit our society has gotten into.  Busy schedules, lunch hour meetings, and/or no time to prepare a lunch the night before is the perfect excuse for just not eating between breakfast and the dinner hour.  Fasting, on the

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Blood Sugar Stabilization
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Clock In/Clock Out – Insulin’s Job to Stabilize Blood Sugar

To stay healthy, the body wants blood sugar (blood glucose) maintained in a very narrow range. To do this, the body produces two hormones, Insulin and Glucagon that work on opposite schedules and in opposite ways. 1) Insulin is produced when we are eating to lower high blood sugar and, 2) Glucagon is produced when

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Body Chemistry
Shannon

The Calorie Conundrum

  It’s very easy to fall into the marketing trap of ‘low’ being the better option.  Certainly having a low blood pressure or a low heart rate are goals for good health but when looking at food, should we choose low calorie or zero calories? Good question. Many people just jump on the band wagon

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