Happy New Year and Happy New Decade!
TV is in the midst of spewing out diet programmes left, right and centre, often of very spurious quality. I was horrified to see this programme about dropping a dress size in two weeks. Which just demonstrates what a quick-fix obsessed society we've become.
It's simply not healthy to drop a dress size in 2 weeks! The dieters were counting calories and on 1,200 calories a day. Which is the lowest possible safe intake but still hovering on the line of starvation dieting [which officially begins at 1,000 calories or less]. When you eat substantially less than your body needs it decides it's under attack and will slow down the metabolism to conserve energy or if you don't have enough fat reserves utilise muscle for energy.
In one week one of the dieters had lost nine pounds. The healthy rate of weight loss is between 1 to 1.5 lbs per week. Invariably what will happen is that after two weeks some of these women [notice no men on the programme?] will revert back to normal eating and put back all the weight plus a little bit extra. The body's way of saying "next time you starve me I'll have even more reserves to draw on".
Ugh! I despair! Such nonsense is peddled in so many creative forms.
Anway....... I climb down off my soapbox and would like to draw your attention to a great article in my trusty friend The New York Times online which is titled 11 best foods you aren't eating.
I'm happy to report that I currently eat 6 of them.
What's your score?
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1 comment:
Great post! Healthy insight on dieting, coupled with a link to a list of beneficial foods. Good stuff! We have been encouraging our Dr. Hunziker to start blogging about the benefits of massage therapy on his website: http://american-chiropractic.net/. This is a good example of how to share helpful information with a blog. Thank you!
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