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What do a Harvard-trained doctor, lawyer, medical school dean, dumpster-diver and former commissioner of the FDA all have in common? One name, one man: David Kessler.

He has recently come out with a book, The end of overeating, which I read about in this fantastic Washington Post article. Why the dumpster-diving? He was on a mission to find out the ingredients of restaurant foods.

Below is an excellent video with Dr. Kessler as he discusses the topics in his book. It helps answer the questions-Why can’t I resist eating those chocolate brownies or that hot fudge sundae? Why don’t I feel satisfied after eating? What is it about certain foods that trump my willpower? The end of overeating sounds like a fascinating read. Just when I began to think I might have an eating disorder (I’m perfectly healthy until I smell cookie dough!) after watching this video I feel like we ALL might have a common eating disorder–loss of control over foods that have just the right ingredients: fat, sugar, more fat and more sugar. Layers and layers of fat and sugar. Dr. Kessler asks, in essence, how the food industry is going to take responsibility for the problems they have created.

Check out this video, it might just make your day. If you feel powerless against certain foods, learn why and know that you are not alone. Enjoy!

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Man With a Craving & a Mission | My Year Without Sugar

I got my prize from the BlogHer FAGE giveaway yesterday (You can enter too, it runs until May 6).

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While in Australia at Chez Mothership, we came across a bulging folder of all the “stories” I’d written in kindergarten. It was clear as a five year old I was already disgruntled with my appearance. I had very short red hair and hated it so much

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Crazy Eyes and Cold Comfort

Read this to find out why you should be working to diligently eliminate refined sugar and artificial sweeteners from your diet: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/sugar-8-shocking-facts-454190/#comments

As detailed by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin in their book Skinny Bitch, sugar adds no nutritional value to your diet–it’s just empty calories–and it’s addictive. The more you eat, the more you’ll crave. If you want to eat less and reduce caloric intake, you have to reduce to a minimum the amount of sugar you ingest.

And, it’s not just refined sugar, corn syrup should be avoided at all costs, and don’t think you’re doing yourself any favors by switching to some chemical laden artificial sweetener.

Work to banish sugar, corn syrup and artificial sweeteners from your everyday diet. It’s OK every now and again to enjoy a fresh homemade cookie, ice cream, a really fabulous dessert at a top notch restaurant, or a piece of cake at a party.

But your goal should be to gradually eliminate all three from your everyday diet. I say gradually, because as I noted above, sugar is addictive. If you try to eliminate it too quickly your cravings for the sweet stuff may sabotage your plans.

If you have a sweet tooth (and who doesn’t) stock your house with maple syrup, stevia, honey and molasses. And, by maple syrup, I mean the real stuff they gather from trees. The artificial syrup is nothing more than boiled down refined sugar with maple flavoring tossed in.

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Sugar is the Devil | Losing Weight after 45 is a Bitch

This morning I had bananas and grapes for breakfast. That’s a typical breakfast for me. I generally aim to have fruit for breakfast 5 to 6 days a week. In the Spring, Summer and Fall this is an incredibly easy routine to stick to. In the Winter, however, I just seem to crave something warm in the morning, like oatmeal, but still manage to get my raw fruit in by sprinkling fresh blueberries, raspberries or strawberries in.

Switching to fruit in the morning is another way to up the percentage of raw you eat and decrease your total overall caloric intake.

You don’t have to start eating fruit for breakfast as frequently as I do. Aim to have fruit for breakfast maybe 2 mornings a week. Or gradually decrease the portion of processed cereal you eat and add fresh fruit (like topping your cornflakes with fresh banana.) As you get used to the new routine maybe increase your goal to fruit for breakfast 3 to 4 days a week or replacing one morning’s bowl cereal entirely with fruit.

The overall aim is to decrease your caloric intake in a way that you won’t feel deprived or hungry, and switching or adding fruit to your morning routine is a fantastic way of doing so.

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Fruit For Breakfast | Losing Weight after 45 is a Bitch

If you spend anytime in the gym, you’ve heard of core training. Core training is the key to a stronger midsection and possibly fewer back problems especially as you get older. To better understand what you are actually using when you are working your core, let’s look at the core muscles and their responsibilities