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Are too many choices making us fat?
Science has discovered that too many choices can help make us fat. America's supermarkets are a good example of too many choices.
Our refrigerators and panties may also be helping us gain weight, by containing too much of too many kinds of food.
Recently a group of scientists made a strange, (and probably unexpected), discovery with some caged rats. I know that we aren't the same as rats, but I think these little creatures may have something to teach us.
The scientists wanted to know if the rats would regulate their own diets for optimum health, so they put three bowls in their cages - one filled with a carbohydrate like corn, another with a protein food, and a third with an oil or fat. The rats did just fine
Then the researchers added some choices to see what happened. Instead of one kind of carbohydrate, they now gave the rats two. They added another protein food, and another fat.
Within a few weeks, some of the rats had eaten themselves to death.
Now think of last year's Thanksgiving dinner. Did you have sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes and dressing and dinner rolls and apple or pumpkin pie? If both turkey and ham were offered, did you have some of both? Did you have gravy on your potatoes, and butter on your rolls? Most of us did.
Choices aren't always a good thing. We live in a country that is bursting with choices, especially for snacks and fattening food. But we don't have to be overcome by all this bounty.
In order to succeed with your diet, the food in your cupboards should be a direct reflection of your New Year's resolution to eat a healthy, balanced diet - and that usually means that some of the stuff that's in there now needs to get thrown out.
This is probably the most difficult part of a diet. We don't want to start a diet while there's still half of a chocolate cake on the counter, do we? "It's a shame to let it go to waste." But by throwing it out, along with all the other things in the cupboards that aren't on your new diet, you give yourself a fighting chance. If the urge to eat a fattening snack overcomes you when there aren't any fattening snacks in the house, it gives you time to let the urge pass you by.
You may also find yourself eating far less during each meal if you limit yourself to fewer choices. Serve whole wheat bread or brown rice, but not both. And have only one type of snack on hand - grapes, perhaps, instead of crackers and grapes.
Reduce the choices to the best choices. It will help you get thinner, and it will help keep your kids from getting fat.
New research shows that low-calorie diets can cause food obsessions and binge eating. They can even make sugar addiction worse. No wonder most people end up fatter than they started when they try to lose weight with a low-calorie diet.
The answer? The New Craving Control Diet.
Lose 3 to 5 pounds a week without surgery, starvation diets or dangerous appetite suppressant pills. Enjoy the satisfying, delicious diet that controls your appetite naturally, reduces food cravings, and helps burn fat faster.
Finally - Fitness Without Pain:
Have
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were too strenuous or caused you too much pain? If so, I found the perfect
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It's called the "Runner's Yoga" program, but it's definitely not just for runners.
These specially-selected yoga exercises are easy to learn, and take only 30 minutes for a full workout. They firm up your muscles, give you greater flexibility, and help calm the mind so you can concentrate better during the day.
And all without any pain at all. In fact, it can even help reduce pain if you now suffer from injured knees or joints.
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