Motivation: Timing Matters

By Helen Kollias

Ahhh, New Year’s resolutions seem a distant memory these days. We’re nearing the 150-day mark for 2010 and the gyms haven’t been crowded since February. The local fast food restaurant is looking pretty busy

Well, there’s another 215 days ‘til the next resolution.

But what happened? Why didn’t New Year’s resolutions become resolved? Two likely reasons: motivation and adherence.

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Creating a Healthy Eater in Childhood

By Gaylene Thoeny

I think it's important to take a no nonsense approach to eating with children, starting at a young age when they start eating solid food. There is lots of time to play games and have fun, I don't think meal time is one of them. I have a couple of meal times rules that I use on a daily basis:

1.) No toys at the table
2.) You don't have to clean your plate but you have to try everything.

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Quinoa and the Super Grains

As a majority of consumers have shifted from white to wheat across various categories, and understand the health benefits of consuming whole grains, it’s time to introduce, promote, and educate shoppers about other nutritious whole grains. Read more

Will Green Tea and Hot Peppers Set Your Metabolism on Fire?

By Helen Kollias

Eat the right foods and burn more calories!

There are actually foods that can increase your metabolism and increase how much energy you use. These are known as thermogenic foods, since they get your body to burn more calories, which is a measure of heat/energy use (”therm” refers to heat) [1].

Five Ideas For the President's Task Force on Childhood Obesity

By William A. Anderson

On March 17th I was contacted by Melody Barnes, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and asked to submit my ideas for solving our country's childhood obesity epidemic. The deadline was March 26th, so there wasn't much time to get back to her with the solution to what is arguably the most difficult behavioral health problem our population has. But I was sure I could do it. I had been preparing for this job my whole life.

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Just the Facts :: When Corporations Rule Our Food

Just the Facts :: When Corporations Rule Our Food

Rates Of Severe Childhood Obesity Have Tripled

Rates Of Severe Childhood Obesity Have Tripled

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Say Hello to (My Trillions of) Little Friends: Gut Bacteria and Your metabolsm

Research Review: Say Hello to (My Trillions of) Little Friends: Gut Bacteria and Your Metabolism

by Helen Kollias, February 27th, 2009.

Lonely? Well you shouldn’t be, because you have trillions of friends with you all the time. Sure, they’re kind of small, but they’re always with you, wherever you go. In fact, they’re such good friends that you have more of them than cells in your body! You have hundreds of trillions of micro-organisms in your body, while you have only a measly ten trillion cells. Most of those micro-organism buddies are bacteria.

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The High Fructose Corn Syrup Conspiracy

A decade ago OLESTRA, was approved by the FDA as a natural soy product with a disclaimer on the back of the packages warning that many people had many health problems included anal leakage, now the disclaimer has been REMOVED, so much about trusting what we read on the labels.

Now, once again, we are reassured that there is nothing wrong with eating High Fructose Corn Syrup, as long as we eat it in moderation. Who are they kidding? Eating in moderation when corn syrup is in EVERYTHING WE EAT AND it's legal to sell us hamburgers with three beef patties, three slices of cheese, bacon AND fries and a liter of Coke, all saturated with HFCS?

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Changing Your Mind Can Change Your Body Too!

By Jacqueline Stenson
MSNBC contributor
msnbc.com

Change your mind, and you just might change your body, too. Psychologists say our “self talk” or “internal dialogue” can make or break a fitness routine.
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