Author: SupremeCmdr

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Eat Whole Grains

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/DietNutrition/58565

High intake of whole grains was associated with reduced risk of coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease, total cancer, and all cause mortality, as well as mortality from respiratory disease, infectious disease, diabetes, and all noncardiovascular, noncancer causes.

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Father’s Day 2016

It came by mail
Small and light
Opened to see
I got a pick picked for me for
Father’s Day
Picked just for me

I will never use this pick
There are picks everywhere in the house
I would rather use than this
Pick picked just for me

Always carry a guitar pick I told the one
Who picked this pick for me
A man no longer a child
Who listened and remembered

I will never use this pick
I would rather carry this pick picked for me
Close to my heart always
A reminder of the love between us

 

 

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Water for Weight Loss

“Using the responses of more than 18,000 adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2012, the scientists found that people who increased their plain water consumption by 1 percent reduced their total daily calorie intake. Specifically, people who drank one to three cups of plain water—either spring or tap water, water from a drinking fountain or a water cooler, or bottled water—tended to reduce their “empty-calorie” intake from sweetened foods and beverages. They also consumed less total fat, saturated fat, sugar, sodium and cholesterol. The average person in the study drank slightly over four cups of water a day. Each cup of water, up to three cups, correlated to about 68 fewer calories consumed.”

Source: Water: a Key Ingredient in Recipe for Weight Loss: Health After 50

 

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Swapping Rice for Burgers

Source: China obesity ‘explosion’ blamed on swapping rice for burgers

Over 40 years ago I lost 200 pounds.  With age I found 35 of those lost pounds but remain extremely pleased the other 165 stayed off.  I loved this article about obesity in China.  This article could have been written about my childhood.  I swapped burgers for rice and got fat.

Real fat.

I’ve been part of a weight loss study for decades.  I answer a couple of questionnaires every year.  Most people don’t believe I used to be fat.  I need to find some old childhood pictures and post them as proof.

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Breweries are the Mark of a Thriving Community

 

That successful towns have a brewery or two is no coincidence.

Source: Breweries are the Mark of a Thriving Community

The Boss and I took the day off.  The plan was to hit Nic’s Grill for a burger and then the arts festival in downtown OKC.  Meandering would be a good word for the day.  After the arts festival we decided to revisit the Urban Farmhouse to check out their stuff.  This business is located in an old crappy industrial area of Oklahoma City.  As we slowly snaked down a narrow alley in search of a parking space I noticed a brand new sign on the building across from the furniture shop.  Anthem Brewing set up their operations in the warehouse next door.

Great little breweries in the crappy parts of town are a good thing.

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Powdered Peanut Butter – Prevention

Chunky, creamy, or powdered? A nutritionist chimes in about powdered peanut butter.

Source: Powdered Peanut Butter | Prevention

I saw a huge plastic container of this stuff in the store the other week.

I also saw peanut butter flavored beer in another store this week.

Think I’ll stick with regular old fashioned salted roasted peanuts and a nice craft beer that tastes like…beer.

This RD loves it!

 

 

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Your Healthy Lifestyle Won’t Necessarily Make You Healthier

Public health researchers are beginning to see that changes in how you live are no guarantee of changes in your health.

Source: Your Healthy Lifestyle Won’t Necessarily Make You Healthier | WIRED

Understand there are limits.  Kale, quinoa, and the latest antioxidant, anti-aging diet, exercise routine, hot sweaty yoga, mindfulness meditation, whatever only helps your health.  There is no perfect diet.  There is no perfect exercise regimen.  There is no magic bullet.

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Beans May Help With Weight Loss

 ‘Pulses’ like these may help dieters feel fuller and reduce food cravings, new analysis shows

Source: Beans, Chickpeas May Help With Weight Loss

I have two bean stories.  I’ll start with my second favorite memory of beans.

I moved from NJ to Texas at the age of 25.  Talk about culture shock.  It was a big brand new world to explore.  And if you enjoy ethnic cuisine you try to eat whatever the locals ate.  I wasn’t quite sure what Texas cuisine was besides smoked brisket.  On one day of exploration I passed a rather cheap and gaudy looking fast food joint that probably no longer exists.

“I wonder what this is?”

So I stopped, went in, stared at the menu and had absolutely no idea what anything was.  So I ordered a bean burrito.  It was your typical fast food burrito, thick brown paste, a little cheese, a little chili sauce, all wrapped up in a flour tortilla.  This happened so long ago the only remaining memory was that I liked it.  A lot.

So ends my second favorite bean story.