Archives: April 2009
Mon Apr 27, 2009
Upgrading Lesson #6
To the Lesson #6 sign on my wall reading,"Real happiness comes from people, not from things", I have added "Eat with friends" to make the connection between real happiness etc. and obesity more obvious. I saw that, in Italy, eating with friends inhibits overeating, for two reasons. First, people are embarrassed to overeat in front of their friends. And second, the Italians like wearing nice clothes. Their clothes are made in Europe, expensive, fit well, and they wear them over and over. If they gained weight, their clothes wouldn't fit, and the Italians don't like shopping and buying so often. More...
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Thu Apr 09, 2009
The True Standard of Living
Lesson 6 has been an important, and timely, addition to my teaching program. Lori K wrote as follows: "What a refreshing pleasure to meet you on Monday. The six lessons have been doing great! I'm weighing myself every morning . . . I went grocery shopping with my Mom and spent time talking with our neighbors. What a difference when you focus on people and not grinding away at my business. So far no snacking, no cravings . . . " More...
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Thu Apr 02, 2009
Food Eaten Late Does Not Go To Fat
Among the many things people-believe-for-no-reason-other-than-hearing-other-people-say-it is that food eaten late at night is more likely to "go to fat" than food eaten earlier. I even included that fallacy in my first book Safer Than Phen-Fen, before looking for the scientific basis of the statement. I looked. There is no scientific basis for it. More...
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