The Resolute Woman

Category: food

  • Our New Year’s diet

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    We always make a New Year’s resolution to eat healthier. After the holidays is a good time to stock up on fruits and vegetables. As anonymous once said, “People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New…

  • The worst diet ever

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    I’ve heard of some stupid diets. I’ve even tried some really dumb ones myself. However, I recently found out about the worst diet ever. According to the December 9, 2013, issue of Time magazine, instructional videos on YouTube are showing people how to do the Cotton-Ball Diet. I am not going to waste my time…

  • After a big Thanksgiving feast

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    Did you eat too much during the Thanksgiving holidays? I did. But I’m not going to feel guilty. I thoroughly enjoyed everything, especially the mashed potatoes and pecan pie. I know making unhealthy choices during the holiday doesn’t make me a bad person. However, those choices do make me a person who needs to eat…

  • Hide the Oreos

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    You’ve probably heard that Joseph Schroeder, a professor at Connecticut College, and his students did a research project that indicated that rats find Oreos just as addictive as cocaine because the cookies stimulate the brain in the same way that some drugs do. I read about the experiment in Valerie Strauss’ Washington Post blog, and…

  • Menu fatigue?

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    If you’re tired of eating lettuce and fruit and the healthy food you usually eat, give yourself a treat. Menu fatigue can be a big problem whether you’re trying to be healthier or whether you’re on a space mission. That’s right. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is studying ways to avoid menu fatigue on…

  • Portion distortion

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    Have you encountered portion distortion? Most of us have, says Dr. Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer in their book The FastDiet, Lose Weight, Stay Healthy and Live Longer with the Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting. I like the words “portion distortion.” It’s what happens when you go to a restaurant and you get so much…

  • Go to bed early

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    If you don’t get enough sleep, you’ll eat more potato chips and chocolate. That’s what researchers at the University of California discovered when they scanned the brains of volunteers. They asked the volunteers to look at pictures of different foods after they had slept eight hours and then after a night when they had not…

  • A temporary solution

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    “So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being,” Franz Kafka. I found this quote in Alan Peppard’s column in The Dallas Morning News a few days after I had returned from a trip. The trip was fun and I was proud of myself for eating…

  • The secret to slimming

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    If those words seem familiar to you, you probably have been getting the same email message that has been sneaking past my spam filter and into my email box, over and over again, for almost a week. The message offers a 60 percent discount on an “absolutely safe and reliable product” that will help me…

  • Give yourself a treat

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    Have you ever felt tired or stressed and told yourself that you deserve a treat? Maybe a couple of donuts. Or, some chocolate candy. Or, a big bowl of ice cream. I have comforted myself with treats. And, they make me feel better—for just a little while. After a while, I feel worse—much worse. I…