Last time we discussed the smarter choices when eating at fast food restaurants, American restaurants, and Italian restaurants. Here is the fourth post of our making smarter choices when eating out series. We will be discussing what to avoid, the smarter choice to make, and special requests we should be making when we eat at restaurants that serve Asian food such as Chinese, Thai, or Japanese.

For Asian food restaurants the fat traps to avoid are:

• Deep…

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Last time we discussed the smarter choices when eating at fast food restaurants, American restaurants, Italian restaurants, and Asian restaurants. Here is the fifth post of our making smarter choices when eating out series. We will be discussing what to avoid, the smarter choice to make, and special requests we should be making when we eat at restaurants that serve Indian food. So is Indian considered part of the Asian food category?

For Indian food restaurants the…

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According to Mindless Eating, drinking a broth based soup, a small side salad with non-creamy dressing, or a piece of fruit helps reduce the amount of calories eaten during a meal. These items consist of either fiber or mostly water which helps your stomach detect that satiated feeling to prevent overeating.

In addition, it takes approximately 20 minutes for your stomach to signal that you are full. If you are shoveling food into your mouth quickly,…

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Omega-3 fatty acid is “essential” for health. The Mayo Clinic has a great article listing the benefits of omega-3, with a grading system from A -F for its positive benefit correlating with a health conditions.

The three health benefit of omega-3 with the strongest scientific evidence appears to be reductions in high blood pressure, triglycerides, and the risk of fatal heart attacks.

3 Types of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
There are 3 types of fatty acids that are referred to…

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Fast Food

American Food

Italian Food

Asian Food

Indian Food

Mexican and Greek Food

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This will be the last post for the Eating Smarter Series. I am antsy about moving on to other topics, hence I am combining the Eating Smarter Mexican food and Eating Smarter Greek food into one post. The previous posts for this series can be found here.

We will be discussing what to avoid, the smarter choice to make, and special requests we should be making when we eat at restaurants that serve Mexican and Greek food.

Mexican food…

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But I am in the process if trying to import my Blogger posts and comments to this new Wordpress blog. Hopefully I will have everything figured out within a few days and continue my regular blogging schedule. Thanks for your patience!

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According to the New England Journal of Medicine, when one person increase or decrease their weight, their closest friends and family are likely to do the same. Our social networks define our social norms and behaviors. If we are surrounded by people who are health conscious, then we are likely to do the same and vice versa.

The people around you affect how you approach education, family, consumption, and marriage. What makes us think it does…

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The knee is a complex joint that not only bends, straightens, but also twists, and rotates. It is heavily dependent on the soft tissues and ligaments surrounding it to help support our weight and to power through its various motions. In a previous post, I talked about the rotator cuff as the number one area most likely to get injuries by newbie exercisers. The knee follows a close second.

A thick pad of cartilage acts as a…

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Men have only 26 billion fat cells in their bodies. That sounds weird, using the word “only.” Women, on the other hand, have 35 billion fat cells in our bodies. In addition, the fat cells in a woman’s body are 5 times larger than a man’s (more room for storage!).

How dieting impact our fat cells
Dieting shrinks the size of our fat cell, not decrease its number. However, most people end up starving themselves, eating poor…

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I am dying to get home from work today. Yep, today is the expected arrival of my Wii Fit. After reading reviews of the game from nytimes and here, I cannot wait to give it a spin. And to spend the weekend writing a great post about it.

I am not looking to replace my workout dvds any time soon or give away my elliptical machine, but I think it might just add an element of fun…

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Memorial Day weekend.  BBQ.  Hot dogs and hamburgers (personally I prefer tri-tip).  Three days to relax.  What is there not to love?

However, beware of the extra calories!  The average person will consume one beer, a hot dog or hamburger, potato salad, chips, cold slaw, and maybe some dessert.  This is more than 1200 calories from one afternoon of munching!  Yikes!

Helpful tip:  grill some vegetables and replace dessert with some fruit.

Have fun and stay safe!  Until…

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According to SuperFoods HealthStyle, women feel the negative impacts of a sedentary lifestyle at last ten years before men. Women are already at a disadvantage physically because we have more body fat and less muscle mass as noted in a previous post. Now to find out that our musculoskeletal capacity age 10 years before men do?!! Or another way to look at it, we age normally, but men physically age slower. Wow!

This is the second…

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