Fat and sugar substitutes do not fool your body

July 7, 2011 on 6:39 pm | In Aging well, arthritis, Back pain, Boomer Health Issues, Brain Fitness, Depression and aging, Diabetes, Diet and Aging, Health Psychology, Improvements in health care, Learning from our elders, obesity research, Weight gain | Comments Off

Artificial fat substitutes, often used by dieters to lose weight, might in fact contribute to weight gain, according to a study from Purdue University researchers.

This builds upon similar studies by the same research group, demonstrating how artificial sweeteners can also promote weight gain.

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What did Mozart really die of?

July 7, 2011 on 6:35 pm | In Aging well, Boomer Health Issues, Brain Fitness, Brain plasticity, Death and dying, Depression and aging, Diet and Aging, Health Psychology, Improvements in health care, Learning from our elders | Comments Off

If Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had spent a few minutes basking in the sun, it might have forestalled his untimely death, researchers are saying.

Learn more over at Live Science.

The world’s first synthetic organ transplant

July 7, 2011 on 6:30 pm | In Aging well, Boomer Health Issues, Improvements in health care, Learning from our elders | Comments Off

Surgeons in Sweden have carried out the world’s first synthetic organ transplant by creating an artificial windpipe which was then coated in stem cells from the recipient.

Learn more here!

The perils of dealing with stuff by stuffing your mouth!

July 2, 2011 on 4:51 pm | In Aging well, Andropause, Back pain, Boomer Health Issues, Brain Fitness, Brain plasticity, Breast cancer, Death and dying, Depression and aging, Diabetes, Diet and Aging, Food addiction, Health Psychology, Heart disease, Improvements in health care, Learning from our elders, Menopause, obesity research, Preventative screenings, Transforming negative thought patterns, Weight gain | Comments Off

So here I am two and a half weeks into a radically reduced calorie diet, and feeling the pain.   All of my lovely starches are gone, not to mention lots of fat and salt.

The first week was easier because I felt reinforced with my positive decision to stop stuffing my face instead of dealing with my feelings.   I was finally taking back control!   Good for me!

But now my future looks like an endless desert for the absolutely dessicated.   No more fun foods or even semi-fun foods like corn on the cob, baked beans or cheese.   What’s a girl to do?

Self-denial has NEVER been my strong suit, and I have rarely needed to call it into play in my life.   I have been fairly naturally disciplined in most areas.   But now I feel like I am running head-long into a confrontation with all the feelings I have been stuffing along with those gorgeous cakes, cookies and pastries!   Not that I ate those kinds of things often, but it was so very reassuring to have them to fall back on when I felt desperate.

Of course, TV commercials DO NOT HELP, and now with LCD TV, those plates full of steaming, extremely fattening foods look so much more tempting!   Don’t tell me I have to give up television too!   Sometimes it feels like the entire world is plotting against me!   And come to find out, they are!

Yes, desperation is setting in.   I know this when I start crying when I talk about food.   Time to confront the need within me to reinforce with food and find out what my soul genuinely craves.

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