A new diet craze?

I am the proud owner of two big dogs. I bought a large bag of Meaty Bites at Big W and was standing in line at the check-out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Meaty Bites Diet again, although I probably shouldn’t because I’d ended up in the hospital last time, but that I’d lost 25 kgs before I woke in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IV’s in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Meaty Bites and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.

I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her. Horrified, she asked if I’d ended up in the hospital in that condition because I had been poisoned by the food.

I told her no, it was because I’d been sitting in the middle of the road licking my dick and a car hit me. I thought one guy was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard.

Stupid bitch…why else would I buy bloody dog food??

Cancer update from John Hopkins

This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

No plastic containers in microwave.

No water bottles in freezer.

No plastic wrap in microwave.

A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don’t freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.

Recently, Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers…

This especially applies to foods that contain fat.

He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn’t bad but you don’t know what is in the paper. It’s just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc.

He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.

Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.

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Bottled water in your car is very dangerous. This is how Sheryl Crow got breast cancer. She was on the Ellen show and said this same exact thing. This has been identified as the most common cause of the high levels in breast cancer, especially in Australia.

A friend whose mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and the Doctor told her: women should not drink bottled water that has been left in a car.

The doctor said that the heat and the plastic of the bottle have certain chemicals that can lead to breast cancer. So please be careful and do not drink bottled water that has been left in a car, and, pass this on to all the women in your life. The heat causes toxins from the plastic to leak into the water and they have found these toxins in breast tissue. Use a stainless steel Canteen or a glass bottle when you can.

Is it a diet or is it sensible eating?

I’ve always thought diets to be a waste of time. I think it’s a matter of changing your lifestyle instead. It’s the little things that make a difference and the little things are much easier to stick to. If you deprive yourself, you just want it more, and if you starve yourself, you just eat more when you come off the starvation regime.

It’s not that hard to make the switch. There’s no need to deprive yourself of a visit to Starbucks or Neros. If you’re like me, you LOVE nothing more than a hot flavoursome coffee and a treat to have with it. I say, have a skim milk mocha (300 calories) instead of full-fat milk mocha (400 calories), or skim milk cappuccino (30 cals). If you can do without the milk, go for black / Americano with 17 cals. Low-fat muffins, cakes and flapjacks aren’t really that healthy, just have one once in a while – they can have up to 600 cals! Go for a banana instead.

What about lunch? Sandwiches tend to be pretty awful, full of mayonnaise, salt and fat. Make your own, or go to a deli and watch them make it in front of you. Or have some left-overs from last night’s dinner. A tasty option is to cook some pasta and add vegetables and tomato sauce, or throw together a fresh salad. Shop-bought salads tend to be full of fatty ingredients and heavy-calorie dressings.

Stay away from the diet drinks, they’re not that great. It only takes a can of diet coke a day to decrease the bone density in women. Try unsweetened fruit juice or naturally flavoured water. Don’t buy smoothies, these tend to have added sugar, it’s better to make your own.

Cereal bars usually have lots of added nasties as well – sugar and fat. Try fruit instead. And as for cereals – I stay well away from those, as they are sooo unhealthy. Have you ever tried to find a healthy muesli? – just check out the ingredients label – take my word for it, you’ll be shocked. I don’t like porridge oats but that could be an option for you, with a spoonful of honey on top. I like a slice of melon for breakfast or some yoghurt.

I never touch vegetable oil or butter. Instead I use olive oil and margarine. I don’t eat read meat, instead I eat skinless chicken breasts, fish, and soya substitutes which are really scrummy. I don’t eat hard cheese very often, if I do want some, I get the fullest flavour reduced-fat cheddar I can find, so I only need to use a little. I like cottage cheese and use that instead of hard cheese – top up a few rye crackers with cottage cheese, tomatoes and herbs, and there you have a cracking lunch. I never EVER buy cake or biscuits – if they aren’t in the house, you can’t eat them!

Watch your portion sizes. The normal stomach is the size of your clenched fist. A meal should be the size of 2 clenched fists. Any more than that, and you’re overloading your system. It’s much better to eat 6 small meals a day rather than 3 huge ones. An important tip is, only eat when you’re hungry! Who cares if you’re hungry at 11AM – grab something healthy. If you’re not hungry until 4PM, fine. Your body will tell you when it’s time to eat, just learn to listen to it.

If you have a sweet tooth, try this. I buy a large bar of the best chocolate (my favourite is Green & Blacks Maya orange flavour) and stash it in the freezer. When I really want ‘pudding’ or some chocolate, I just break off a couple of squares. It always satisfies that craving. I also get yoghurt every week and that’s sweet enough for me. If you hanker after ice-cream, try frozen yoghurt.

I stopped taking sugar in my tea years ago. Now I can’t stand tea with added sugar. I also stopped adding salt to food, I only use it when I’m cooking something bland such as potatoes. I add other things to bland foods, such as fresh herbs, spices, garlic.

All this is easy to implement, it just requires a little thought and planning. Two years ago, I lost 40 pounds within 3 months by switching from a force-fed unhealthy regime (thanks, ex-boyfriend!) to my own healthy regime as above. I honestly thought there was something wrong with all my clothes as I was holding my trousers up with safety pins, until the penny dropped and I realised I had actually lost weight. I dropped 4 dress sizes (from UK size 16 to 8, US size 14 to 6) and I’ve kept it all off since! I feel happy with the way I eat now – I certainly don’t feel deprived. Pre-boyfriend, I was a size UK 6 / US 4 so I still feel too fat for my frame, so I’m planning to hit the gym this month, and have taken up belly dancing and salsa dancing – it’s great fun!

Nature’s pharmacy

A sliced carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye…and YES science now shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, bak choi, rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don’t have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Eggplant, avocados and pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female – they look just like these organs. Today’s research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? …. It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycaemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries

Grapefruits, oranges, and other citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like body cells. Today’s research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes

Cook me thin

I caught a fabulous cookery programme on Channel Four called Cook Yourself Thin. How did I ever miss this? I’ve been a workaholic for way too long! The presenters are young, fun and funky. Much better than stuffy Nigella and Nick.

I was amazed to see them come up with a Sunday roast that had 933 fewer calories than one made by a famous chef.

You can lose weight with the help of Cook Yourself Thin online.

If you would like to take part in the next series of Cook Yourself Thin please contact cookyourselfthin@tigeraspect.co.uk

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