Conquer Those Carbohydrate CravingsWritten by Jeff Lugeanbeal
Are you a hopeless carbohydrate addict? Let’s conquer these cravings once and for all….. By Jeff Lugeanbeal- www.worldwideweightloss.com I drove over to my parents home a few weeks ago for dinner. I arrived early, and asked my mother if I could help her finish preparing dinner. The smell of mom’s pot roast in oven really got my mouth watering and I couldn’t wait to eat. She sent me to pantry to retrieve some bread. I opened pantry and was amazed at what I saw. Of course their was standard pantry fare, but many other items were lurking in that pantry. Here were a few: crackers, cookies, potato chips, tortilla chips, oatmeal crème pies, white bread, sun chips, frosted corn flake cereal, pop tarts, and popcorn. No kidding, these were all in her pantry. I asked my mother if she ate these items often. She said, “Yes, I’m hungry all time so I just snack on stuff all day”. She said she eats three meals a day, but gets hungry so she snacks on crackers, chips, etc., then an hour or so later she is hungry again, so she eats more snacks. The carbohydrate frenzy- trigger foods Eating fore mentioned types of carbohydrates all day will make anyone hungry and crave food every hour or so. You see, eating these types of snacks causes our blood sugar to spike and fall very rapidly, triggering our body to crave more food all day long. It’s a viscous cycle with no end. This type of cycle not only sets up our body for weight gain but possibility of diabetes and a whole host health problems. How to conquer these carb cravings once and for all By reading this article I know you are motivated enough to stop these cravings for good. Here are some free tips to get you on your way to healthy eating and craving free! 1. Eat three balanced (protein, carbohydrate, fat) meals a day plus two healthy snacks. This stabilizes blood sugar, reduces cravings, turbo charges your metabolism (your body will naturally burn more calories), and helps you with weight loss.
| | Sniffing Out Mindfulness: Your Nose KnowsWritten by Maya Talisman Frost
A nose is a funny thing. We tend to think about our nose only when it is too big, stuffed up, ready to explode in a sneeze, or focusing our attention on a particularly heavenly or nauseating smell. Yet, day in and day out, our nose is working hard for us, creating countless opportunities for mindfulness while preventing us from being mouth-breathers. It's impossible to see much of your own nose unless you look in mirror, but there it is, taking up prime real estate in middle of your face. It's center attraction, but despite its bulls-eye position, it doesn't get much respect. Women outline their eyes and lips for emphasis, but use tricky make-up techniques to minimize nose. Some people pierce their nose for a bit of exotic adornment, but for most part, nose is sort of neglected. It harbors little nasties. It runs. It's, well, a bit offensive. That's why I was excited to read Gabrielle Glaser's book, The Nose: A Profile of Sex, Beauty & Survival. It's a fascinating and snort-worthy look at this funny-looking facet of our faces. Her nasal passage through history offers some surprising hints of hilarity and dastardly doings. Imagine my delight to discover that Gabrielle, Queen of The Nose, lives right here in Portland! She was happy to answer my questions in order to help us become more mindful of this amazing appendage. Question: How did you get your first whiff of an idea for this book? "My nose has always been a focal point of my life. Whether it was its size (big), its hyperfunction (an acute sense of smell), or its dysfunction (five sinus surgeries and a two-year-loss of my sense of smell), it always made me think in ways I doubt other people's noses did. When I was small and growing up in rural Oregon, I'd stretch my skin on one side so it wouldn't be so big in profile. Good or bad smells had ability to really, really affect my mood. I couldn't understand how people could smell, say, bad fried food and even consider eating in such a restaurant, when such odors made me want to cry. Finally, once I had "grown into" my physical nose, I got very ill as an adult. For many years I couldn't breathe well, and I felt sick all time. There's nothing like an illness to make you learn about a sick body part. So, to answer your question, one day I was having lunch with my agent and we started talking about smells, and how they affected us. He suggested turning my experiences into a quirky book."
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