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Is 'Smellvertising' Sabotaging Your Diet?

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October 3, 2012 Comment

Bacon frying. Buttery popcorn. Warm brownies fresh from the oven. Many a healthy eating pledge has flown out the window at first whiff of one of these mouthwatering aromas. Of course, we saw—or rather, smelled—it coming.

But what about other, sneakier ways our sniffers might be leading us to indulge?

Tags:: food and drink,; health,; diet and nutrition,; weight loss,; psychology

How Being a Quitter Might Help You Lose Weight

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By Yoni Freedhoff

October 3, 2012 Comment

It's drilled into our brains: "Nobody likes a quitter"; "Quitters never win"; "Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever." But could those sentiments be holding you back?

The world these days is a rapid-fire, crazy place. Smartphones keep us tethered to our offices 24/7. Our kids' after-school activities might lead us to spend nearly two decades of our lives as unpaid chauffeurs. Facebook, Twitter, and the blogosphere provide us with a constant feed of distraction. Downtime is rare if not nonexistent.

Tags:: parenting,; health,; mental health,; diet and nutrition,; weight loss

Reducing the Rice in Your Diet

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By Tamara Duker Freuman

October 1, 2012 Comment

The recent Consumer Reports article on the high content of inorganic arsenic in rice created quite an understandable stir. Inorganic arsenic is a known carcinogen (cancer-causing substance), and the possibility that we may be inadvertently consuming more of it than we realize is concerning.

Arsenic is a metal that occurs naturally in soil in trace amounts, but its concentration can be increased significantly from a variety of environmental pollutants. The use of arsenic-containing fertilizer, for example, can cause soil to have higher concentrations of arsenic, and adjacent groundwater can be contaminated with runoff from these soils. Here in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency sets limits for arsenic content in public water, but no government agency monitors or regulates arsenic content in food.

Tags:: health,; exercise and fitness,; diet and nutrition,; digestive disorders

How to Plant a Juice Garden

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By Daron (Farmer D) Joffe

October 1, 2012 Comment

If your day has you on the run (and whose doesn't?), you may have discovered that liquid lunches are the way to go—and I'm not talking martinis here. I'm talking kale, carrots, apples, and a whole slew of other healthy goodies pressed through a juicer or perhaps just blended, poured into a travel cup, and taken here, there, and everywhere. "Delicious, nutritious, and makes you feel ambitious," as the mother of a friend of mine likes to say.

However, it probably didn't take long before you realized that daily juices require a whole lot of inputs. Bags of apples. Piles of carrots. Armfuls of greens. Not only does this require frequent trips to the market, but also a whole lot of money. There has to be a better way, doesn't there?