I realized today, while making a big bowl of salad for my lunch, that I have salad pretty much every day at midday.  I then began to think breakfast.  I tend to have some sort of whole grain muffin or cereal first thing in the morning.  Then, I began to become aware that I have…

As nighttime eating is a difficult problem for me and many of our readers, I have some suggestions.  A lot of experts say just “don’t eat at night,” or “never eat after 8pm,” but a lot of folks just have to have something.  One approach is to have low-calorie and low-fat items, if you cannot…

Here’s a bit-o-the-green for you.  Instead of using food coloring to make food green, such as green bread, green eggs, or lord help us, green ham – let’s have something natural to celebrate St. Patrick, and Ireland. Dr. Norris J. Chumley’s Saint Patrick’s Day Greens Wash, dry and Combine:Green lettuce: Bibb, Boston, Romaine – whatever…

Here’s a challenge and an opportunity. Make tomorrow “desert dessert day.” Don’t have any dessert all day-if possible. Have fruit (grapes, kiwis, apples, plums, etc.) instead. What if you didn’t have desserts at all? If you did nothing else, and ate regular food in reasonable quantities but no desserts or candy you might well lose…

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