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Here’s a delicious end-of-summer dish that’s healthier, easy on the waistline and the budget.  Make it from fresh produce from your garden, or local farmer’s market or organic grocery.  Serve it as a main dish, or a fancy side-dish. Dr. Norris J. Chumley’s Greens Gratin Serves 4 1 small bunch beet greens (save the beets…

Are you aware that sodas are very high calorie?  A little soda, in an old-fashioned 8-ounce soda bottle can be as much as 100 calories.  A 16-ounce bottle or cup (now the “small” size in fast food joints), may be 200 calories or more.  A big one “Super size” is 460 or more!  There’s supposedly…

I recently wrote a blog about how alcohol, pot and other recreational drugs can effect weight loss and weight maintenance.  Here’s the article – click here. That received many comments, one I find very interesting was posted by an anonymous reader. “While many novice smokers experience the ‘munchies’ I actually GAINED weight when I tried…

Science has known for decades that obesity is a contributing factor to heart and cardiovascular diseases, and for certain cancers.  Now, there’s a new study that links waist size to higher risk for death. The medical journal, Archives of Internal Medicine, published the results of a study, titled Waist Circumference and All-Cause Mortality in a…
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