Food Reward Fridays

Friday, October 26, 2012
Each Friday, I'm going to post a picture of a modern food so ridiculous it makes you want to laugh and cry at the same time.  I'm doing this for two reasons:
  1. To raise awareness about the unhealthy, fattening foods that are taking over global food culture.  These are highly rewarding, highly palatable, energy-dense foods that drive people to eat in the absence of hunger, and continue eating beyond calorie needs.  In many cases, the foods have been specifically designed to maximize "craveability" and palatability.
  2. Because it's funny.
Without further ado... the first lucky winner:
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Tips For Anti Aging Skin Care

Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Getting good anti aging skin care advice can be difficult, especially without having to spend a lot of money. Thankfully, much of the anti aging skin care products and advice on the market doesn't really have to cost that much money. A lot of what is especially useful in the fight against aging is actually available in the home, making do-it-yourself regimens more possible than ever. For anti aging skin care, one of the best places to start is with body weight. As long as body weight stays similar to what it was in the late teens, skin care has a solid foundation to build upon. Of course, gaining weight is a part of life and there are few people who weigh what they did when they were eighteen. An anti aging alternative is to take supplements (buy vitamin b6 tablets or any vitamin b 50 complex product). These enable the skin to heal and grow properly without applying direct topical medications or serums to the face. An anti aging alternative is one of the best weapons in anti aging skin care. The chemicals in supplements can boost the output of the cells and the mitochondria, preventing the breakdown of the cells. The link between anti aging and food is also important. This is because anti aging skin care begins with taking care of what's inside. Skipping a meal a day or reducing food intake can have a direct effect on skin care. This occurs because of the reduction of insulin intake. Of course, a balanced diet will likely have the opposite effect. Other people swear by topical solutions such as anti aging lotions. These products, applied directly to the skin, can increase the vitamin count on the surface of the skin. Anti aging lotions are a common weapon in the anti aging skin care battle, but it is often not the most useful or beneficial. Instead, a basic regimen of some of the ideas we've mentioned combined with an anti aging lotion can be the best way to combat signs of aging. Anti aging skin care is about total body care. Taking care of the outside of the body and the surface of the skin will only combat half of the problems that lead to aging, so a full anti aging skin care plan must also look within.

Candy at the Cash Register

Saturday, October 20, 2012
Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine published an interesting editorial titled "Candy at the Cash Register-- a Risk Factor for Obesity and Chronic Disease."  This fits in well with our discussion of non-homeostatic eating, or eating in the absence of calorie need.

There are a few quotes in this article that I find really perceptive.

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