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      • Does motherhood really cause weight gain?
        03/27/07
        Chocolate chip waffles and sugary yogurt smoothie for breakfast. Chicken nuggets and french fries for lunch. Veggie chips and juice for snack. Mac and cheese and ice cream sandwiches for dinner. Sounds like a sure way to risk childhood obesity and future health problems. But this may not be jus

      • Too much to do, too much to eat
        03/27/07
        "I used to come home after a particularly rough day at work and eat tablespoons of mayonnaise from the jar to calm down," reported one of our clients I'll call Jane. "Sometimes I ate large bags of chips with dip, other days it was an entire large pizza, and, when I had a sweet t

      • PMS and chocolate
        03/26/07
        At a recent dinner party, one of the guests was shocked to learn that we have heard women tell us that they would rather have chocolate than sex, particularly when they have PMS. "You're kidding, right?" he asked. Sadly, no. Chocolate is sought out by women in PMS be it ice cream,

      • Snack or Binge?
        03/22/07
        Many years ago a Boston prize winning marathon runner was asked what he ate each day. In addition to his three large meals, he ate Twinkies, Hostess cupcakes, potato chips, icecream, chocolate chip cookies, brownies and French fries. Every day. The interviewer estimated that he must consume abou

      • Whom do you want to look like?
        03/20/07
        I (Judy) live part time in a place where the young and the old co-mingle which makes for a strange and varied assortment of body sizes, dress and lifestyle. This morning as I was going through my workout in the health club, I noticed that everyone around me seemed to be in perfect shape. Their bodi

      • Treating Menopause: food or drugs?
        03/15/07
        Could a bowl of oatmeal really be your weapon against the hot flashes, mood swings, sleep disruption, vaginal discomfort, and decreased libido of perimenopause and menopause? Yes, indeed. Serotonin-boosting foods can improve the quality of the menopausal years or at least make the symptoms more to

      • Warning: some diets can turn you into a B-!
        03/13/07
        "What do you think is a good diet book? Atkins?" asked the elderly, slightly stout woman in the diet book aisle at my local Barnes and Noble.
        "Well, I recently lost 40 pounds on Atkins," replied the slim 30-something woman.
        I couldn't help jumping in. "Congra

      • On Antidepressants and gaining weight? You are not alone
        03/08/07
        There are tens of millions of people out there baffled and surprised by their weight gain or inability to lose weight since they started taking antidepressants. Maybe weight gain wasn't immediate, but after a month, or two, or even up to a year, the pounds started to creep on. If this is you, y

      • Now What am I Going to Do?
        03/06/07
        The good news about our diet is that you won’t feel like snacking in the evening. The bad news about our diet is that you have to find something else to do with yourself in the evening since you won’t be snacking.

        A client of ours, Martha, used to spend hours every evening arguing with

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