There’s all kinds of information available about weight loss, and much of it is true. However, there are some weight loss “facts” that simply aren’t true. Let’s review some of those common myths. 1. Food eaten at bedtime is more fattening than food eaten at an earlier time. This popular myth is simply not true. Food has the same number of calories no matter what time it’s eaten. You may sleep better if you eat at an earlier hour or you may store calories more as you have less time to burn them off, but calorie count is the same. 2. If you’re fat,...
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You want to lose weight, but the thought of counting calories gives you a headache.  And how are you supposed to know how much that piece of chicken on your plate weighs?  Besides these issues, by the time you are leaving your workplace you ‘re ready to eat anything, and that restaurant along the route home has an enticing take-out menu.  Even if you don’t work outside the home, if you are the only person in your household who wants to limit (notice I didn’t say needs to limit) your intake of high- calorie, high-fat foods, it’s a lot of extra hassle to prepare...
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For many centuries, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners have passed down their knowledge of the healing property of foods. This aspect goes beyond calories, nutrition, phytonutrients, vitamins, minerals, and other scientific or physical properties. Again, it has to do with the very real, yet intangible aspect, of Qi or healing essence of a particular food. These foods specifically address the organs related to weight problems: the liver, kidney, spleen, and lung. It is important to know that the healing energies or essences of these specific foods will actually travel to a specific organ to help strengthen it and help it rebalance and heal itself. As...
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