Annie Anthrax wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 10:55am:

well done, it works for you so good. Unfortunately we are seeing this fasting method being marketed by the weight loss industry as a way for the obese to sustain weight loss. What I point out is that most people already fast every night , thats why the first meal of the day is called break fast.

Neferti wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 2:24pm:



SUGAR TELLS YOUR BRAIN IT WANTS MORE..

how many of us stop at ONE timtam..one grape..one cherry....one choc square...it doesnt happen.....well not to me..

cods wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 2:52pm:
refiined carbohydrates  trick our minds and bodies into feeling hungry. ever walked past a bakery and suddenly felt the craving for something  sweet even though you may have just eaten? If they took all the sugar out of a chocolate donut, you wouldnt crave it or ever want to eat one. Thats why the food industry pours refined carbohydrates into every food they can, they know this. In the US as Neferti pointed out, its gone a lot further, they basically  put corn syrup into everything. if you took all the refined carbs out of everything you ate and then only ate when you were hungry and until you were full your body would self regulate. read nefertis posts on how she eats.

Redmond Neck wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 3:10pm:


It isn't a "beer gut" as such ... it is slack tummy muscles, plus being slack in exercise, eating the wrong things, plus no incentive (no young gorgeous blond females around). Typically, females use childbirth as an excuse for getting fat.

Something we agree on Cods, a lot of this supermarket stuff is grown in hydroponics, picked before its ripe and artifically ripened with ethylene? gas from memory. And how simple is it to grow real tomatoes in your own backyard.

cods wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 3:29pm:


I use a lot of artificial sweeteners. I like Natvia because it's supposed to be more natural, but I will use Splenda or whatever is handy. My husband has made custard with sweeteners. I'm going to attempt to give up artificial sweeteners in the new year.

THERE’S NO DOUBT about it. Artificial sweeteners cause obesity.

I always thought it was funny to see a very large person order a Big Mac, large fries — and top it off with a Diet Coke. I also found it peculiar that I rarely saw thin people drinking diet sodas. So I began to wonder if there could be a link between diet beverages or artificial sweeteners and obesity. As I began to explore this notion, I discovered a number of different research findings that pointed to this very phenomenon.

First, our current obesity epidemic has coincided perfectly with the introduction of large amounts of artificial sweeteners into our food supply. Although we cannot say for sure that this means artificial sweeteners cause obesity, it certainly makes me wonder.

Next, a body of research indicates that just the thought or smell of food initiates a whole set of hormonal and physiologic responses that get the body ready for food. This is familiar to us from Pavlov’s dog experiment, where he trained dogs to salivate by associating the ringing of a bell with the presentation of food.

By doing this repeatedly, he eventually trained the dogs to salivate in anticipation of food simply by ringing the bell – without any food at all.

Think of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners as ringing the bell for your physiology. Today I will explain how that happens and review some of the research that indicates artificial sweeteners may not be all they are cracked up to be.

Ringing the bells in your body with artificial sweeteners is not a good thing. It’s even worse when you ring the bells with artificial sweeteners and then not provide any sugar. Here’s why …

Our brains know how to get our bodies ready for food. It is called the cephalic (for “head”) phase reflex. Your brain is preparing for food even before your fork or cup crosses your lips. This allows you to anticipate and prepare for the arrival of nutrients in your intestinal tract, improves the efficiency of how your nutrients are absorbed, and minimizes the degree to which food will disturb your natural hormonal balance and create weight gain.

So, in a way, your body is already preparing to regulate your energy balance, metabolism, weight, calorie burning, and many other things – just by thinking about food. Any sweet taste will signal your body that calories are on the way and trigger a whole set of hormonal and metabolic responses to get ready for those calories.

When you trick your body and feed it non-nutritive or non-caloric sweeteners, like aspartame, acesulfame, saccharin, sucralose, or even natural sweeteners like stevia, it gets confused. And research supports this.



Read the rest here:

http://drhyman.com/blog/2010/06/19/artificial-sweeteners-could-be-sabotaging-you...

Yes you probably are right...just something I came across