KFC produces a new supersandwich

What would Colonel Harland Sanders say or think???



KFC, the fried chicken franchise, has somehow engineered a new sandwich called the "Double Down" with includes no bread whatsoever - and a lot of extra meat. 

The "Double Down" consists of: two fried filets that cradle two pieces of bacon, two slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese and a squish of Colonel's Sauce. 

Are you kidding me??? 

Why are we posting this???

It's the never ending cycle. Fast food like this produces calories that are never taken off, that produces personal diets and diet books, and that NEVER produces an exercise regime to keep healthy in the first place! Good luck American eaters!!!

Book Review: It's about exercise, not diets

Book Review:

The Belly Fat Cure, by Jorge Cruise

Just because a diet book is on the New York Times best-selling list, doesn't mean you should buy it because it sounds cool and there is a cool looking guy on the cover.

At "Diets-Suck" - we can't recommend this title because it is far too simplistic and too much about meal habit breaking, not what it takes to change your bad habits.

Example recommendation from TBFC: don't eat or order the IHOP Double Blueberry Pancakes (BELLY BAD), instead make it at home using fresh, natural and better ingredients (BELLY GOOD). The meal comparisons are too easy to make. The personal initiative it takes to make the change is just too hard for the average over-weight American.

Realistically, this book should be retitled to something like "Obvious Meal Planning for DUMMIES."

Here's another pretty basic thought from the author, Jorge: "Frozen meals often have a long list of preservatives with names you don't understand...they can also add excessive amounts of sodium." (p.134)

Well .... duuuuuuh. If you don't know that you have little hope in eating well and getting beyond the frozen food treadmill (pun).

I will give him some reps ..... saying he isn't reluctant to negatively mention Weight Watchers and many restaurants that pretend to be on your side, diet-wise. It often isn't the case with the food and the ingredients they serve. They "improve" the taste of their meals in many ways (which keeps you eating and coming back for more) that end up with more and more calories.

But, if you're the type of person who consistently buys packaged frozen meals, you're probably the type that doesn't exercise and probably the type that buys a new diet book each year like "The Belly Fat Cure." Good luck!

The Belly Fat Cure: Discover the New Carb Swap System and Lose 4 to 9 lbs. Every Week

A proactive diet lowers the risk of Alzheimer's disease

Diet found to cut risk of Alzheimer's

Take those salads seriously.

A team of medical researchers from Columbia University Medical Center has identified a "protective diet" that lowers the risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to research released Monday in the Archives of Neurology, a publication of the American Medical Association.

"We identified a dietary pattern that was strongly protective against the development of Alzheimer's disease," the researchers said.

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Egg Research: eat eggs, reduce hunger and calories throughout the day

New research reports that eating protein in the morning helps manage hunger

Park Ridge, Ill. (April 6, 2010) – A new study demonstrates that eating protein-rich eggs for breakfast reduces hunger and decreases calorie consumption at lunch and throughout the day. The study, published in the February issue of Nutrition Research, found that men who consumed an egg-based breakfast ate significantly fewer calories when offered an unlimited lunch buffet compared to when they ate a carbohydrate-rich bagel breakfast of equal calories.(1) This study supports previous research which revealed that eating eggs for breakfast as part of a reduced-calorie diet helped overweight dieters lose 65 percent more weight and feel more energetic than dieters who ate a bagel breakfast of equal calories and volume.(2)


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Yeah! I'll take some more of that cheesecake please!

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Bacon and cheesecake have an effect on the brain similar to heroin and cocaine: study

Bacon and cheesecake can alter the brain in ways similar to heroin and cocaine, according to scientists who say they have found the most compelling proof yet that high-fat foods rewire the brain and drive the development of compulsive eating.


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