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Does Pizza Count as Diet Food if it’s Low-Fat Cheese?

I’m being facetious with the title. I haven’t met a pizza yet that would qualify as diet food. They sure are good, aren’t they? My favorite is Garlic Chicken with a white sauce. Most kids love cheese or pepperoni. Did you know that pizza is the most popular food in America? Three billion pizzas a year. As a whole, we eat 350 slices per second. All that pizza uses two billion pounds of mozzarella cheese. That’s billion – nine zeroes. No wonder California cows are happy. They’re in no danger of being out of work! If you’re among the 93% … Continue reading →

You Can Trigger Your Weight Loss Hormone!

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Thank goodness for British researchers! The hot news is that they have discovered a hormone that reduces hunger and how to trigger it! (The hormone, that is.) It seems our magic bullet is the thing that dieters have been cutting down on for decades: PROTEIN. Yes, eating protein triggers PYY which is a natural hormone found in the body that reduces hunger. This hormone is released at some level for every food we eat, but the one food that does the job best is protein. And here is another thing all us overweight folks have known and claimed for ages … Continue reading →