Human lab rats! You have to read this article! It is about scientists studying how to make products trick us into thinking we are full--artifically full on chemically created foods!? Sounds very Jetson-era like to me!
Now, I could be wrong, I often am, but here's something to chew on--why should we drink a Slim Fast mega altered shake out of a can that has a shelf life of many years and is filled with a lot of preservatives and chemicals rather than whip up a delicious and VERY nutritous shake in our kitchen? I have a FRESH shake just about every morning--with fresh fruits, soy milk, ice cubes and a scoop of Complete or other mornings, I will have an omlet made with fresh egg whites and various fresh veggies. Both are filling and healthy.
For lunch, I do not opt for a tiny, sodium filled frozen Lean n' mean/SouthBeachy, etc meal, I have a REAL meal with fresh chicken, lettuce and other veggies. Dinner is about the same--real food and real amounts of it.
The one thing that really struck me about this article is that it NEVER mentioned drinking 64 ounces to 1/2 of a person's body weight in fluid ounces of water! THAT quenches hunger like nothing else! They are experimenting with chemicals, slow release starches and other JUNK to pump into our bodies to give us a false sense of fullness rather than giving us the truth--that we are used to eating too much food to feel "full" and that if we just drank more water, got some exercise and gradually got our bodies used to healthful portions, we would be just fine!--but THAT wouldn't make Kraft or any other company record profits, would it?
Save your money, and your health folks! Eat a well balanced diet of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean meats/proteins, nuts, legumes, whole grains and drink plenty of water--and get your body moving! Want to make it really easy, just do Lifechanger!
Carpe Diet!
Julia
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