WEBPLUNGER

Spoonful of lowfat dressing keeps the nutrients from going down…

In a recent Morning Edition blurb on diet and health, an eye-opening fact help solidify what I’ve been suspecting all along… All these low-fat, fake substitute food stuffs aren’t benefiting us as much as they are inhibiting our bodies ability to process everything from sugar to fat to now… betacarotene.  Here’s a glimpse into the must-read NPR story:

“The salads all tasted the same to me,” says Brown. But when researchers went back and analyzed the blood samples they realized that people who had eaten fat-free or low-fat dressings didn’t absorb the beneficial carotenoids from the salad. Only when they had eaten the oil-based dressing did they get the nutrients.” Read Full NPR Story here…

“According to this year’s Harris Poll Happiness Index, 39% of Americans who earn between $50,000 and $74,999 a year say they are happy, making them the happiest of all income groups. “

See full summary from Harvard Business Review’s Daily Stat.

Thought checking email wasn’t burning calories? Think again.

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The list below is from Real Simple Magazine’s Reality Check segment, entitled “Calorie Expenditures that May Surprise You,” by Laura Sutherland.

ACTIVITY-Calories Burned

Thinking Thin = 132

Running your finger around the bottom of a frosted cake = 215 

Fretting about whether or not you turned off the iron = 240

Thumbing through a fitness magazine = 273

Cleaning out your e-mail box = 339

Opening a bottle of wine = 406

Waiting on hold with customer service for 20 minutes = 482

Opening your child’s plastic-wrapped Happy Meal toy = 516

Restraining your had from reaching into the chip bowl = 602

Scooping very cold ice cream = 655

Scooping very cold ice cream while fending off three children = 727

Pacing in front of the pantry door = 826

Organize a dinner party in less than 24 hours = 1071

Juggling seven grocery bags, the mail, and your keys = 1149

Taking off a wet swimsuit = 1500