Diet Blog November Archive

Does Santa Need To Go On A Diet?

By Fit Bud at 11/27/08 16:35

This have been the question that's bugling my mind for quite sometime. Now that Christmas is indeed approaching real fast, this is a major concern especially for those people fighting obesity. They worry too much that Santa's reindeer won't be able to pull him around the world if he's too fat.

One more concern about Santa's weight and size is that he'll not be able to fit in every chimney of every house. How can he deliver Christmas gifts when his size is like that. These are the kinds of question that you might want to find an interesting answer.

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Less Than 200 Calorie - Spinach Soup

I'd like to share a recipe I found while browsing the net a few days ago. But since some of the ingredients for the recipe are not found the area where I am living, I just changed some of them to the local ingredients available and I'm quite surprised that it tastes good.

The Original recipe is from Egypt but because I changed some of the ingredients, I will just simply call it as Spinach Soup. Here are the original ingredients and I will just enclosed the ones I changed and put what I used.

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Zone Diet

Zone Diet was popularized the by Barry Sears, biochemist, on this books which centers on calorie ratio of "40:30:30:" obtained for carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Sears formulates this diet to have the proper hormone balance within the human body.

Jenifer Aniston is one of the famous follower of these new diet and more stars like Tom Cruise, Tiger Woods, Cindy Crawford etc.

Link: What diet does Jennifer Aniston follow?

Christmas Time Is No Time To Diet

A lot of people are happy that Christmas is actually just around the corner. A lot, including me, loves the Christmas season very much. Although I'm the one who will be giving away gifts this Christmas instead of me getting some gifts, all because I'm too old for that, I'm still looking forward for my Santa socks to be filled. (Hello mom and dad)

One thing I also love with Christmas is the abundance of food. Yes, I love to eat. Who doesn't? We all love to eat! And when it's Christmas time, you have all the excuse in the world to eat anything you want, except for those who are facing serious health threats of course.

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The Unwanted Island Diet

About 2 weeks ago, my neighbor and their friends planned a trip to Palawan, Philippines to visit their relatives there and also to tour their son who just came back from his work abroad. My neighbors are known for their nickname, the Big 4. Why? Because all four of them are huge! Like some sumo wrestlers, maybe?

So there, we in the house were a bit happy when they left since we won't have to listen to their loud stereo every morning. We won't also have to deal with their dog who always pee in our fence.

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Cautious Diet of a Celiac

Eating and enjoying one's meal is a hard issue to a selected few individuals. These individuals are the people who have eating disorders, serious physical conditions and more. Thus, making them change their lifestyles, eating habits, and interactions with the rest of the community. See the story of a very cautious woman as she strive in the world with celiac disease here:

Link: Professional Hazards—Banquet Dining on the Gluten-Free Diet

Chopsticks and the Oriental Dining Experience

Chopsticks are tools used for dining in most of the oriental countries in Asia. Though dining using chopsticks looks easy and very much "Asian-like", it is not that easy to master, especially when all your life you grew on silverwares. This is the experience of a tourist and blogger, Brian Neal in his experience dining in China. See more of his experience here:

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