If you’ve ever considered homeopathy, this takedown of the “science” of SUGAR PILLS is a must-read.
I’ve always found homeopathy practitioners almost adorably ridiculous — like the little girls who MUST sleep with every stuffed animal in their bed so that no one’s feelings are hurt. But this article reminds us that homeopathy hurts — in […]

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Well, you didn’t ask for it, but you’re getting it. Here is (after the jump, that is; as Perez Hilton would say, if you are easily offended, do not click here!) the scary state of me in my favorite dress, or what was my favorite dress 5-8 pounds ago. Please, no reassuring comments; no negative […]

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Check out this interesting glimpse of what a popular couture model eats during an average work week. What she eats is pretty similar to what I eat. Except, uh, I eat at least one-third more! Amanda at Parting Gift agrees - chicky needs to stop skipping dinner!

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The NY Times Magazine has an entertaining little piece on upscale Hollywood’s “food issues.” Poking fun at Hollywood’s weird, pseudo-scientific food trends and obsessive-compulsive eating behavior is fair game and worth some — OK, a lot of — ridicule. The town’s capacity for self-indulgence and neuroses is historic and inarguable.
But things get interesting when a […]

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Q: Would you pay someone to shoot a staple into the most sensitive part of your ear?
A: No way! What kind of question is that?
Q: What if they promised it would help you lose weight?
A: Hmmmn…how much would it cost?

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1. Eating: Ayurvedic 2-weeks begins today. That’s shaping up to mean eliminating wheat and probably eating more lentils than usual. Turns out I’m Kapha-Pitta, which seem to be total opposites (one says eat breakfast, the other skip breakfast; one says eat moist foods, the other says dry; and on and on), so I’m finding the […]

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My approach to managing
sugar sensitivity is to limit the sweet stuff rather than write it off completely. Occasionally I like to have dessert. By occasionally, I mean frequently.
I’ve found that in baking recipes, you can usually halve the amount of sugar, at least coming from the perspective
of someone who has mostly stripped sweets from their […]

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Check out this article on “eating to support your yoga” in Yoga Journal. If the sections on ayurvedic eating and fasting (they give fasting a thumbs-down) bore you, skip straight to the “conscious eating” section.

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Crabby takes a break from crankiness today to celebrate her healthy life (she’s on a roll this week!). Since we here are all about reveling in good health, this is the perfect topic for The Flying Trapeze. So perfect we have to piggyback: What are three things you love about your healthy life?
My list:

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This is only very obliquely health-related, but Crabby’s “Handy Guide to Medicine” as gleaned from Grey’s episodes had to be posted. Heh.

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