| Volumetrics ranked top diet plan by Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports ranked "The Volumetrics Eating Plan," based on research by Barbara Rolls, the holder of the Guthrie Chair of Nutrition at Penn State, as the top-rated diet in its new June issue, released today (May 8). "Recent clinical trials show the best overall weight loss of any diet evaluated," said the Consumer Reports article. "Based on research at Penn State, the diet aims to maximize the amount of food available per calories, mainly by use of reduced-fat products, liberal addition of vegetables and low-fat cooking techniques." The overall evaluation included Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Slim-Fast, eDiets, The Zone, Ornish and Atkins Diets. " 'Volumetrics' translates the science into practical advice for both healthy eating and weight management," said Rolls, a professor of nutritional sciences in the College of Health and Human Development.
REGIONAL BRIEFS
Robbers held: The Amritsar police on Wednesday busted a gang of robbers who had forcibly taken away the car and a revolver of a local cloth merchant on July 23. Amritsar SSP Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh said two members of the gang, Harpal Singh of Ajnala and Jang Bahadur of Mirankot, had been arrested. The car and the revolver belonging to Raghbir Arora were also recovered. ASI Joga Singh, in-charge of Company Bagh police station has been awarded with a special commendation certificate for his role. ABOHAR
Ward bypoll: At a meeting presided over by city unit chief Ravi Setia on Wednesday, the BJP decided against fielding a candidate in the by-election for Ward 21 No.of the MC provided the Congress decides to nominate its candidate from the family of Mohan Lal, a former Congress councillor who passed away a few months ago.
When Is A Low-Carb Diet Not A Low-Carb Diet?
One of the problems with discussing the subject of low-carb at this blog is the unfortunate problem that has always existed about this way of eating. It's the inescapable reality that there is no clear-cut definition of what constitutes a "low-carb" diet.When I started on the Atkins "low-carb" diet in 2004 to help me lose weight, that called for me to begin a two-week Induction period of 20g carbohydrate daily followed by an average of 30-35g carbs for the duration of my weight loss. Nowadays, I eat 50-60g carbs daily.There are other "low-carb" plans like South Beach and The Zone which call for more carb consumption as high as 75-100g a day, but I am not aware of any that allow more than 100g daily. That's clearly too many carbs to be considered "low-carb."Then you've got the issue of fiber and sugar alcohols.
Beyond Japan’s “Peace Constitution”
Japan's “peace constitution" was imposed in 1946 by General Douglas MacArthur, the so-called “second emperor." In article nine of that document the Japanese people “forever" renounced both “war" and “the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes." They also promised “never" to maintain “land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential." But article nine has not been enforced for decades. Tokyo now maintains approximately 240,000 soldiers, sailors, and pilots supported by the world's fifth-largest military budget. Article nine today is narrowly interpreted as a ban on participation in “collective self-defense," but even that prohibition has been eroded. Japan sent minesweepers to the Persian Gulf in 1991, an Aegis destroyer to the Indian Ocean in 2002 to support U.S.
Forty winks are a waste of time say bosses
Whilst a huge nine in 10 employees believe an hours Spanish-style siesta would enhance their performance almost the same number of bosses disagree. These are the findings of Peninsula employment law firm who found that 78 per cent of bosses consider siestas to have a negative effect on workplace productivity. Peter Done, managing director of Peninsula said: "Whilst most employers would probably think that the idea of allowing their staff to sleep during work hours as unnecessary and a liberty not worth issuing, they need to be aware that many employees find that during the afternoon hours their productivity levels drop. The argument on their grounds is that having a siesta can help to increase these drops in productivity and therefore help to reduce careless mistakes that some employees make.
Taking the $3 challenge
I did it, existing on a dollar-a-meal food-stamp allowance for a few days, and yeah, I lost a couple of pounds. But I don't advise it. In the long run, it takes money to eat thin and healthful. For $3 a day — which is what you get when you divide 30 days into the $155 monthly food stamp allowance for one person — you wind up on the fatty-salty-sugary-canned-processed-bottled diet. Get heart disease on $3 a day! Ask the government how! Most e-mail come-ons I get invite me to split a dead man's unclaimed fortune in Nigeria, but this one, from the San Francisco Bay Area-based California Association of Food Banks, offered me the "food stamp challenge." Could I tough it out eating on $3 a day? The association said 26 million Americans do — 1,327,000 of them California children. Well, I wasn't going to have some little kid bust my chops.
NCA presents: Dr Sandy Gordon, Indianised !
Noted sports psychologist Sandy Gordons days in Indian cricket may have ended long back with the end of the John Wright era. But his lessons are very much a part of the mental lessons in Indian crickets heartland the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore. Cricket-specific mental lessons propounded by Gordon form the diet of the Bangalore academys syllabus. And at the helm of the NCAs affairs of imparting those mental lessons to the academys youngsters is noted Mumbai-based sports medicine expert Dr Kinjal Suratwala. .
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