Pre-fight physical for UFC star (and Milwaukee native) Anthony "Showtime" Pettis. Watch him on Fight Night against Charles Oliveira on August 27. I instructed him to be careful and to be particularly protective of his head.....
New topic: Is the "best used by" .... date really a food safety issue? No. A more accurate assessment of food freshness is your nose or your taste buds. None-the-less, I think that I will still follow the dates on the packaging. It is just too gross to sniff to see if the milk has gone bad...
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Well, my diet is done. My wife is complaining that I am too obsessive/compulsive about it (true) and that I have no fat in my face (true). Now the hard part: keeping the weight off. I will have to think of a strategy..... as I am now having a doughnut for breakfast.
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Vodka is only 80 calories an ounce....(...but who only drinks one ounce). Plus, alcohol stimulates the appetite. Consequently, there is NO alcohol on the "Waisbren" diet...
Intermittent fasting decreases insulin levels and increases human growth hormone and adrenaline concentrations. This combination increases your metabolic rate and facilitates fat burning. I go from Tuesday night to Wednesday night without eating. It really isn't too hard to do if you keep busy and I indeed think that it facilitates weight loss in us oldsters....
Bad news! Fruit is not "the perfect snack". It is high in fructose which spikes your sugar counts; it is hard to digest and hence causes bloating; it triggers the hormone ghrelin which stimulates your appetite; it isn't particularly low in calories.... The "Waisbren Diet" has no fruit...
BELLY FAT: I am vigorously dieting and losing weight. However, my belly and chest aren't exactly a six pack. Keys to developing that buffed look to get rid of the visceral fat: Diet/Exercise/Sleep/Stress reduction.... I think that it might be futile. The following article disagrees...
I am not a big "gluten" hater. I am quite skeptical about all the people who avoid gluten. HOWEVER, I am now on day 24 of my diet and I have totally avoided all carbohydrates (and hence in effect have been gluten free). To my amazement, my joints feel much better. I don't require a morning bath to "loosen up" and I don't ache nearly as much. Could there be something to the gluten/arthritis theory?
All day long I hear patients tell me that their weight is up because "they haven't been going to the gym". My standard response is: "It's not the lack of exercise"...
My wife insists that with dieting, your stomach actually shrinks.... Sorry honey, although you are almost always right about everything, in this instance, you probably are not,,,,,
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