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8 years ago
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I posted for my small group in Organic Rose forum .. and I re-post here ... You all helped me so much with your honesty & sharing. Thanks. I post my progress here, and I hope you'll join me ... so we can motivate & inspire one another to take better care of ourselves. WebMD on foods that help with weight loss:

http://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/9-foods-to-help-you-lose-weight?page=2

Eggs and Sausage A protein-rich breakfast may help you resist snack attacks throughout the day.

Nuts Research shows that when people munch on nuts, they automatically eat less at later meals.

Apples Whole fruit blunts appetite in a way that fruit juices and sauces don’t. One reason is that raw fruit has more fiber.

Yogurt A Harvard study followed more than 120,000 people for a decade or longer. Yogurt, of all the foods that were tracked, was most closely linked to weight loss.

Grapefruit Yes, grapefruit really can help you shed pounds, especially if you are at risk for diabetes. Researchers at Scripps Clinic in San Diego found that when obese people ate half a grapefruit before each meal, they dropped an average of 3 ½ pounds over 12 weeks. Drinking grapefruit juice had the same results.

**** From Straw: Agree on eggs & I use sprouted & high protein Ezekiel bread. Agree on nuts and apple ... Sunflower seeds rank second to sesame seed in lowering cholesterol ... both are highest in plant sterols.

Agree on yogurt, but certain yogurt has more of the fat-burning bacteria. Dannon was my favorite weight-loss, then I switched to Chobani Greek yogurt and it didn't work, probably less probiotics.

Here's from ABC news:

" A team of Japanese researchers split 210 overweight people into three groups. While everyone consumed a daily 7-ounce serving of fermented milk, two of the groups drank milk spiked with varying amounts of a probiotic called Lactobacillus gasseri SBT2055 which past research has tied to fat loss. After 12 weeks, people slugging the probiotic milk formulas dropped roughly 8 to 9 percent of their visceral fat."

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/probiotics-lose-weight/story?id=19607875

The below link offers clinical assessment of which yogurt is hype, and which probiotics is beneficial:

http://www.cspinet.org/new/pdf/nah_probiotics.pdf

For probiotics supplement which contains Acidophilus gasseri, Dr. Oz Show recommends Phillips Colon health,

From Straw: The year that I lost weight fast ... I had a tiny bit of Dannon yogurt for desert after every meal. A few days ago Google News had an article on how beneficial bacteria signal fullness so mice consume less per meal. Having yogurt AFTER meal makes sense, since the beneficial bacteria help to signal fullness. A few lean countries have a yogurt after meal. The timing of eating yogurt: right after meals matter more than the amount,

See below WebMD info."

A study published in the April 2005 International Journal of Obesity looked at obese adults who cut 500 calories a day while consuming three daily servings of low-fat yogurt. It found that they lost significant amounts of fat, especially around the waist, while maintaining lean muscle tissue. The three-yogurts-a-day group lost 22% more weight, 61% more body fat, and 81% more stomach fat than a comparison group who ate just one serving of yogurt daily.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/french-womens-diet-secret-yogurt

Below are some cherry tomato from my garden. They freeze well, and are much sweeter than big tomato. They are fantastic in soups for the winter, or I put in Ramen noodles, with kale, or Nappa cabage & shrimp.

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