Sugar, Salt, Fat and your "Bliss Point"

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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us on Deadly Junk

Food giants have used food science to train Americans for a lifetime of extra calories, pounds and health risks. And you wonder why your butt is so BIG! 

Did you know these Big Corporations rely on three chief ingredients, and they’re as tasty to the palate as they’re pleasingly cheap to the corporate bottom line: salt, sugar, and fat. When served separately and in moderation, none of them is harmful. The difficulty, for health-conscious consumers, arises from the industry practice of heaping on copious amounts in felicitous combinations designed to reach what’s known in the business as the bliss point. According to a food psychologist quoted by Moss, the bliss point is the “optimum concentration at which the sensory pleasure is maximal. . . . [It] dictates that we eat and drink more than we realize.”

You are what you eat! Read on..

10 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight

Marco here. There are obvious things that can derail your diet and exercise plan such as children, work, stress, oh, and how about plain ole life!  Over-eating, consuming too many calories from foods loaded with sugar, fat and carbohydrates, chemicals, artificial sweeteners, skipping meals etc. Trust me, I know. I live in the real world. I miss the good old days when the gym was a priority. There were some mornings when I would work out before I even brushed my teeth. Baby needs a diaper change? Hang on! I'm doin' ab work! That's why they make diaper rash ointment... We get older and we no longer care as much about how we look and feel. We're adults. We have to be responsible. Gotta work. Gotta buy groceries, gotta pay the bills. F it! I'll grab an energy drink and save some money for Lipo. Some folks hate to exercise, some just have no time. Just know this, if you don't take care of your body now, Big Pharma ain't gonna save you later! Your kids will just stick your ass in a home and come visit on the weekends. Maybe... Rot and die or get healthy and stay healthy now. We get one chance at life. Better to be and feel your best!

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