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Posted on June 19, 2018 by sputterpub

A while ago I heard that if you let a toddler choose what foods he wants to eat, you’ll see a daily lack of balance, yet if you allow your focus to retreat and capture several days at once, you’ll … Continue reading →

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Sugarless

Posted on June 12, 2018 by sputterpub

I cut out sugar thirty months ago. I didn’t miss the cookies or the pies. But then I felt my love for cheesecake grow. Indulging now and then, it was a prize I shared when dining out that soon became … Continue reading →

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Complication

Posted on May 28, 2018 by sputterpub

The scientists I’m reading now are through with carbohydrates that have been refined. Mercola wants to limit protein too, while Naiman has more meat and eggs in mind. They all agree that sugar’s toxic stuff, and no one tries defending … Continue reading →

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Simple Wisdom

Posted on May 22, 2018 by sputterpub

“Don’t eat desserts,” my grandma said to me, when I first tried to diet at fourteen. “Avoid potatoes, bread and corn. You’ll see results if you don’t go for snacks between good meals.” But I eschewed her strategy: preferring science … Continue reading →

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Recidivism

Posted on February 12, 2018 by sputterpub

I knew a girl who struggled for good skin. Her face broke out no matter what she tried of products for the outside; for within, she never ate foods sugary or fried. Until a doctor found her allergies, and she … Continue reading →

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Benefits

Posted on January 29, 2018 by sputterpub

Three years ago, I gave up eating sweet desserts, nocturnal snacks of chocolate bites, and gourmet cookies too. I rarely cheat- ed that proscription, based on what indicts the party line: the anti-science Plate. Amazingly, I didn’t feel a lack. … Continue reading →

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The Reason Not

Posted on October 19, 2017 by sputterpub

I could have set the cheesecake to defrost at 8 p.m. and tasted it by 9: 15, but that would mean I would have lost the benefit of buffering its fine- milled carbohydrate with protective fat. A cheesecake’s best preceded … Continue reading →

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Sweetlessness

Posted on October 4, 2017 by sputterpub

Del knew something was up the minute Annie walked through her door. There’d been foreshadowing in their phone conversation, and there was also thirty-two years of experience. “I need your bathroom!” Annie declared as she darted toward the toilet. Her … Continue reading →

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Count Your Calories

Posted on September 25, 2017 by sputterpub

I spent two bits in 1968, to buy a little book put out by Dell. Its title – Count Your Calories – was great: the pamphlet matched my purpose very well. I’d dieted four years and added more than I … Continue reading →

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Dietribe

Posted on August 3, 2017 by sputterpub

Imagine zero carbohydrate meals… I couldn’t eat so easily; the seeds and nuts, the beans and berries – these appeal ahead of meat. My satisfaction feeds on salad, almost every afternoon. I don’t adore fried chicken, want a steak, but … Continue reading →

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