I was flipping through the Woman's Day magazine that is delivered to my house every so often. It comes to me because my mother-in-law subscribes to it each year. She received two free subscriptions for other gals so she signed me up for one of them. I usually just glance at it before throwing it in our pile of recyclables. This most recent edition was full of interesting info for the dieting populace. I had my pen out, I was circling items like crazy! Ooh, and I found a $1.00 off coupon for 0 POINT Jello Snack Packs. Score.
I thought this article was worth sharing:
"JUNK FOOD = DRUGS?
If you've ever thought 'I'm addicted to this stuff' after eating candy, potato chips, doughnut or other junk food, you may be on to something. Researchers from the Scripps Research Institute in Florida fed rats cake, candy bars and other empty-calorie delights, then exposed the rats to light (a sign of danger) to see if they would stop eating the treats. They didn't, possibly because eating the junk food may have activated pleasure centers in the rats' brains much as an addictive drug would. It isn't clear if the study, recently published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, will translate to humans, but the scientist believe that highly processed junk foods may disrupt hunger and satisfaction signals in the brain and cause people to keep seeking them out- even though we know that they have few nutrients and eating too much of them can cause weight gain"
from "Be Well News" by Abigail L. Cuffey for Woman's Day (July 2010)
I knew those yummy potato chips were no good! I sure miss snacking on them though.
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Side Dish: Although I posted this article for all of you to read it, it does not mean that I condone testing on animals.
2 comments:
If you think back to the food we ate at KU, you have a pretty good explanation for what this chick's talking about here.
Caf food filled us up real fast. Then two hours later, we were hungry again. That's because the food was sooo processed and full of refined flours and sugar and high fructose corn syrup.
Cheap shit.
Ever think of making kale chips? Flax chips? Veggie chips? You can make salty yummy chips out of anything! It's very easy. :)
We should make some at my place next time we hang. The menu of this visit is getting LOOOONG!
You'd be surprised by how many of my "diet" foods have no high fructose corn syrup in them. Actually, you probably already knew that! :)
I did like the KU spaghetti cart though. That was some tasty food for two bucks!
Veggie Chips sound great. What all would go into making them? Oil and salt?
We keep talking about our menu and I keep getting more and more hungry! :)
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