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Seeing Fatty Food Pictures Encourages Impulse Eating

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A picture can say a thousand words, but according to a study presented at The Endocrine Society’s 94th Annual Meeting in Houston, a picture can also be worth a thousand calories. Researchers have discovered that looking at images of high-calorie foods stimulates the brain’s appetite control center, which leads to an elevated desire for food.  Senior study author, Kathleen Page, MD, an assistant professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, declared: “This stimulation of the read more

HEALTH BENEFITS OF QUINOA

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Over 5,000 years ago, high in the Andes mountains, the Incas began to cultivate quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) as one of their staple crops, believing that it gave power and stamina to their warriors. I love reading the book entitled Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. On this book, they always encouraged the readers to eat QUINOA (pronounced keen-wah). To be honest,   It’s my first time to hear that kind of food but I am intrigued by its health benefits. I have searched it in different read more