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Gimmicks
Dieters Beware of Gimmicks! Have you noticed how well things sell or are marketable when a gimmick is attached? In marketing of most things, a gimmick (synonyms include: device, fetch, trick, play, ploy, scheme, wile, shenanigan) is used to attract business or...
Fruit Dip
Fruit Dip Serves: 4 This awesome recipe is courtesy of Jen Ozick. Read more about her here. Serve dip with apple and pear slices. Peanut butter can replace almond butter. Ingredients 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese 2 tablespoons almond butter 1/4 teaspoon apple pie spice...
Yogurt Parfaits
Yogurt Parfaits This awesome recipe is courtesy of Jen Ozick. Read more about her here. This is one of my favorite breakfasts to eat after one of Dr Willey's workouts. The recipe is easy and delicious! Ingredients: 1 small container fat free plain Greek Yogurt 1/2 cup...
Paraprosdokian Sentences??
Paraprosdokianism in medicine? A paraprosdokian sentence is a figure of speech in which the concluding part of a sentence or idiom takes the reader or listener off guard. The first part of the sentence seems to inhabit normalcy or be full of conventional wisdom while...
Fundamentals vs Small Diets
Fundamentals vs. Small Details I am continually overwhelmed at the number of options and ways people have to get healthy. There are almost as many ways to get healthy as there is to get sick. The marketing gurus continually strike wish and wonder in all kinds and...
HOLY CRAP my head hurts!!!
Why do I have Chronic Headaches? As is often common in the treatment of disease and discomfort, the treatment has the potential to cause equal or greater problems than the disease or discomfort itself. The bothersome headache is no exception. Everyone is occasionally...
Dr Willey’s September 2011 Thoughts: Sugar Drinks Part II
Sugar Drinks=Bad, Diet=OK, right??? Hmmm..... Continuing our discussion on sugar laden beverages, I want to add a few more points before I turn the guns on diet drinks. To quote but one of many similar lessons: The Nurses Health Study, which monitored the health...
Dr Willey’s September 2011 Thoughts: Sugar Drinks Part I
In my next few articles, I plan to take the opportunity and rant about liquid calories and its more than obvious effect on our health. Sweetened beverages are consumed at a rate of 35 gallons/year/person, (followed by beer consumption…which at least has some...
Taquitos with Chipotle Lime Ranch Sauce
Taquitos with Chipotle Lime Ranch Sauce This awesome recipe is courtesy of Jen Ozick. Read more about her here. Servings: 8 Ingredients for Taquitos: 1 cup quesadilla cheese, shredded 2 cups diced chicken 1/2 cup salsa Southwest seasoning corn tortillas cooking spray...