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I Wish I Knew How to LOSE You--The Weight Loss Thread (check first post)
Sason:
A vegetarian sheep? ;D
Would have been a lot easier for Jack and Ennis to untangle those from the Chilean sheep...
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Hmmm--interesting!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7273281/Chocolate-bar-that-can-be-eaten-during-Lent.html
Chocolate bar that can be eaten
during Lent
A "healthy" chocolate bar which can be eaten during Lent
has been invented by scientists who replaced the fat with
water.
Experts said the breakthrough could help tackle Britain?s obesity crisis
by producing a 'new generation of low-fat foods'.
By Andrew Hough
Published: 8:00AM GMT 20 Feb 2010
The low-fat chocolate containing almost two thirds water is said to taste identical
to regular bars and could pave the way for a new generation of “healthy” foods.
Researchers are also developing a low-fat mayonnaise and porridge which prevents
people from feeling hungry by staying in their stomach longer.
Experts said the breakthroughs could help tackle Britain’s obesity crisis by producing
a “new generation of low-fat foods”.
Recent figures showed that child obesity was rising in England – from 10 per cent
of children in 1995 to 17 per cent in 2008 – while almost one in four adults in Britain
are now considered obese.
In their research, University of Birmingham scientists discovered they could replace
a normal chocolate bar’s fat particles with calorie-free substances such as water,
air or gels.
The team, which are in negotiations to develop their research, created the
“water-chocolate” by then connecting water particles with cocoa butter crystals.
The bar, which contains about 60 per cent water, was found to have the same
taste, smell and feel in a person’s mouth.
Because the particles are so small, they also discovered the new “healthy” bar
could even melt at between 89F and 93F (32-34C).
“It is possible that small, stable, air bubbles designed to resemble oil droplets in
terms of their size and physical properties could be used to produce a new
generation of low fat foods,” said Dr Philip Cox, who led the research.
A similar technique has been known to reduce a food’s salt content by up to
80 per cent because water is hidden inside oil droplets.
This means only an outer skin contains any salt.
The researchers said their new “super porridge” can last in a person’s stomach
for up to six hours because liquid changes into a gel after coming into contact
with stomach acid.
Prof Ian Norton, who is overseeing the research, said: “It remains there for
5-6 hours, so is perfect for between meals.
“We are well advanced with the work and are already talking to manufacturers
about creating products based on our research.”
Prof Norton told the Evening Standard that the new mayonnaise tasted
identical to full-fat produce but with just five per cent fat.
Meryl:
I'll believe it when I taste it! :P
(But I hope it's true!)
Front-Ranger:
I was reading an interesting article in The Denver Post this morning, "In Search of Fab Abs". Fitness expert Rhonda Filetti says, "Everybody has a six-pack; it's in there already." Isn't that nice to know?! All you have to do is uncover it to reveal the muscles under all that fat!!
The story explains how to do that, and also addresses how to strengthen your core to build abdominal muscle and help repair and prevent lower back problems.
Regarding chocolate, the story also touches on foods with MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids. These foods include nuts, olive oil, avocado, and dark chocolate. Yes, they have calories but in moderation their benefits are worth expending more of your calorie budget on. As usual, the article recommends eschewing carbs such as white flour as in breads, pastas and baked goods, white rice, sugar, sodas, and alcohol.
My favorite chocolate snack of late is Nestle's Chocolatier Bittersweet Baking Bar with 62% cacao. A serving (1 square) has 70 calories with the fat (45 calories) coming from milkfat and cocoa butter. It is chock full of antioxidants and mood enhancing substances. It's what I splurge on in the afternoon when I need a boost, that or a handful of whole raw unroasted unsalted almonds. You just can't get any better than those two snacks IMHO!
Although it's called bittersweet, it's not in the least bitter.
serious crayons:
I use a lot of olive oil and nuts. Avocado, too, though less often.
Mashed avocado makes a good healthy sandwich spread. Mix it with a little lemon or lime juice to give it zing and keep it greenish. Or add a bit of salsa, cayenne and/or hot sauce. Add lettuce, arugula or other greens, lightly dressed in olive oil. Top with some kind of protein: tuna salad, a chicken breast, smoked salmon, a thin slice of cheese, a hamburger, a veggie burger, a couple of pieces of bacon -- or some combination of the above.
Those round sandwich thins -- they look like flat hamburger buns; Arnold's is one brand, and there are one of two others -- come in whole grain and are only 1 WW pt. apiece.
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