4 Easy Tricks To Prevent Your Body From Storing Carbs

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If you’re serious about losing weight, you need to know one thing…your insulin controls everything when it comes to gaining and losing body fat.

Alison D. Gilbert‘s insight:

The four ‘foods’ that help with weight reduction are a surprise and quite simple. They are everyday items that some of us already consume. They help keep the body from storing carbs.

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23 Photos Of People From All Over The World Next To How Much Food They Eat Per Day

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It is startling toPhotographers Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio, who also happen to be married, traveled around the world and met people from all walks of life.

During their time with these people, they asked them to pose for photographs with their daily diets in front of them to illustrate how much food they ate daily. The craziest part about the entire project is the caloric intake difference between people of different walks of life.

Alison D. Gilbert‘s insight:

It is startling to witness the disparity in the caloric intake of people around the world.

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The Dangerous Public Health Consequences Of Calling Little Girls ‘Too Fat’

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Girls who are shamed about their bodies at a young age are actually more likely to grow up to be obese.

Alison D. Gilbert‘s insight:

Will we be in time to stop this insanity before more young girls are brainwashed and end up obese or dead?

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The Bayer Company has its annual meeting. We must send them this message.

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Alison D. Gilbert‘s insight:

Stop making bee-killing pesticides. In the long run, you are killing all of us. Where do you think you can go to hide from this? The moon?

“A new report by Michele Simon and Friends of the Earth U.S. uncovers the deceptive public relations tactics chemical companies (such as) The Bayer company, Syngenta and Monsanto are using to manufacture doubt about science and fool politicians to delay action on neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides — a key contributor to bee declines. As the bee crisis worsens, these companies are using tobacco-style PR tricks to protect their profits at the expense of bees and our future.” – See more at: http://www.foe.org/beeaction#sthash.EOH2fKo1.dpuf See on twitter.com

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Are stores making bank off food stamps?

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Retailers won’t disclose how much money they’re getting from SNAP. Why not?

Alison D. Gilbert‘s insight:

The entire SNAP or food stamps system is becoming more of a disgrace. This article just adds to the outrageousness of it.

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