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Feelings are like bowel movements
was always confounded by Buddhist philosophy and New Age or
Christian dogma that suggests unhappiness is not related to anything
that had happened to us, but rather to our attachment to suffering
(Buddhist) or our inability to forgive (New Age and Christian). After
all, Jews, of which I am one, with the holocaust etched in our very
consciousness (and in some cases, our very flesh) live by the credo,
"never forget, lest history repeat itself." Although the idea of being
a loving, forgiving, positive thinking person had a certain appeal to
it, I never could quite figure out what to do with all those messy,
unloving, inconvenient feelings which seemed at odds with spiritual
maturity.
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Healthy, not fickle
ew Year is a popular time for many people to make major decisions about their
health in the form of a New Year's resolution. This is the time that most of
you will resolve to eat better, stop smoking and start exercising.
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Calcium, magnesium, betacarotene
n my opinion, kale is a seriously underrated vegetable. Over the years,
it has become one of my favorites, along with collard greens, another
of its brethren to which we northerners have never given due respect.
If you're one of those folks that either stares blankly or wrinkles up
your nose at the mention of these culinary treasures, Yo--I'm talking to you!
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Tasty, Quick, Easy, Fun, and Healthy
When was the last time you used these words to
describe nutrition? Well, it's time for
Americans to "Take a Fresh Look at Nutrition."
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Lipidphobia and "good fats"
ear the beginning of the century scientists began investigating
cholesterol by feeding rabbits very large amounts of synthetic
cholesterol, on a daily basis. The experimenters found dramatic
increases in cholesterol levels and an accumulation of a soft, plaque
like substance in the coronary arteries and other vessels. When
cholesterol was removed from the diet, the plaque gradually
disappeared. Although rabbits don't metabolize cholesterol like humans,
(they experience much higher increases in serum cholesterol per amount
taken in) this was the beginning of our obsession with dietary fat and
it's effect on the heart.
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Eater's Digest 
