Ok, here's some more interesting information I found in a magazine. I know that there are studies done every 10 minutes and researchers change their minds about things every other day but I still find it interesting.
This is about Calcium:
A British Journal of Nutrition study found that overweight women who took 1200 mg of calcium a day lost 13 lbs more in 15 weeks than those who got a placebo. The researchers speculate that calcium makes you feel full, so that you don't overeat.
Then it goes on to say that they recommend 1000 mg of calcium a day, split into 2 doses as your body can't absorb more than 500 mg. at a time. I take my One a Day Womens, in the morning and then a Calcium with Vitamin D at night. I'm not trying to plug vitamins, I just thought it was interesting.
Incidentally, these are the only vitamin supplements that I take. I believe that a balanced diet is essential and is more important, as God didn't create the Multivitamin pill. I have only been taking vitamins regularly for the last 2 years and I have to say, despite having 3 kids, plus 10,000 daycare kids, I have been the healthiest the last 2 years than I ever have. Healthiest as far as colds and flu's. I've barley had the sniffles this year and last year just had a very minor cold, at the most. Whether this is due to the vitamins or not, who knows.
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Eats:
Breakfast = 175
Snack = 100
Lunch = 325
Snack= 150
Dinner = 350
Total = 1100 calories
My personal record of my weight loss journey. My goal is to post daily, weigh in monthly and hopefully see some results!
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this tidbit.
ReplyDeleteI think exercise has helped me get sick less often. I hope I am not jinxing myself by writing this!
ReplyDeleteI totally believe vitamins help. (not biased at all since I work for a supplement manufacturer) lol.. but really.. we have dr's and scientists here.. they all vouch for them :) Our overprocessed food stuff nowadays.. takes all the good stuff out.. we have to get it back! :)
ReplyDeleteThe opposite is true for me. I am doing all these things to get healthy, and I had the respiratory/bronchial/sinus infections at Christmas (and 3 weeks after), then the stomach flu for a week, and now a nasty UTI infection where I am peeing blood clots. (TMI, sorry.) Don't think I'm not wondering if I need to gain some weight back. Time will tell.
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