Does the stomach shrink with dieting?

Having been eating less for the past several weeks and noticing that I was feeling full after eating considerably less, I started wondering if the stomach shrinks with dieting. Heck I thought, if the stomach shrinks why would a person need to have the size reduced surgically.
After surfing the worldwide web for a while I [...]

THE OLDER CROWD humor

A distraught senior citizen phoned her Doctor’s’ office. ‘Is it true,’ she wanted to know, ‘that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?’
‘Yes, I’m afraid so,’ the doctor told her.
There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied, ‘I’m wondering, then, just how serious [...]

Strange Facts About Food

Normal weight or obese, the next time you choose to eat a chocolate bar think about the number of insect legs it contains. Here are a number of funny and strange food facts some that will help you loose weight. Others that may help you gain weight. And a few of them that might encourage [...]

How Well You Are Chewing?

Want to know how well you are chewing your food? Eat corn need I say more!

A Very Special Gallon of Milk

The following is a story emailed to me by one of our readers.
A young man had been to Wednesday Night Bible Study. The Pastor had shared
about listening to God and obeying the Lord’s voice. The young man couldn’t
help but wonder, “Does God still speak to people?”
After service, he went out with some friends for coffee [...]

Stretching a Powerful Way to Tune Up the Body

Perhaps one of the most basic and most overlooked forms of tuning ones body is flexibility training or stretching. Even though I understand the power of stretching I had allowed myself to become physically lazy. Over two years ago I stopped exercising as frequently as I should and was no longer stretching on a daily [...]

Overweight and Obesity Related Cost to the US Economy

As the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased in the United States, so have related health care costs-both direct and indirect. Direct health care costs refer to preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services such as physician visits, medications, and hospital and nursing home care. Indirect costs are the value of wages lost by people unable [...]

A Widow’s Letter to Tide: Just a bit of humor

Dear Tide:
I am writing to say what an excellent product you have! I’ve used it all of my married life, as my Mom always told me it was the best. Now that I am in my fifties I find it even better! In fact, about a month ago, I spilled some red wine on my [...]

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