Eat Breakfast, Lose Weight
Posted on June 18, 2008
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Breakfast has long been trumpeted as the most important meal of the day, particularly for those who want to lose weight.
Now scientists have proved that it is – and say the bigger the bowl, the better.
A study has shown that women who eat around half of their daily calories first thing lose more weight in the long term than those who start the day with a small breakfast.
And they are also less likely to pile the pounds back on!
It is thought that eating a meal packed with protein and carbohydrates helps cut cravings for sweet or starchy foods, as well as boosting the metabolism.
Researchers from the Hospital de Clinicas in Caracas, Venezuela, looked at how breakfasting habits affected the weight of almost 100 obese young women.
Halfway through the eight-month study, the women eating small breakfasts had lost an average of 5lbs more than the ‘big breakfast’ dieters.
But their lead did not last. After eight months, the small breakfasters had regained an average of 18lbs.
In contrast, the big breakfasters continued to lose weight, shedding another 16.5lbs on average.
Women on the ‘big breakfast’ diet reported feeling less hungry, especially before lunch, and having fewer cravings for carbohydrates.
Well, there you go. I’ll take the blueberry pancakes please.
iPhone And Fingernail Dilemma
Posted on June 17, 2008
Filed Under Gadgets, Technology, Women | 1 Comment
The LA Times reports that the ladies have complained about how difficult it is to use the iPhone touchscreen with their long nails, since the iPhone screen only reacts to an electrical charge in our fingers.
Nail-wielding women are demanding a stylus option for the iPhone. But many people assert that one of the iPhone’s best traits is its ability to function without a stylus, the often-misplaced mini-chopstick required by the Palm Pilot and other earlier hand-held gadgets.
Apple declined to comment about fingernails and the iPhone. In the past, the company has said that it’s “more natural to use the pointing tool you were born with: the finger.”
Gay Marriages Begin In California
Posted on June 16, 2008
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With a series of simple “I dos,” gay and lesbian couples across California inaugurated the state’s court-sanctioned and potentially short-lived experiment with same-sex marriage on Monday, the first of what are expected to be a crush of such unions in coming weeks.
In San Francisco, Del Martin, 87, and Phyllis Lyon, 84, were the first and only couple to be wed here, saying their vows in the office of Mayor Gavin Newsom, before emerging to a throng of media and screaming well-wishers.
The gray-haired Ms. Martin and Ms. Lyon, who have been together for more than 50 years, seemed touched by, if a little tired of, all the attention.[via NYT]
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