by janet | Jul 23, 2018 | The Placebo Diet
Your brain uses different chemicals to generate different moods or feelings. Let’s call this neuro-chemical cocktail ‘brain juice’. This combination of neurochemicals in your brain juice affects hunger and is what causes some people to compulsively overeat. Always...
by janet | Oct 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Barely a day goes by when we don’t see an article on the news or in the media telling us that as a nation we are too fat. A recent television series showed us “The Men Who Made Us Thin” which is an ironic title because as a nation we are certainly not thin. We...
by janet | Mar 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
With Easter Sunday upon us, many thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people will be going back to having or doing whatever they gave up for lent. I remember once giving up chocolate for lent. I have always been rather partial to a bar of chocolate, but oh...
by janet | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
I used to write for a national slimming magazine. One January they asked me to reply to a reader’s letter who stated “I gained 7lbs over Christmas because I lost my willpower” My reply went something like this: Will power is not a “thing” therefore (unlike car keys)...
by janet | Mar 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Have you ever done something that at the time seemed absolutely the right thing to do, you were certain it was a good decision, and then later when things didn’t quite work out as expected thought “what on earth was I thinking?” It seemed so obvious after the event...
