With all the reports of how unhealthy fast food is, why is anybody still eating it? The1 is, it is cheap, convenient and filling. The problem is that just one fast food meal can pack 2 calories, sodium and fat for an 3 day or more! Eating fast food too often can 4 a variety of different health problems 5 obesity. A recent study from Reuters 6 that fast food companies are increasing 7 to market themselves to children and through television ads and websites geared to kids. In fact, the fast food industry 8 more than $4.2 billion in 2009 on marketing and 9! Why do companies spend so much money on child-targeted advertising? Because it 10. These commercials cause our children to hunger for these 11 foods. And with the average child12to over 40,000 commercials a year, there is no13children have a desire for fast food.
Because of the childhood obesity epidemic(泛滥), San Francisco 14 a law about fast food. The law, which took 15 on December 1, 2011, limits the fast food industry's practice of 16 toys with children's meals. Kid's meals must meet certain nutritional standards 17 they can be sold with toys. 18 must be less than 600 calories, contain fruits or vegetables and include beverages without excessive fat or sugar. Toys tend to attract children to these kid's meals so certainly this law will19.
Eating fast food doesn't have to be a disaster. There are ways to make healthy 20. So while the healthier choices are there, it's really up to the consumer to pay close attention while ordering.
It's 5:00 in the morning when the alarm(闹钟)rings in my ears. I roll out of bed and walk blindly through the dark into the bathroom. I turn on the light and put on my glasses. The house is still as I walk downstairs while my husband and three kids sleep peacefully. Usually I go for a long run, but today I choose my favorite exercise DVD, Insanity. Sweat pours down my face and into my eyes. My heart races as I force my body to finish each movement. As I near the end of the exercise, I feel extremely tired, but a smile is on my face. It's not a smile because the DVD is over, but a smile of success from pushing my body to its extreme limit.
Some people enjoy shopping, smoking, food, work, or even chocolate. But I need exercise to get through each day. Some shake heads when they see me run through the town. Others get hurt when I refuse to try just one bite of their grandmother's chocolate cake. They raise their eyebrows, surprised by my ＂no thank you＂, or by my choice to have a salad. Over the years, I have learned it's okay to just say ＂no＂. I shouldn't feel sorry for refusing food that I don't want to eat.
So what drives me to roll out of bed at 5:00 a.m.? What gives me the reason to just say no to ice cream? Commitment. A commitment to change my life with a way that reduces daily anxiety, increases self-confidence and energy, extends life and above all improves my body shape. This is the point where a smile appears on my face as I look at myself in the mirror or try on my favorite pair of jeans that now fit just right. It's through commitment and sweat that I can make a difference within myself inside and out.
Let's face it. No one drinks diet sodas for the taste. People drink diet sodas in the hope that it will help them lose weight or at least keep them from gaining it. Yet it seems to have exactly the opposite effect, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Texas said those who drank two or more diet sodas a day had waist size increases that were six times greater than those who didn't drink diet sodas. ＂What we saw was that the more diet sodas a person drank, the more weight they were likely to gain,＂ said Sharon Fowler.
The study was based on data from 474 participants in a large, ongoing research project, where the participants were followed for nearly 10 years.
While the findings are surprising, they also offer some explanations.
Nutrition expert, Melanie Rogers, who works with overweight patients in New York, has found that when patients are switched from regular to diet sodas, they don't lose weight at all. ＂We weren't seeing weight loss necessarily, and that was confusing to us,＂ said Rogers.
So why would diet soda cause weight gain? No one knows for sure yet, but it could be that people think they can eat more if they drink diet sodas, and so over-compensate for the missing calories.
A related study found some sweeteners (甜味剂) raised blood sugar levels in some mice. ＂Data from this and other potential studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners may be risky,＂ said Helen P. Hazuda, professor at the University of Texas's school of medicine. ＂They may be free of calories, but not of consequences.＂
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People often come up across the word ＂SOHO＂ in the newspaper or magazine. But not everyone knows how it means. As the matter of fact, ＂SOHO＂ means ＂Small Office/ Home Office＂. Now many people use computer, so it is possible for you to work at their homes. They needn't go to offices. They can usually work fast and better at home. By work at home, they save a lot of time and energy. They needn't spend time on the road but they won't feel tired or angry because the bad traffic. Maybe in the future, more and more people would be＂SOHO＂ workers.
