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December 13th, 2007
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I don’t exactly remember where C.R.E.A.M. came from. I think it was either Public Enemy or maybe N.W.A..( do I use a second period after the period in N.W.A.? I am going to, so you grammar whores get off of ass. It is my blog). C.R.E.A.M. stands for Cash Rules Everything Around Me.
Jamie and I do all our food prep on Sundays and typically that’s when we have some good conversations about food/nutrition/prep. She went to the grocery store to get food for us (the cashier remarked “is there anything that you didn’t get?”. Is that good? I don’t think so. Especially when it is only 3 people in our house!!!) and got some ice cream as our cheat meal for the week. Au Naturel. When she compared the ingredients between the All Natural Chocolate Ice Cream and the Regular Chocolate Ice Cream from the same manufacturer there were 4 in the natural and 15 in the regular!!!
Helloooooooo this is FU#$ING ICE CREAM PEOPLE!!! Milk, sugar, cream and cocoa!!! Why wouldn’t you want to make it out of all natural ingredients?
Well because it is cheaper to make it out of:
MILK, CREAM, SUGAR, COCONUT BASE(CORN SYRUP, WATER, SUGAR, COCONUT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, CITRIC ACID), PIE PIECES[CREAM CHEESE(MILK, CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, PHOSPHORIC, LACTIC, AND ACETIC ACIDS, CAROB BEAN GUM), SUGAR, GRAHAM CRUMBS (WHEAT FLOUR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, GRAHAM FLOUR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SALT, HONEY, ANNATTO, TUMERIC, VITAMIN A PALMITATE), EGGS, WATER, NONFAT MILK, COCONUT MILK, TOASTED COCONUT, DEXTROSE, BUTTER, GLYCERIN], CORN SYRUP, WHEY, NONFAT MILK, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN.
then milk, cream, sugar and/or cocoa?
C.R.E.A.M = cash rules everything around me. It is cheaper to make food from man made ingredients then all natural nature made ingredients. Craziness man, craziness.
February 22nd, 2010
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The lecture on organic food is cancelled for tonight. We will have it next Tuesday at 7 pm.
February 16th, 2010
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You can not argue fat loss. You can’t argue weight off your body. I get people all the time who will try and argue the steps behind our nutrition system. They want to justify what they are doing, like that is going to make a difference. Fat loss is pretty simple, eat healthy food 90% of the time and eat consistently. Holy shit. That is tough. It is almost as if people think I control how much weight they lose or the fat fairy and I are in cahoots.
*ring ring*
Fat Fairy - “hello?”
Me - “Stan what’s up man? How are the kids?”
FF - “Hey Ben! Kids are good! Jimmy just said his first words! Transfat! I am such a happy fat fairy. Marsha is alot better since she has been coming to see you, her knees are not hurting anymore and her back is much stronger. She just has to get her diet in order and I can start actually doing my job to my wife.”
Me- “Whoa Stan the man! You are supposed to be doing your job every day to your wife!”
FF - “hahahahaha, too funny Ben. So what’s up man? Whose due for weight loss?”
Me - “Ok buddy, I need you to take 5 lbs off Latoya and add 3 lbs to Tanaka. Latoya has been real good with her eating and she is due for some weight loss. Tanaka just can’t seem to get enough protein in, she doesn’t want to have meat/fish/poultry so she is constantly eating yogurt and nuts.”
FF - “Aight man, consider it done”
Absolute absurdity if you think I can control your weight loss. I can tell YOU how to control your weight loss if you give me all the information I need. The fat fairy is not going to show up at your door with a bag of fat that he slaps on your ass and thighs. You can not argue him away from having you gain weight, because I didn’t say something 100% the way you wanted to hear it. Sorry it is not going to happen. So suck it up and accept responsibility for your mistakes and quit trying to figure out ways to cheat the system. My job is to show you what you do wrong with your diet, explain why that is wrong and explain to you how you can fix it. My job is not to “grade” your diet or “talk you down” from eating bad foods.
I educate, you act.
February 13th, 2010
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Check out this blog from one of our clients, Court, from the Vreeland Clinic. Great stuff!http://thevreelandclinic.wordpress.com/
February 10th, 2010
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February Schedule
Check out the schedule this month! There are some upcoming events you don’t want to miss.
February 3rd, 2010
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FYI. This information was just sent to me.
Hi Ben,
I hope you are well!
My husband loves “beer can” chicken. However since soda cans and their paint were never intended to be subjected to heat AND to be in contact with food, I would highly recommend spending a few dollars on a stainless stand: http://www.4thegrill.com/chickenstands.html
The ink on beverage cans is supposed to be edible since it can come in contact with your mouth—and supposedly the can itself doesn’t get to the temperature at which the ink was adhered to the metal. But given the pervasiveness of toxins in our food and in our environment, it might be best to err on the side of caution and use a non-painted stand.
Here is some information about the question:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3469/is_30_53/ai_90192626/
Regards,
XXXXX
January 26th, 2010
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Mark McGuire admits to doing steroids!
HOLY SH!T! ARE YOU SERIOUS! Hands up…who was shocked by this information? I mean really…
And another one…
The guy went from a decent player who saw some media coverage to basically being followed for an entire season to see if he could break the home run record. I don’t know what his stats were before (and really I don’t care, nor do I fully understand baseball stats) but I would imagine that they went up substantially once he started using steroids…and slamming more balls then Jenna Jameson. It seems as though common sense, as it pertains to athletes and drug use (and arguably most everything else in life judging by my experience from my last vacation) is lacking in the general public. It is almost as if people are totally oblivious to substantial overt changes. Like adding 40 lbs of muscle in the off season. I knew he juiced when he was chasing the home run record.
Want proof? In my profession everyone and their grandmother has an ebook out detailing everything from how to jump higher to how to hit hockey pucks faster. In fact, it seems as though the internet is flooded with “guru’s” that churn out ebooks. I was recently sent a link to an ebook about how to trim your pubic hair. Hahahahha…no joke! And no I dont know why I was sent that link either…sickos. And no I wont post the link because I don’t want my traffic going to that guys site. Do a search. Anyway, if that guy writes a book about shaving balls, dont you think McGwires trainer would have come out with an ebook about how he put 40 lbs of muscle onto Markie Marks frame in a few short months?
No ebook yet, and with this latest “stunner” from this pro-baseball needle catcher it doesnt look like there will be.
January 12th, 2010
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No such thing. Sorry. A calorie is a unit of energy. To say there are good calories and bad calories is like saying there is good electricity and bad electricity. Energy can not be classified as good or bad.
S: (n) Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist’s calorie (a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food)
FYI: did you know a gallon of gasoline has 31,000,000 calories?
A kilocalorie is typically what most people talk about when they talk about calories and food. However, we will use the often used definition to define caloric intake, i.e. calories.
There are such things as good/bad carbs, good/bad fats and good/bad proteins. A carb/fat/protein is a macronutrient that is broken down into a calorie (a unit of energy). As that macronutrient is broken down it will cause different effects to happen to the body; i.e. bloating with bad carbs (processed), diarrhea with bad fats (processed or too high in saturated fats) and un-accounted extra calories from bad protein (a fatty piece of meat).
Think of it like this; 2000 calories from broccoli vs. 2000 calories from candy corn would do totally different things to your body as its broken down. AS IT’S BROKEN DOWN. Not once it gets converted to energy.
January 11th, 2010
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