by Rupe | Feb 14, 2012 | Fitness
Swapping your soda for water — or at least diet soda — really can help you shed a few pounds, a new clinical trial finds.
A common piece of advice in the battle of the bulge is to replace sugar-sweetened drinks with water or other calorie-free thirst quenchers.
But while that advice is logical, there hasn’t been research to show whether changing your drinking habits alone actually works.
So for the new study, researchers randomly assigned 318 overweight adults to one of three groups: one that replaced sugary drinks with water; one that substituted with diet beverages; and one that was given weight-loss advice and could make diet changes of their choice.
After six months, all three groups lost four or five pounds, on average.
But the two groups that cut sugary drinks were more likely to shed at least five percent of their starting weight: 20 percent did, versus 11 percent of the comparison group.
Source: Reuters
My Comments:
This absolutely works. Â If you cut out sugary drinks and drink water or even use sugar substitutes such as Splenda is a big positive. Â It absolutely helps in losing weight and keep it off.
by Rupe | Feb 11, 2012 | Musical Words, My Videos
This is one of the saddest days I have known.  The funny thing about it is while I am not surprised about this outcome, I am just so pissed off.  I know we are all responsible for our actions, and Whitney was no saint, but in many ways she is.  She fell in love with an absolute figgin  little son of a —- who destroyed her.  The two lessons here is – 1.  Love is the most powerful emotion and 2.  one can be destroyed by those closest to them and 3.  there are angels
Whitney’s voice is a national treasure of the U.S. Â There has being no voice like hers in my life time and I don’t think I will live long enough to see another like her. Â To that which has created all things, accept her in warmth.
Click here or scroll down to the bottom to see one of my favorite videos that shows the soul and power of Whitney’s voice.
by Rupe | Jan 30, 2012 | Musical Words
Make You Feel My Love (feat. Helene Fischer)
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When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world in on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
(more…)
