I thought this might interest some people and I thought that it kind of ties in with the fitness and healthy eating threads that have been popular here of late.

This is an article from the CBC website about all the various ways that the processed food industry very scientifically does everything it can to make their products effectively addictive. Although the food industry seriously goes out of their way to avoid using that term.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2013/03/05/f-vp-crowe-food-addiction...

How do you handle your food cravings?

What causes yours?

What foods do you tend to crave?

Shall I order a pizza?

Shall I? Shall I?

My Yobo is sleeping. She would never know.

Would she?

Ooh, it's so yummy and cheezy.

Shall I order a pizza?

Shall I?

Help for the cook!!!!

Does anyone here have to do gluten or wheat free cooking? 

Any tips, hints, recipes???

As I was looking through the flyers and doing my grocery shopping today, it dawned on me that I could buy 6 litres of pop for the less than I could buy 2 litres of milk.  (I know the costs of milk vary across the country so that might not be the case where you live).

Anyone ever tried a high protein/low carbohydrate diet?

Does it work?

The idea behind it is that protein protects muscle mass while one loses weight because muscles burn calories.  The other idea is that we are all addicted to carbohydrates and they tend to put on fat weight.