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© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed.Have you tried every diet under the sun? I have only done one in my life, by following a shake-and-starve program. Didn’t enjoy it at all, as it made me imagine I was hungry when I had no time even to be hungry. I kept it up for a week in school,

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© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed. Did you see Dr. Oz on the Larry King Show a few nights ago? For those of you who don’t watch Oprah, Dr. Oz is the cardiologist of choice for the show. For those of you who do watch Oprah, Dr. Oz is a great fan of show-and-tell. When he talks

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© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed.When you mention exercise in relation to weight loss, those who don’t do any just groan and say;”Oh, no, I can’t go jogging—I’d look horrible in those clothes!” Or “With a schedule like mine, would I have time to exercise?” They then give you a schedule so tight you couldn’t squeeze a

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© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed. Do you like trying out the foods put out in tester booths in the supermarket? As I chatted with the lady doing the display yesterday I thought: goodness, do people realize that all that food in boxes is contributing to the national diabesity epidemic? In the supermarket yesterday and the offerings

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© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed. This year many people on the North American continent have been attending Snow University. Places with normal amounts of snow got more, places that usually get away with one mild snowfall a year got so much they were housebound. We learnt how to recognise the signs of impending snow: a ceiling

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