tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68605243700809199042012-01-28T14:55:07.183-06:00On Whole Food, Vitamins, Nutritional Supplements, and HealthJoe L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10214824961413136114noreply@blogger.comBlogger1641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860524370080919904.post-44721936334675538982012-01-28T14:55:00.001-06:002012-01-28T14:55:07.280-06:00

Hi. It's Joe. This week, I violated the Paleo Diet plan a few times. Remember, my goal was to try to adhere to it as best as possible. I arbitrarily settled on 80% compliance as the baseline lowest I would go. I ate some cheese this week. I also ate some sweets at work. I have a co-worker who makes the best baked goods I have ever tasted. This week was National Chocolate Cake Week (or so she

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Sick? This is the time of year that I remind everyone about Echinacea (and my 8 years in R&D at a vitamin company, that gives me a modicum of credence to make such reminders). Echinacea gets a bad rap sometimes as being ineffective at fighting colds. But this is because vitamin companies are charlatans who use media hype to sell you inferior products. Remember, I worked at one for 8 years,

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As you know, every month or so, I pursue a fitness challenge of some type. Although it was not technically a new year's resolution per se, the one that corresponded to January 2012 was to follow as closely as possible a Paleolithic style diet.The operative phrase there is "as closely as possible." In this day and age, it would be very difficult to strictly adhere to a Paleo diet, and the goal

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Hi. It's Joe.This morning I depileated my chinny chin chin, where for the past many months I have sported a goat. My face looks chubbier without the gruff, but that is only an optical illusion.So this past week, kicking off the new year, I have been going gangbusters on my new years resolutions. They were 3-fold, although one of them would have happened regardless of the calendar flipping

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I completed the fifth of my five weekly workouts for this week tonight, just under the wire.I also made a huge pot of Paleo chili today. That should last me most of the week.I did illegally add some non-Paleo brown rice to it. But brown rice isn't that bad for human consumption, as opposed to refined grains.I also practiced piano and Welsh today, completing my 5 per week for those activities as

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I caught a cold visiting my sister in Colorado, so I raided her vitamin cabinet. In addition to Echinacea root tincture (recall, Echinacea root is the only effective part; the aerial parts are bogus, because they do not contain the cold-fighting compounds), which I took, she had this Zicam oral mist, containing zinc. The label said it was clinically proven to reduce the duration of a cold,

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See the full gallery on Posterous At the Vitamin Cottage in Colorado Springs CO, they have rack after rack of bottled manufactured vitamins. But they also have a small produce section full of all the natural vitamins your body could ever need. When you eat whole foods, you don't have to read any labels. Nature and human evolution have already worked together to produce the PERFECT vitamin

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This morning I read chapters 6 and 7 of the book entitled "Syndrome X," in anticipation of my New Year fitness challenge to follow a Paleolithic Diet to the best of my ability. I already knew most of what it had to say, but it confirmed some things and reminded me of other things. Chapter 6 gave an overview of the Paleolithic Diet and why it is most genetically compatible with human health. It

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Starting January 1, I will be adopting a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer diet as my fitness challenge for the new year. My cousin recently died at the too young age of 51 from a massive heart attack. He wasn't overweight and as far as I know, he followed a decent, albeit American, diet. Heart disease runs on that side of the family, and even though it isn't my side of the family by blood, it's a bit

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I am going to get an A on my fitness challenge to do five 45-minute light/moderate workouts per week during November and December. I am not going to get an A+ for a couple of reasons I will get to shortly.But first, I want to report that today I did 90 minutes on the stationary bike, which totals 6 workouts for this week (my weeks go Monday through Sunday). I did 90 minutes yesterday and two 45-

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This week was touch and go on my Nov-Dec fitness challenge to do five 45-minute light/moderate workouts every week. It is Sunday, and I just completed the five for this week. However, I had to do a 90 minute workout today and yesterday to achieve it. I could make some excuse like it was a busy week, but in all honesty I procrastinated until I calculated I could not procrastinate any more. I

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I joined My Fitness Pal at the behest of a friend in order to track my exercise (and diet) as I complete my 2 month fitness challenge to do five 45-minute workouts per week.I am good about tracking exercise but horrible about tracking diet. It turns out that if I don't log any activity for 3 days (yes, I am behind on workouts this week but I still plan to achieve the goal by Sunday), then My

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This 2 month fitness challenge I am on to do five 45-minute workouts per week from November through December is turning out to be not as much of a challenge as I thought. It is pretty easy actually. Today I ran a 5k at a very modest pace (10 minute miles). I can't believe I am still able to run in shorts in late November in Wisconsin. But I can't complain. Running has become a lot easier for me

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I did 45 minutes on the stationary bike this evening, knocking off one of the five 45-minute workouts I have to accomplish this week in keeping with my 2-month fitness challenge to do five 45-minute workouts each week for November and December. So far I have not missed getting all five in a week. I even got 6 one week. I might get 6 again this week, because Thursday and Friday are holidays from

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This morning I accomplished my goal of five 45-minute workouts for the week by doing 90 minutes on the stationary bike. This counts as two 45-minute workouts. I also did 45 minutes on the stationary bike on Monday and Friday this week. On Tuesday, I ran 5K with a co-worker. It is not too difficult to maintain a fitness goal if you plan for it. Optimally, I would accomplish all 5 workouts during

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As part of my 2 month fitness challenge to do five 45-minute workouts per week, I have been logging my diet and exercise using the MY FITNESS PAL app for Android phones (it has a web browser version too). I have not been restricting diet as part of this fitness challenge, as far as what I eat, but it is kind of nice to know the calories in and calories out each day. My friend Wendy hooked me up

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Wisconsin got its first light snow yesterday, but I wasn't going to let that dissuade me from achieving my weekly fitness challenge of five 45-minute light to moderate workouts per week.Normally when I exercise indoors, I do the stationary bike. But yesterday I decided to do a 5K moderate run on the treadmill. My pace was an easy 11 minute mile on average and I got my bpm up to about 140 at peak.

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As part of my two month fitness challenge to do five 45-minute workouts per week until the end of the year, I joined FITOCRACY's "Getting Fit for the Zombie Apocalypse" group via my buddy SparxMind. FITOCRACY is an online game where you earn points and gain levels for various fitness activities. However, it is only in BETA now and you can only get invited via someone who is on it already. I

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With today's 90 minute bout of stationary biking, I surpassed my goal of five 45-minute workouts per week this week. Having worked out for 45 minutes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, today's workout puts me ahead by 1. This is not to say I am going to skimp on one this coming week. I still plan to do five workouts this week. But if for some reason I can't, I won't feel too bad. But

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I am about to go do workout 4 of 5 for this week. My 2-month fitness challenge to do five 45-minute moderate to light workouts per week is going well. I haven't missed any workouts yet, although I am definitely not ahead of schedule this week. It's Saturday and my workout week is Mon-Sat. I worked out Mon, Tues, Thur, and (in about an hour) Sat this week, which means I will need to do one

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Tomorrow I start my 2 month fitness challenge to work out moderately for 45 minutes, five days per week. However, I have been pre-training for the challenge for almost 2 weeks and it is going great.I have not missed a session and today I did 45 minutes on the exercise bike at work at an easy pace. It was perhaps too easy, but that is the purpose of this challenge, to see if benefits can be gained

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Due to this unseasonably warm weather (for late October), I went for a 3 mile run again today at lunch. I have not run substantially in a while, so my body is still adapting. I ran yesterday and today. My goal is a 45 minute workout, but running is such a potent aerobic workout that I am OK with anything over 30 minutes. I think it takes me about 36 minutes to run 3 miles. 12 minute miles are

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The holidays are coming. I like to eat holiday food. Because of that, I also need to work out regularly, to keep my basal metabolic rate high enough to burn through all those calories. So my lifestyle project for the next 2 months is to work out 5 days per week, for a minimum of 45 minutes, at a modest exertion level (120+ pulse rate). The goal is to see if weight can be maintained, or better

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I have been following the 4 Hour Body dietary recommendations for about a month now.I've lost 10 pounds.It's basically a modified Paleolithic diet.I say modified, because it includes a lot of legumes, which strictly speaking, would not have been a major staple of the hunter-gatherer diet during the millions of years of Homo sapiens evolution.The 4 Hour Body, by Tim Ferriss, is worth checking out

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See the full gallery on PosterousI can't lie to you. It was extremely hard to resist the free lasagna and pizza offered for lunch at work today.But not hard enough, because I did resist it, in no small part because of the $500 wager I have with my mom to lose 25 pounds by Labor Day following the 4 HOUR BODY slow carb diet.Since I have lost 8 pounds already on the plan, I have momentum and I

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The 4 Hour Body slow carb diet is still working for me. I started this about two (2) weeks ago or so and, entering week 3, I am down from a starting weight of 225 to 217, as of this morning (Monday). This was amazing to me, given that my free day was on Saturday, and included both pizza and ice cream (with M&Ms!). On Sunday, I adhered to the diet strictly, and found that I wasn't very hungry

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I am doing the 4 Hour Body slow carb diet and it is going smoothly, in no small measure due to the $500 dollar wager with my mom to lose 25 pounds by labor day. I have not felt hungry or had any cravings, so when a bunch of free food and cookies was dropped off in the lunch room at work, I decided to go and test my resolve. I looked upon the sandwiches and chips and cookies with apathy. i

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See the full gallery on Posterous Although I am a HuHot loyalist, Flattop Grill is alright.You can take home a full serving for half price if you buy a full price one trip. Or you can eat all you can eat for a dollar more.I went with the former option. Flattop Grill is on Midvale Blvd, west side of Madison by Great Dane West, Hilldale Shopping Plaza.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Everyone likes a good wager.My mom bet me no small amount of CASH to lose 25 pounds by Labor Day.Of course, due to the nature of the wager, which I cannot disclose, I will have to achieve the desired weight loss within about 30 days. Suffice to say, said cash will be going toward a plane ticket for which advanced booking will be required.So I am currently 225 pounds, weighed naked in the

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My coworker brought in this yummie cake. It doesn't contain any of my rhubarb, but I found out that some of my rhubarb that I gave her is currently being processed into rhubarb schnapps.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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A veggie wrap and side salad with a tasty vinagrette dressing at Barriques in Madison WI.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Generic Oatie O's with strawbs, bluebs, and soy milk.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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See the full gallery on Posterous Tofu and veggies too numerous to list here.Sauces were peanut, Mongol mustard, yellow curry and an assortment of juices, broths, and oils.Loving it. And low calorie too.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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No frills Oaty O's with grapes and blueberries, plus coffee with vanilla soy milk.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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How many fruits and veggies can you identify here?http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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This is an eco friendly but not strictly veg late lunch.Bison meat in there.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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A coworker made an awesome rhubarb kringle using some of MY rhubarb. I could get used to this system.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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I understand now why Americans die early of chronic diseases. I would never normally eat something as atrocioius as an Asiago egg n chee bagel from Panera, but my carpool buddy wanted to stop there on the way to work, so I am experimenting.It is vegetarian in a remote, ovo-lacto sort of way.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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I had to use up the bison meat I got at the farmer's market a couple of weeks ago. At least bison is an eco friendly, grass fed meat. Since the reason I am doing this vegetarian thing is largely ecological, I will let it slide and you should too.As soon as I use up my remaining eggs I can shift to lacto only vegetarianism and if I can forego cheese, I will whenever I can.http://

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The veggie panini is obscured in shadows, but not the sweet potato fries.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Lunch to celebrate working for a new company.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Tofu and eggs.Coffee with soy milk.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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My June project to go on an "information fast" has been lackluster at best. I know it won't kill me to avoid all news and media for a month. But I feel compelled to check out interesting news and keep myself informed about current events (now that the charlatan Republicans are screwing everything up). So starting this week, I am going to change projects. I have been reading "World on the Edge"

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See the full gallery on Posterous Hi everyone. Today is the last day of this photo food journal I have been keeping for the month of May. I learned a lot about my food habits, and knowledge is half the battle. But I neither gained nor lost any weight, so it wasn't very helpful. I don't think I am going to keep doing it. Since this is the last day, let's have a QUIZ. Name the

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See the full gallery on Posterous I began the day with coffee and string cheese. After mowing the lawn and doing some gardening and yard work, I drove down to Illinois to hang out with my GF's immediate family. After we saw off her brother on the bus to O'Hare Airport, we went and ate ice cream at the Machine Shed. Caitlin and I split an ice cream covered giant chocolate chip cookie.

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See the full gallery on Posterous I started off the day finishing off the remaining Raisin Bran and unsweetend plain yogurt + soy milk, with raw walnuts and fruit juice concentrate to sweeten it up. For dinner I fried up a pound of emu meat I got at the farmer's market, with onions, garlic, celery and some spices. I added this to a mess of stir fried fresh vegetables and it was so gosh

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See the full gallery on Posterous Today was a high protein day. I kicked if off with tofu and eggs. Then at the Madison Farmer's Market this morning, I also ate some cheese curds. In the afternoon, more tofu, curried and fried. After my late night workout, leftover veggie stir fry from last night. Tomorrow, I am going to eat some emu meat. Stay tuned. http://

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For breakfast I ate cheese and eggs. It was a speedy breakfast because today was my Madison Metro Bus Adventure. I decided to drive part way to work, then bus the rest of the way in. I had to leave the house early. Cheese and eggs are quick, because the eggs cook while I feed Buddy and make coffee. Read more about the bus adventure at http://2minutereader.posterous.com/bus. For lunch, we had a

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For breakfast I had Raisin Bran with soy milk, walnuts, yogurt, and juice concentrate to sweeten. Raisin bran actually has a lot of sugar. See the full gallery on Posterous For lunch, I went to HuHot with Wendy and Brian. I had three trips to the Mongolian grill and chose only vegetables. I did not eat any rice or tortillas. I used low cal sauces like cooking wine, lime juice,

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See the full gallery on Posterous I ate that piece of cheese right after midnight, so I am counting it in today's photo food diary. For breakfast I also had cheese, and eggs. And coffee (not shown). Although I could not go to HuHot Mongolian Grill for lunch today, we did get a free lunch at work. Then there was leftover pizza and a cookie at a meeting I had. I stopped at a bar

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For breakfast it was my usual Raisin Bran with plain yogurt, soy milk, and blueberries, sweetened with fruit juice concentrate (not shown). At work I at a mini cupcake and a mini chocolate chip cookie for a snack, but only one of each, and they were tiny. In the late afternoon, I ate two small chicken breasts, but I forgot to photograph them. Dang it. Sometimes I do that. For dinner I ate the

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When I got home, I was starving and suffering from low blood sugar. So I ate a bunch of cheese. See the full gallery on Posterous Then I cooked some chicken breasts and ate one of them with some pomegranate juice on the side. Lastly, I stir fried up a bunch of vegetables and tofu, with a special sauce. Yum. Whole Food Vitamins  

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Pretzels. This was all I had to eat at work today. Around 5 pm, I started to get hot flashes and got a funky light headed feeling. I think my blood sugar plummeted. Rare. http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Same as Dinner 5/22/11 but with coffee instead of juice.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Spinach and chicken salad. Fried tofu. Juice.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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On the left, a spinach salad with avocado, chicken, tomato, green pepper, mushrooms, cheese, and Newman's Own Olive Oil and Vinegar dressing (the only one with no added sugar).On the right, sauteed beet greens with chicken and brown rice, spiced with curry and garlic.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Asian beef rice gruel.I just like saying "rice gruel."http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Cheese. Monterey Jack cheese, to be exact.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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A bowl of raisin bran with plain yogurt, soy milk, fruit juice concentrate (to sweeten), and blueberries. I forgot to photograph the actual bowl of grub.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Hi. It's Joe. I see that I have several new subscribers to this blog. I really appreciate it. I would love it if you took 2 minutes or less and left a comment on this post about what led you to my site and why you liked it enough to subscribe. I will try to keep the content fresh. Right now, for the month of May, you probably figured out I am keeping a photo food diary to document everything I

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Juice and vitamins.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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More Chinese food. Still hungry.Whatever. It's the Rapture tomorrow.http://atheistdebate.blogspot.com

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Chinese food and cheese for my whole food vitamins tonite.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Avocado Jack Wrap from Barriques.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Not the healthiest, but one of the yummiest.Thanks, Caitlin!Http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Some kind of yummy Chinese soup.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Do you know what these are?http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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I dunno if it counts as food in WI (air?), but I am eating some cheese before dinner. And oh what a dinner it will be. GF left me some Chinese food while she is out of town. Yum!http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Keeping the wolf from the door.http://wholefoodvitamins.WordPress.com

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Potbelly grilled chicken sandwich with nominal amounts of whole food vitamins and a side of baked chips with almost no redeeming value nutritionally.I could have added a large chocolate chip cookie, supposedly to die for, but I was able to easily resist it using the overweight guy next to me as a negative role model. He drank 2 regular pepsis and ate M&Ms all morning during the training that

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Having to be to work earlier than usual today, I relied on the perky baristas at Barriques in Middleton WI to prepare my breakfast today. It's a huevos breakfast wrap and a large decaf coffee. You might ask why I bother to get decaf coffee, given that I have cut back on caffeine. The truth is, it is partly force of behavioral habit and partly the force of the fact that coffee actually does have

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I would never eat this garbage.NOT whole food vitamins.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Pre breakfast coffee.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Lots of whole food vitamins from fresh vegetables, chicken, and tofu in 2 phatty plates of HuHot Mongolian Grill. http://wholefoodvitamins.WordPress.com Sent from my Samsung Transform™ See the full gallery on Posterous

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Eggs and chicken plus coffee with soy milk.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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See the full gallery on Posterous At band practice. Gina makes awesome food.Multiply by 2.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Isn't America awesome that we can eat breakfast in the afternoon. Almost makes you believe Americans are God's chosen people. He certainly seems to kill a lot of them. I guess that is so he can get them up to heaven quicker to meet them. http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com Sent from my Droid. See the full gallery on Posterous

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It is unlikely I will eat all of this but my coworker makes remarkably good sweet things and I did not want to pass these up. I will taste them all though.NOT whole foods. But yummy.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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More of same. http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com Sent from my Droid. See the full gallery on Posterous

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Seconds are OK when it is this healthy.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Coworker supplied this after lunch. Always room for brownies.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Veggies and chicken plus tofu.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Eggs and chicken with curry spice.Lots of vitamin B12.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Coffee with soy milk. Fish oil, vitamin D, and kelp for iodine.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Rice gruel with vegetables and some cheese. Real vitamins come from food. http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com Sent from my Droid. See the full gallery on Posterous

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Rice gruel with vegetables.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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I ate some foods today that I don't even have names for. A lot of it was seafood. Mussels, shrimp, lobster. But some was salad with goat cheese. Some was dessert. Some was wine. Enjoy... Steamed mussels. Bread with stuff on it. Bread with nothing on it. More mussels. Still more mussels. Beer. Plate o' the above. Scallops and celeriac (who knows?). More bread. White

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Veggie omelet at the Cafe in Lake Mills WI. I was so hungry I forgot to photograph it until the last bite. http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com Sent from my Droid. See the full gallery on Posterous

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Pre breakfast coffee.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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A salad. Vegetable soup over rice, lentils, and chicken. Beer. I may get seconds on the soup. Yum. http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com Sent from my Droid. See the full gallery on Posterous

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Muenster cheese.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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These food items did not post yesterday for some reason. http://astore.amazon.com/cactjoevitaminhouse-20 Sent from my Droid. See the full gallery on Posterous

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Cheese and beer.

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Eggs, coffee, juice, fish oil, vitamin D, and kelp (iodine).http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Pretzels and Barriques huevos wrap. http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com Sent from my Droid. See the full gallery on Posterous

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Pretzels.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Raisin Bran with soy milk and plain yogurt. http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com/

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Sprechers scotch ale for a post dinner nightcap.http://cjscicomm.blogspot.com

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Chicken with brown rice and lentils.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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Cheese n Triscuits.http://wholefoodvitamins.wordpress.com

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