Tuesday, March 16, 2004

Phase II, Day 11

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Breakfast: blueberry-orange, soy protein & flax meal smoothie

Lunch: baby-lettuces salad with red bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, walnuts, chick peas, cucumber & hemp oil

Mid-afternoon snack: V-8; hummus; 3 oz. Thai smoked tofu

Dinner: Gardenburger flame-grilled hamburger patty with guacamole

Exercise: None

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My sore throat is mostly gone, and I don't seem to have other lingering cold symptoms. Looks like I dodged a bullet, thanks to so many zinc lozenges the skin of the roof of my mouth has shredded.

Want some inspiration to move yo' body? Read this article from Harvard Magazine. It is the best thing I've read in a long time to explain the dangers of sloth. The SBD's health benefit comes mostly from its effect on stabilizing blood sugar. This article explains in detail how the body processes sugar (including starches like white pasta and potatoes) from our diets, and how exercise improves that processing. (Warning: don't try to access the .pdf file. It seems to paralyze the web browser.)

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