I've just read some research, below, which I think parents will find very interesting. Apparently, telling your child/ren "no" to snack food all the time will often increase their desire for (and intake of) those very foods. Not surprising really when you think how dieting makes you crave the foods you've labelled out of bounds! We always want what we can't have.
If we want to improve our children's eating health, rather than defending the food industry who promote chocolate breakfast cereals with added vitamins as "healthy" and then telling parents, "well, you can just say no" (which we now know doesn't work), maybe we should make it known that we don't want these non-foods thrust at our children during every ad break and at every supermarket checkout!!!
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666313004145#b0060
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Raspberry Ketones for Weight Loss? Too Good to be True? Yes,it's a Scam!
Anyone
who clicks on the weight-related internet pop-ups and articles on the right-hand side of their Facebook
page, etc., should be aware of the scams that are being perpetrated by some of the companies
that sell these crazy weight loss diets, pills, fruits, berries, etc.
As I am a confirmed "diet sceptic", knowing how manipulative the weight loss industry is, I clicked on an ad that led to an authentic looking Women's Health page from an online magazine. I thought I’d research the name of the “journalist”, Julia Miller, who was singing the praises of the product, to see if she was kosher, and I found a blog by Claire-Louise Meadows, who had the same suspicions as me.
Turns out my hunch was right, the whole site is a fake magazine – a genuine-looking “front” for the company that sells the raspberry ketone diet pills to desperate dieters. Claire carried out some research and found that the "reporter" Julia Miller was fake, and the endorsements on the homepage of the website - The Guardian, Lorraine, and This Morning - were fake too.
These diet companies prey on desperation and use ambiguous marketing to do so. Shame on them.
Lose lb's and lb's with raspberry ketones? Pah!
I think it's worth remembering the adage, "If it looks too good to be true, it probably is".
Alison Bird is a clinical Hypnotherapist in Rhyl, North Wales, specialising in Weight Control, HypnoBirthing, Quit Smoking and all mind-body related issues. Come for a free chat to find out how hypnotherapy could help you to change your eating habits. www.alisonbird.co.uk
As I am a confirmed "diet sceptic", knowing how manipulative the weight loss industry is, I clicked on an ad that led to an authentic looking Women's Health page from an online magazine. I thought I’d research the name of the “journalist”, Julia Miller, who was singing the praises of the product, to see if she was kosher, and I found a blog by Claire-Louise Meadows, who had the same suspicions as me.
Turns out my hunch was right, the whole site is a fake magazine – a genuine-looking “front” for the company that sells the raspberry ketone diet pills to desperate dieters. Claire carried out some research and found that the "reporter" Julia Miller was fake, and the endorsements on the homepage of the website - The Guardian, Lorraine, and This Morning - were fake too.
These diet companies prey on desperation and use ambiguous marketing to do so. Shame on them.
Lose lb's and lb's with raspberry ketones? Pah!
I think it's worth remembering the adage, "If it looks too good to be true, it probably is".
Alison Bird is a clinical Hypnotherapist in Rhyl, North Wales, specialising in Weight Control, HypnoBirthing, Quit Smoking and all mind-body related issues. Come for a free chat to find out how hypnotherapy could help you to change your eating habits. www.alisonbird.co.uk
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