Diet and Exercise

At what age does your foot stop growing and why is it that my shoes suddenly dont fit anymore in my early 50s?

I mean I've been the same size 13 since I was in high school but all of a sudden my favorite size 13 shoes are not comfortable anymore.

I was expecting my feet to shrink as I get older but that's not what is happening. I'm wondering why that is.

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My dad is a typical Haitian rice and beans everyday kind of guy. When I told him I was going to fast for 3 days straight, he flat out refused. Keep on reading...

My father came at me as if I was a little baby:

"What are you talking about? You're not eating for 3 days? Not in my house!"

"You have to eat when you wake up in the morning," my father told me. I had to go hide at my cousin's place just saw give myself a food vacation.

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I used to be addicted to sugar and everything sweet, Then one day, my sugar addiction disappeared with one simple decision I made:

Out of sight, out of mind.

You have no idea how powerful this is.

Have you ever heard this proverb: "You soon forget people or things that are no longer visible or present."

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Haitians often drink some "thé gingembre" (ginger tea) to warm themselves up in the winter but did you know that ginger is really good at relieving muscle pain and soreness?

Nest time you feel some muscle pain after a hard exercise, try consuming ginger.

According to headline.com ginger is very effective in reducing the day today progression of muscle pain and may reduce exercise-induced muscle soreness because of its anti-inflamatory properties.

Do a Google search on ginger health benefits and discover the many ways consuming ginger is good for you.

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Haitians love to eat rice boy! But now I know why by bowel movements come to a halt after I chow down on that bowl of rice. White rice can cause constipation.

Read this from MedicineNet:

White rice can lead to constipation because the husk, bran, and germ have been removed. That's where all the fiber and nutrients are!

Read: 15 Foods That Cause Constipation

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Many Haitians say if you don't eat for a day, "gas ap anpare w" (gas will overtake you, so to speak). What exactly do they mean by that?

Did you know: Your body has a special hormone whose job it is to let you know when it's time to eat!

In your body there is a hunger hormone called ghrelin, functions as a neuropeptide in the central nervous system.

Basically, ghrelin is what signals your brain to tell you your stomach is empty and it is time to eat.

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It doesn't matter if it's sugary or diet: New study links all soda to an early death, a Washington Post article reads.

According to research published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine, Consuming soft drinks regularly, whether is it sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened, it associated with a greater risk or all sorts of death.

So if you love drinking soda and, like all the soda lovers out there you can't live without it. beware!

According to the article, one or more glasses of sugar-sweetened soft drinks a day were associated with deaths from digestive diseases, including diseases of the liver, appendix, pancreas and intestines.

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Did you know? 1 pound of body fat is 3500 calories. So if you consume 500 calories less than you normally eat every day you will loose about one pound a week. But WAIT... There's more!

Is loosing weight that simple?

Yes but that's assuming you know how many calories you actually need everyday. Most Americans way way more calories than they need and even reducing their number of calories by 500 would only help them gain weight slower.

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Most Haitian I talk to want a bigger butt and a flat stomach, they don't care about their weight or how much fat is stored in their body. I meet women who say they want to loose weight but they don't want to loose their butt. What's up with that?

It's funny, Men have a problem with their beer belly and women have no problem with bigger hips and butts

Fore your information, men and women store fat differently. Did you know that?

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You love your baby girl so much you put a TV in her room but did you know? Having a television in the bedroom has been found to be associated with to childhood obesity. This is something that most Haitian parents are probably not aware of. Your kid is getting fat and it's your fault.

I was shocked when I heard this while watching an HBO documentary about overweight children. Then I read that children who have televisions in their room at a very young age are more likely to become overweight and obese according a recent study.

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