emotional overeater

Emotional overeaters have a problem with weight management because their eating patterns are ruled by their emotions. Emotional eaters tend to eat for reasons other than physical hunger, turning to food when they are stressed, upset, anxious or excited. The result is a loss of control over what they eat and excessive calorie consumption. This cycle results in weight gain and depression, which leads to more eating, creating a self-perpetuating cycle.

To conquer overeating:

Conquer the craving

Drink water first

Fill up on something healthy

Take time out

Pamper yourself

Use your imagination

Have fun

China's 8th Human Bird Flu Case

China's 8th Human Bird Flu Case

China's Ministry of Health announced on January 9 the country's eighth human case of H5N1 bird flu, a 6-year-old boy surnamed Ouyang in Guiyang County, central China's Hunan Province. The boy has been hospitalized and his condition is stable, the ministry said. Investigations found that domestic foul raised by Ouyang's family had died before he showed symptoms of fever and pneumonia on December 24, the ministry said.

Mortality rate for new-born rats six times higher when mother was fed on a diet of modified soya

The study - carried out by a leading scientist at the Russian Academy of Sciences - found that more than half of the offspring of rats fed on modified soya died in the first three weeks of life, six times as many as those born to mothers with normal diets. Six times as many were also severely underweight.

The scientist added flour from a GM soya bean - produced by Monsanto to be resistant to its pesticide, Roundup - to the food of female rats, starting two weeks before they conceived, continuing through pregnancy, birth and nursing. Others were given non-GM soyaand a third group was given no soya at all.

She found that 36 per cent of the young of the rats fed the modified soya were severely underweight, compared to 6 per cent of the offspring of the other groups. More alarmingly, a staggering 55.6 per cent of those born to mothers on the GM diet perished within three weeks of birth, compared to 9 per cent of the offspring of those fed normal soya, and 6.8 per cent of the young of those given no soya at all.

Pesticides in fruits and vegetables

Highest in Pesticides:

These 12 popular fresh fruits and vegetables are consistently the most contaminated with pesticides — buy these organic.

• Apples• Bell Peppers• Celery• Cherries• Grapes (imported)• Nectarines• Peaches• Pears• Potatoes• Red Raspberries• Spinach• Strawberries

Lowest in Pesticides:

These 12 popular fresh fruits and vegetables consistently have the lowest levels of pesticides.

• Asparagus• Avocados• Bananas• Broccoli• Cauliflower• Corn (sweet)• Kiwi• Mangos• Onions• Papaya• Pineapples• Peas (sweet)