And we’ll have fun, fun, fun ’til daddy takes the keyboard away from my blog…welllll, hey there everybody! You know what day it is and it’s time for “Fun-Filled Friday” again here at the “Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb” blog. Got some pretty neat stuff to share with you, so let’s get it going!
First up is a class participation project–that’s right, I need you to pay attention because there’s some work to do after reading this. But, don’t worry! I think you’re gonna like this. Check out this link to the web site for the British magazine Healthy that includes an intriguing poll question in the lower left-hand corner this month on the subject of saturated fat. After featuring a story on it in their latest issue, the editors wanted to take a poll to see what the public thinks about this.
Here’s what the poll is asking for feedback on:
In this month’s issue of Healthy we look at whether saturated fat is really that bad for your health. We want to know what you think:
–Recent studies have shown that saturated fat can actually be good for you – its reputation is undeserved.
–Saturated fat is high in calories and cholesterol so can contribute to obesity and heart disease. We shouldn’t be encouraging people to eat more fat with the country’s current obesity problems.
Obviously they were expecting more people to pick the second one, but so far the first response putting saturated fat in a positive light is winning by a comfortable margin. To vote in this survey, click here and scroll down the left side to find the poll (let’s FLOOD them with responses on the pro-saturated fat side!). WOO HOO!
I found this video featuring experts from The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University who expose the weight bias happening in health care. You wouldn’t think physicians and medical professionals would treat overweight and obese patients any differently, but they do. This is a really powerful video meant to educate doctors on how to effectively treat ALL of their patients no matter what their size.
April Fool’s Day was this week and there was a great gag product idea out of Sweden that had some people going–Squeezable Bacon. You know, this sounds like it would be pretty good.
As many of you know, Christine and I have been unable to have kids of our own after discovering through a failed IVF cycle in December 2007 that we both have issues that make it impossible for us biologically. It’s been a hard psychological struggle for us, but we know God has a greater purpose for us to possibly adopt in the future. We shared about our experience with Kelly Damron on her “Twin Peas Podcast” show last year and now Kelly is doing something in her hometown of Phoenix, Arizona in honor of couples like us who desire to be parents but can’t.
On April 19th at 10 a.m. the Arizona chapter of RESOLVE, a group dedicated to the subject of infertility, is hosting a Walk of Hope to celebrate all family building efforts, including those in which couples “choose” to live child free. You can learn more about this event by clicking here. She will also be participating in a March for Babies walk the day before on April 18th at 8 a.m. and you can donate to the “Damron Dolls” team (they are cutie pies!) and learn more about them by clicking here.
Finally, for those of you who think you want to have lots and lots of kids but don’t know what you’re getting yourself into, check out this public service announcement television ad that was named one of the top European commercials a few years back. HILARIOUS (and may make you rethink your use of birth control)! HA! ENJOY!
That’s it for this week’s “Fun-Filled Friday” post, so send me your suggestions for future Friday posts anytime at livinlowcarbman@charter.net. HAVE A SUPERB WEEKEND!
