awesome saturday with slow bandwidth

Awesome awesome, this Saturday noon, I was facing very slow connection around 14:30 PM until a couple of hours,

As Starhub, which is my favorite provider along the island, they promise to upgrade 6 Mbps to 8 Mbps since 1 January 2008, but I was facing very slow.
Engineer said they will investigate what will cause the slow but even a couple of month s later, situation worse again and again,
As per they guarantee as

Speed upgrade for MaxOnline Express!
MaxOnline Express Up to 8Mbps (8,000Kbps) 256Kbps

But this afternoon what i got through their utilites test is:

Connecting to Server ...
Logging on to Server ...
Starting 1st download
Starting 2nd download
Download Successful !!
Download Stats:
Transfer Time: 89282 milliseconds
Total File Size: 10240000 bytes
Top Speed Attained: 2.57 Mbps
Connecting to Server ...
Logging on to Server ...
Starting 1st download
Starting 2nd download
Download Successful !!
Download Stats:
Transfer Time: 95000 milliseconds
Total File Size: 10240000 bytes
Top Speed Attained: 2.42 Mbps

awesome 2.42 Mbps.

Amazing and thanks to Starhub which will made me 25%slower than upgarded 8Mbps.

That is why my Saturday afternoon is awesome :(

Gadgets: news CES 2008

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Gadgets: Apple touchscreen UMPC

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source: engadget.com

Gadgets: HTC Shift (UMPC)

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Gadgets: VW Beetle

VW Beetle, Car all the time I like

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Gadgets: N95 & SE W960i

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Nokia N95 8GB:(size weight)

* Weight: 128 g
* Length(max): 99 mm
* Width(max): 53 mm
* Thickness(max): 21 mm

SE W960i : (size weight)

* Weight: 119 g
* Length(max): 109 mm
* Width(max): 55 mm
* Thickness(max): 16 mm

Both phone have 8GB of storage, running on Symbian OS, have WLAN, Bluetooth, email, web browsing, SIP VOIP clients and 240x320 displays.

The Big differences;

Nokia N95 8G - 5MP camera, GPS and navigation system (Camera oriented Phone)
SE W960i - 3.2MP camera, handwriting recognition, fm radio, and touchscreen interface. (walkman phone - Music oriented)

Gadgets: iClone

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source: asia.cnet.com, www.meizu-minione.info

Gadgets: Smartphone (Moto, Palm)

Motorola Q9h:	:palm Tero 500v

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photo source: www.geekzone.co.nz,www.empresuchas.com

Gadgets: Nokia 6288 Slide

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Gadgets: Smartphone (Dopod, Samsung)

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Gadgets: S3IS

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Gadgets: Canon PowerShot S5IS

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Gadgets: Canon & Nikon @ SITEX 2007

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Gadgets: ASUS Eee PC

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Gadgets: Nikon D300

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Gadgets: Eye Fi

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Gadgets: Nokia 6500 Classic

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Gadgets: Egg Boiler

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Gadgets: Sony PSP

Play Station Portable (Slim)


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Gadgets: iPod Touch

iPod Touch

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Gadgets: USB Drive

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Gadgets: Casstte

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10 Steps to the Body You Want
The shortest path is through your brain. Here are the tools you need.
By Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH, Prevention


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10 Steps to the Body You Want
The shortest path is through your brain. Here are the tools you need.
By Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH, Prevention
"I was doing really well until..." As a doctor who counsels women trying to lose weight, I've heard this too many times. An upset patient settles into the overstuffed armchair across from my desk, and utters her tale of defeat.
You've probably said those words yourself, dozens of times. You're doing great, eating right, working out regularly, and something happens. You hurt your back or shoulder and find it difficult to train. Maybe life just gets crazy and suddenly you're missing workouts and turning to food for comfort. The hell with mini-meals and lean protein. What you need is a pile of cookies.
I sympathize—I've had my share of those days. But life happens. I have no doubt that you're a master at helping the people you care about get through tough times. But when things get funky in your life, do you give yourself the same treatment?
The following 10 steps are all about turning that feminine impulse to nurture inward and becoming your own best caregiver, regardless of the obstacles life places in your path. These principles will help you stay on track, no matter what life throws at you.
Pledge to Change
You've had it. You're tired of feeling like crud every day, and you're determined to get in shape, mentally and physically.
Hold on. You may be champing at the bit to overhaul your diet, start exercising—become the new you. But if your positive changes are to be permanent, you need to recognize the adversity you'll face. I want you to put your intentions in writing and acknowledge the difficult times to come. On the best stationery you can find—no scrap paper—write out and complete the following contract.
I, ______________________ , commit to starting my weight loss program on ___________ (date). I believe that I can accept and complete my challenge to the best of my ability.

I realize this is work and accept the self-care price I must pay to achieve my mental and physical transformation.

I commit to keeping a daily journal that tracks my progress and forgives my slipups.

I will practice these 10 principles to help myself stay the course.

I will expect and adapt to adversity and see tough times as learning opportunities.

I will strive to take action and not to ruminate, bitch, moan, or whine.

I will be self-assertive and fight for the right to take care of myself.

I will acknowledge and reward myself for my achievements along the way.
You will do battle with your inner demons that try to pull you back into your familiar, self-destructive ways. But in the end, you'll win. Every time you embrace this challenge, you're one step closer to the best woman you can be.
CONTINUED: Find your motivation.
Find Your Motivation
When I was in medical school, I was taught that the greatest motivation to change an unhealthy lifestyle is the desire to prevent or treat a disease. But I have a vivid memory of a woman I sent packing after a coronary bypass, who told me she couldn't wait to load up on her favorite fast food and light a cigarette to celebrate.
Often, getting healthy isn't enough motivation. That's why I'm asking you to create a Motivational Target—like an archery target with inner and outer rings. The outer rings include the reasons you feel obligated to make a change, such as your health, and the inner rings are the deeply personal, maybe even hidden reasons that make you want to change. Here's how to do it.
Sit down with a piece of blank white paper. Draw an archery target—at least four rings and a bull's-eye. Ask yourself one question: Why do I want to change my body? Write down the first three answers that come to mind.
Chances are, they represent your Global Motivations: I want to change because I want to be healthier. I want to change because I'll die if I don't. Distill your answers into simple phrases and write them in the outermost ring.
Now go deeper. Ask again: Why do I want to change? Look for answers that stop you in your tracks. They might be serious or humorous. Write out the first three you think of and turn each into a key phrase.
These are your Target Motivations, and you need to anchor them with a Mantra that will conjure up its power when you need it most. It should be simple, contain a powerful visual image if possible, and smack you in the head like an invisible two-by-four so it will knock you out of your "I gotta eat" trance. It should also contain the phrases "run from" and "run to." Here's an example of how you might come up with a Mantra.
Say your Target Motivation is to be happy, fit, and free, living life to the fullest. But right now, there's a package of Oreos screaming at you. So what's the consequence of giving in? How about this: You're standing in the hot summer sun, dressed in dark, shapeless clothing that feels like a shroud. You're sweating as you watch others jog in shorts, bike in colorful clothes, and enjoy life. So "sweaty shroud" is what you run from. What do you want to run to? After some thought, you might conjure up a vision of yourself on a bike, clad in a pair of clingy biking shorts, riding up a long hill on a country road. You look and feel fit and free. You're joyful, happy, loving life. Okay. You've got it.
Motivation Mantra: Run from sweaty shroud; run to bike ride on country road, feeling joyful and free.
Repeat this process for each of the inner rings. You'll end up with at least three Target Motivations, any one of which can function as your bull's-eye.
Learn to Let Joy In
When I meet a patient, one of the first questions I ask is, "What in your life gives you joy?" Women often say, "My partner" or "My kids." My response is, "Aside from your family, what gives you joy?" Too often, the reply is a blank stare.
Caring for a family is one aspect of what makes you whole. You must find what else brings you joy, whether that's returning to school, writing, growing a garden, or cooking gourmet meals.
One way to start along the path to joy is to stop each time you're confronted with a demand on your time and ask yourself this question: "Will this thing, event, or person bring me joy?" If the answer is, "Absolutely," congratulations—you've discovered what you need. If you answer, "I don't know," then give it a try. You'll know soon enough. But if the answer is, "No," why would you let it into your life? If you can't avoid it, limit the time you devote to it.
You may have to put in some work to find joy. At the age of 40, I laced up my sneakers and gave running a try. Now I'm in training for my third marathon.
CONTINUED: Whine but get the job done.
Whine But Get the Job Done
Next to the armchair that my patients use during their appointments sits a ceramic jar labeled "Dr. Peeke's Early Retirement Fund." When a patient starts in with the negative self-comments, she has to put $1 into the jar. At the rate some of my patients are going, I'll be playing golf 24-7 in no time.
Listen to yourself: "I'm stupid, I'm fat, I'm ugly, I'm a failure, my legs are too short..." I call this a Rumination Rut. The dictionary definition of ruminate is "to go over in the mind repeatedly." The next definition is "to chew repeatedly for an extended period." Let's see, stewing and chewing in response to stress—boy, did Webster get that right. This leaves you vulnerable to BMW—bitching, moaning, and whining—about your body, your willpower, your behind, your this, your that. The biggest source of BMW-ing is refusing to accept that transformation takes mental and physical sweat, intensity, mindfulness, and focus—all the things, by the way, that you apply to your job, your kids, and your relationships.
Getting out of the rut is straightforward: Employ any distraction technique at your disposal. Get off the couch and go for a walk. Take the kids bowling or roller-skating. Clean out your closets. Do anything but let your brain hold your butt hostage.
Forget Perfection, Embrace Progress
Some women have a huge problem with this principle because all their lives, they've tried to be perfect—perfect wife, perfect mother, perfect employee, perfect friend. Is this your story, too? Look, no woman—no human—diets and trains perfectly day after day, so striving for perfection is a prescription for guilt. It eats away at the positive energy you need for making progress.
"Progress, not perfection" means that if you work hard and keep your focus 80% of the time, you're doing great. The other 20% of the time, you get to be human—fallible. Did you miss your workout today? No worries. You'll regroup and bounce back tomorrow.
Here's where keeping a journal will come in handy. Reflect on your day and write down at least three things that you did well and that helped you move forward. This gives you positive reinforcement and helps you build momentum because you're giving yourself credit where credit is due.
Control Stress, Find Peace
For most women, stress is a constant companion. It's there as they speed to work, pay the bills, or pick up a gallon of milk at 10:30 at night so everyone can have cereal the next morning. In one survey on stress conducted by the National Women's Health Resource Center, nearly 93% of the 681 people surveyed described the level of stress in their daily lives as moderate or higher. Fewer than half said they always felt capable of coping with it.
There are two main categories of stress in a woman's life. Everyday stress is the kind we expect and should be able to manage: the daily commute, the parking ticket, the computer malfunction; stresses from major milestones, like getting married or having a child, are tougher but also manageable.
Toxic stress, on the other hand, grinds you down day after day, year after year. It erodes your immune system and makes PMS and perimenopause a living hell. It also ramps up your appetite for comfort foods and can pack on pounds of fat deep inside your tummy, expanding your girth and making you more vulnerable to heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Work is a huge source of toxic stress for women—perhaps the biggest. In one study of more than 21,000 nurses (the ultimate caretakers), Harvard University researchers concluded that on-the-job stress weakens a woman's health as much as smoking or a sedentary lifestyle. My Stress Rx signs will help. You can make these signs and photocopy several. In really big, colorful letters, write:
STOP!
The Answer Is NOT in Here.
Tape these to your fridge, kitchen cabinets, pantry—even on the vending machine at work, if you dare. When you confront this sign, close your eyes for a second. Take a deep breath and say, "The answer is not in this fridge/vending machine/pantry."
Your second sign should read:
The Answer Is Here.
Tape this to your workout bag or your dumbbells at home, your bath salts, your favorite relaxing CD, your treadmill, your favorite herbal tea, or your phone. After stopping at the first sign, walk quickly toward this one. This is what will truly soothe you. Sip a mug of your favorite tea. Be with your feelings. Honor that new voice inside you. It's the voice of empowerment, and each time you withstand stress in a positive way, the voice will become louder and stronger.
CONTINUED: Give yourself license to chill.
Give Yourself License to Chill
Buddha said, "We are what we think. With our thoughts, we make the world." If you're in a continual state of depression, anger, frustration, or fatigue, your world will feel pretty small and unfulfilling. That's why I want you to commit to practicing relaxation techniques.
Research supports meditation's positive effects on mood. What's more, it appears to literally change the minds of those who practice it. In a study published in 2002 in the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine, brain scans of new meditators who were guided in meditation 3 hours a week for 8 weeks showed significant increases in activity in a part of the brain associated with positive emotion. What's more, the heightened activity persisted for at least 4 months after the experiment, when the study participants were scanned again.
Meditation, yoga, tai chi, progressive relaxation—it doesn't matter which you choose, as long as you like it and do it regularly. I recommend that you take a class, but if you can't, buy a book or video. Taking a class serves three purposes: You get correct instruction, meet other like-minded people, and automatically build some "me" time into your day.
If you want to experiment on your own, try walking meditation. It's just what it sounds like: combining a walk with quiet reflection. Don't think about a destination. Simply turn your full attention to the movements that make up the act of walking. Break it down to its basics. For example, as you lift each foot, silently say to yourself "lift." As you move your leg forward, say "move." Then say "step" as you place your foot on the ground. The more you focus on these movements, the calmer you'll feel.
Learn to Stay Calm in a Crisis
You must practice your self-care as best you can in the worst of times. The ability to regroup allows you to continue a healthy eating and activity plan no matter what the crisis. Your goal is to keep regrouping until you achieve a new plan that works for you.
Plan A is your life on schedule. You eat breakfast every day at 7 am, you walk on your lunch hour, you have your "me" time every night after 9, when you put the kids to bed. Plan A goes seamlessly about once a year. Relish the moment.
Plan B is your life on stress. You've been up all night with your youngest, who has a nasty bout of stomach flu, so you're sleeping when you usually eat your egg-white omelet. You're under the gun at work, so the big report takes precedence over your walk. Your mom and sister are having another one of their interstate wars, so you've been on the phone with one or the other every night, instead of cozying up with a book. So how do you tend to your self-care? You go to Plan Me.
This is your fallback, the way to take care of your needs in the midst of chaos. To prepare this plan, write down what your healthy eating and activity plan would look like on a low-stress day. That's Plan A. Now make a list of everything that could wreck that plan and rewrite it, devising ways to work around these problems. Here's a simple example: It's too cold to take your Plan A walk. Go to Plan Me—walking in the mall or on the health club's treadmill.
If you really get off track, Plan Me can be 3 days of withdrawal and regrouping to regain momentum. In those 3 days, you'll refocus on Plan A, practice it, and let it gel before diving in again.
Fight for Your Self-care
I see women try to get their partners and family to help create time for their self-care. Meeting resistance, the women simply give up. Not anymore. You're learning to stand your ground and make it work. You realize you're not being selfish, you're just asking for balance.
Every successful company has a mission statement—a paragraph or two that states why it exists, whom it serves, and what it hopes to achieve. Knowing your mission teaches you to set boundaries, draw a line in the sand, and say, "This is my time, and I'm here to defend it." You're on your treadmill and the phone rings. That's why there's voice mail. The call can wait. Your self-care can't.
Write down no more than 10 sentences that describe what you want to accomplish in your life and what is important to you, both personally and professionally. You could focus on being the best spouse, mother, and daughter you can be. But don't forget to commit to honoring your intellectual, physical, and spiritual needs—and above all, your rights as an individual.
To cure a chronic case of "yes-itis," here's what to do the next time you're asked to do something that you can't or don't want to do:
1. Ask yourself, Will saying yes further my mission statement? For example, if you've already volunteered for countless PTA events in the past year, do you really need to take on another?
2. If the answer is no, say in a calm and caring tone, "I'm so sorry, but that doesn't work for me right now. Maybe next time." Wow. Saying this shows that you know what works for you. Now, once you've said it, stick to it. Stand up to anyone who tries to argue you down. Keep your refusal courteous but definite, short but sweet, and don't get into a debate.
Form a 911 Squad
Research shows that people trying to make healthy lifestyle changes are more likely to succeed when they have a strong support network. With a minimum of effort, you can assemble your very own Estrogen Squad.
Call one or more members of your Estrogen Squad when you're about to do something self-destructive—like blow off your workout or embark on a binge. Choose one or two people you most depend on, with whom you feel comfortable sharing your deepest feelings—your mother or sister, a special aunt, maybe even a teenage daughter. Then choose the one or two friends who have given you the most support and encouragement, or who might like to join your efforts. Consider including a personal trainer, a therapist, or your family doctor, if he or she is caring and supportive of your goals.
Those in your squad should be kind, of course, and willing to reply to your calls, e-mails, and more. They should also be able to look you straight in the face and tell you that dress doesn't work for you, or that you're making everyone nuts with your endless BMW-ing. A sassy sense of humor never hurts, either.
A woman's efforts are most successful when supported by her assertive, witty, loving, and nurturing sisters. Armed with her Estrogen Squad, a woman will see her quest for mental and physical transformation become a reality.
One of my favorite maxims is "In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity." I don't see mistakes—I see opportunities to learn. Open your heart to the lessons. If you view challenging life events as opportunities to recommit to your self-care rather than as overwhelming obstacles, you will overcome them. If you should lose your footing along the way, review these principles. You know the answers are here and inside of you.
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The Fat-Fighting Food Strategies
We lay out the problems and offer the solutions — full service!
By the Editors of Men's Health


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The Fat-Fighting Food Strategies
We lay out the problems and offer the solutions — full service!
By the Editors of Men's Health
The Problem: Hectic schedules undermine mealtimes.
Without structured meals, members of the Reeves family are often left to their own dinnertime devices . . . or vices. "We usually come home and dive into whatever's quickest and easiest in the fridge," John says. Or worse, they'll hit a fast-food drive-thru and scarf down dinner in the car.
Fix #1: Take the coach approach
Devise a game plan—one that the entire family is invested in. "Spend half an hour together on Sunday putting together a food plan for the coming week," says Skolnik. Then develop a specific menu for each day. Shop accordingly so the food you need is always on hand, and the junk you don't need is still taking up shelf space at the Piggly Wiggly.
Having more meals at home will automatically improve kids' eating habits. A Harvard University study found that in families who eat meals together, children consume higher amounts of calcium, fiber, iron, and vitamins B6, B12, C, and E, and take in less overall fat, than children who frequently miss family mealtimes.
Fix #2: Be practical in your planning
Anticipate roadblocks that may cause plans to go astray. When circumstances zig, you can zag. "If you know Tuesdays are crazy, make it an order-in pizza night-that's okay," Skolnik says. "Go ahead and write that into your plan. Then, if you know that Thursday night is always a good night to cook, plan on making a meal that includes lots of healthier stuff, and allow for that, too."
The Problem:The most important meal is missing.
With a busy schedule, breakfast is often the first meal axed.
The Fix: Wake up at 6:55, not 7:00
Five minutes is all you need to toast a waffle, heat instant oatmeal, microwave some sausage links, or fix any of the three complete breakfasts below. "Studies have shown that when you eat breakfast, you eat less later in the day," Skolnik says. "Taking your calories more evenly throughout the day helps you avoid big deficits and high peaks. It's the best way to control the body's fat distribution."
1. The commuter breakfast: Half an apple, cored, then spread with peanut butter and topped with raisins. Drink: Bottled yogurt smoothie. Prep time: 2 minutes.
2. The energy-boosting breakfast: Bowl of instant oatmeal, cup of berries topped with a big spoonful of yogurt. Drink: Orange juice. Prep time: 4 minutes.
3. The muscle-building breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 links of turkey sausage, 1/2 bagel. Drink: 2 percent milk. Prep time: 5 minutes.
The Problem: Restaurants are a meal ticket to overeating.
When you're paying for food, you want your money's worth. Combine that with a pragmatic clean-your-plate mentality and it adds up to a recipe for dietary disaster.
Fix #1: Skip the starters
Those loaded cheese fries weigh in with nearly 3,000 calories. Avoiding this kind of appetizer will cut hundreds of calories out of the meal.
Fix #2: Always order a salad
"Front-load the meal with more nutritious stuff to take the edge off your appetite," Dr. Katz advises. You can still enjoy the entrée, just less of it. And when in doubt about dressing, always choose the vinaigrette. It's guaranteed to contain a balance of good fats and calorie-free vinegars.
Fix #3: Head off half of the dish
"Ask the server to split the portion before it arrives at the table, and take half home," Dr. Katz says. "Congratulations—-you just got two meals for the price of one."
Fix #4: Apply the brakes
As the stomach fills, it produces a hormone called ghrelin that tells your brain to make you stop eating when your stomach is full. Shovel the food in too fast and the brain can't catch up.
Six slow-down tactics:
1. Cut food into smaller pieces. Taking bites that are actually bite-sized will help slow the rate at which your stomach fills.
2. Set down the cutlery in between bites. Picking it up and using it to cut the next bite adds time to the meal.
3. Give your jaw a workout. Completely chew and swallow each bite before taking the next one.
4. Sip water frequently. Liquid takes up stomach space, too.
5. Chat more, chow less. Use mealtime to exceed the national average of 14 1/2 minutes of daily family conversation.
6. Check your hunger level. As you eat, ask yourself if you're still hungry. When the answer is no, stop eating.
Fix #5: Remember, it's not the last supper
Unless you're hit by lightning as you exit the restaurant, you will be able to eat again. Don't carry on like a condemned prisoner, already.
CONTINUED: The problem: You're a binge snacker.
The Problem: You're a binge snacker.
Animal Planet is not the place to get your food cues. "When omnivorous animals have food available, they just keep eating until their bellies hit the ground," Dr. Katz says. "Binge eating is our normal behavior, but only if we have to fend off the threat of starvation." You're not starving, but your evolutionary impulses remain. It's up to you to fight them.
Fix #1: Go on a pantry raid
Trade the chips, cheese crackers, and cookies for filling foods—quality complex carbs such as whole-wheat crackers, oatmeal, fruit, and protein-packing string cheese, yogurt, and trail mixes. Because you digest fiber- and protein-filled foods at a slower rate, they stay in your stomach longer, leaving less room for junk. And because proteins and carbs have about half the calories of fats, they cause less caloric damage.
Fix #2: Develop a traveling snack strategy
All of the above smart snacks are portable. Bring them with you in the car and keep some stashed at the office.
The Problem: Sugar is like God; it's everywhere. Spend 10 minutes watching Saturday-morning television and you'll see why kids grow up craving sugary foods; advertisers know their demographic. According to a Food Institute estimate, food marketers spend $13 billion each year targeting children. They aren't hawking apples and bananas.
Fix #1: Pass fizz ed
Measure out teaspoons of sugar equivalent to what a single 20-ounce bottle of soda contains (1 teaspoon holds 4 grams). You'll wind up with a 17-teaspoon mound. When we tried this trick with the Reeveses, they were stunned. "That's a lot of sugar," said Ryne, as the pile grew. Try tea instead. Some bottled varieties, such as Tazo and Republic of Tea, contain less than half the sugar that colas do.
Fix #2: Foil a cereal killer
Some breakfast cereals start kids' days with half as much sugar as you'd find in a bottle of cola. "Mix in some Cheerios with the sweeter cereals to help cut down on sugar and to provide fiber," Skolnik says. "The kids will still have the taste they love, but they'll get more long-lasting fuel and energy out of it."
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