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Jeff Novick, MS, RDN: A concern I often hear is that people can’t follow my dietary recommendations because they think large quantities of salad are required as a way to successfully incorporate the principles of calorie density, which are important for both weight loss and weight maintenance.

I meet people every week who are surprised and upset to find their cholesterol levels didn’t go down after starting an exercise program. They always ask if exercising or working out can lower their cholesterol and are shocked to hear me say it can’t. The problem is that people think this way because exercise enthusiasts claim people who run marathons never have a heart attack—even though one out of every 100,000 marathon runners will experience cardiac arrest. The famous runner and a

By Mary McDougall Change Can be Bothersome...or Exhilarating  Sometimes I think that, for many people, far worse than the fear of public speaking, or for some few, the fear of dying from a dreaded disease, is the fear of changing their diet. They think, "Life will be worse, I'm not sure how, but I know it will be worse." "My social life will be ruined,"  "I'll never get to enjoy my favorite foods again," and "The preparation of these new menus will make me a slave to the kitchen." Fear o