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are corduroy jeans more fashionable than denim
Answers: 1 Views: 323 Rating: 0 Posted: 12 years ago

     I think maybe they're just dressier, and the color is personal preference, although for a dressy nighttime occasion I'd choose black or navy.

Rating: 0 Posted: 12 years ago
if I drank nothing but water and used my juicer to make fresh juices for two days how much weight could i loose
Answers: 5 Views: 366 Rating: 0 Posted: 12 years ago

    The cravings automatically go away on their own when you stop eating lots of fat and sugar.  It's just like when someone craves drugs; the more addicted they are, the more they crave a drug.  As soon as you start weaning yourself off the drug, the cravings will lessen, and as you take less and less of the drug, you get fewer and fewer cravings.

     Fat abd sugar cause a response in the brain (the release of a hormone called serotonin) that actually make you addicted to them.  This is a scientific fact that gets buried by the media hype about diets.  The media want people to think that if they can't stick to a diet because they have cravings, then they're "weak", and they "have no willpower".  This is totally untrue.  The minute a person can start treating fat and sugar like the undesirable drugs they are, that person will set themselves free from the grip of the cravings they create.  This is not done overnight; I started by continuing my binges for 4 days, stopping for 1 day, binging for 3 days, stopping for 1 day, until my binges got further and further apart.  And I'm not saying that to this day I don't have cravings at all; it's just that I choose my sweets carefully, and eat just enough to get a taste.  For example, I like Ben and Jerry's Toffee Heath Bar Crunch.  It's like I'm getting chocolate and candy at the same, and I only eat about 3 spoonfuls.  I figure by that time, I've gotten all the taste sensation I'm going to get, so I mighgt as well stop at that point.

    I don't understand why doctors don't tell people that they're actually PHYSICALLY addicted to high-fat and high-sugar foods.  It's definitely to the diet industry's advantage for people to believe that they're just psychologically weak, and all they need to do is find the right weight-loss product for themselves.  It is NOT a psychological addiction; it's definitely a physical one, but not one that you can't overcome. 

Rating: 1 Posted: 12 years ago
Why would a guy have prolonged eye contact with a girl without smiling?
Answers: 3 Views: 517 Rating: 1 Posted: 12 years ago

   I totally agree.  Sounds like a psycho; it's happened to me before.

Rating: 4 Posted: 12 years ago
45 kilometers = ? meters
Answers: 1 Views: 221 Rating: 0 Posted: 12 years ago

    One kilometer has 1,000 meters, so 45 kilometers equals 45,000 meters.

Rating: 2 Posted: 12 years ago
if I drank nothing but water and used my juicer to make fresh juices for two days how much weight could i loose
Answers: 5 Views: 366 Rating: 0 Posted: 12 years ago

   It depends on how much you weigh; the more you weigh, the more water weight you'll lose.  Juicers are great, but please use yours in conjunction with excercise and a healthy diet.  Really, if you eat lean proteins and lots of fruits and vegetables, eat only when you're hungry and just enough to feel full, and excercise for at least 30 minutes a day, your body will store less fat and use up the excess it already has.  A low body weight is a lifestyle, and there's no short-cut to losing weight.  But I guarantee you that once you quit eating fats and sugar, your cravings for them will almost totally disappear.  Believe me, I'm talking from experience; I used to gorge on suagary cereals, peanut butter, and ice cream all at the same time, starve myself the next day, and wonder why I was gaining weight. I felt like a drug addict, but my drug was the worst one ever:  food! Your brain actually reacts to fat and sugar like they're drugs; the more of them you eat, the more your body craves.  Once I realized this, and started weaning myself off them, my cravings started to go away.  Now my cravings are for fresh fruits, whole wheat cereals, and cottage cheese-seriously!  Don't expect to be able to eat perfectly right away; just make small changes at a time, and build on those.  You will change your life!

Rating: 0 Posted: 12 years ago
can I put baking soda powder on my cat for fleas
Answers: 8 Views: 4024 Rating: 2 Posted: 12 years ago

    Plese don't use baking soda; this is not a known flea repellent.  Bluesman 1851 and Haley both gave great suugestions.  In addition, I would treat the yard with pellet or spray insect repellent that has fleas listed on the label as an insect that will be killed. (This is a VERY important step, because fleas love grass, and this gets them at their source). We have lots of indoor cats, and these things have all worked for us.  Also, adding garlic and/or brewer's yeast to your cat's water may help. 

Rating: 6 Posted: 12 years ago
what does < 3 mean?
Answers: 2 Views: 467 Rating: 0 Posted: 12 years ago

   A former schoolteacher taught me this trick when I was in grade school:  Whatever is on the side of of the small end of the arrow means "less", and whatever is on the big side of the arrow means "greater".  Before she told me this, I was completely lost.  Now I use this hint every time I see the > or <.

Rating: 1 Posted: 12 years ago
if a human has chronic kidney failure, will eating grapes add to their chronic kidney failure ?
Answers: 2 Views: 250 Rating: 0 Posted: 12 years ago

     No; although grapes (and raisins) can cause kidney failure in dogs, they are not harmful to humans' kidneys.  Animals have toxic reactions to some foods like onions and chocolate, as well as household plants, because their metabolisms are different than ours.  For a good guideline of what to eat if you have chronic kidney failure, please refer to this website: http://www.livestrong.com/article/293945-list-of-foods-to-eat-with-kidney-failure/

Rating: 2 Posted: 12 years ago
Can you get a lower interest rate on a morgage without refinancing?
Answers: 1 Views: 226 Rating: 0 Posted: 12 years ago

    No; the only way you can get a lower rate is if you have an ARM (adjustable rate mortgage) and the rate goes down.  If you've got a fixed rate, you have to refinance. 

Rating: 0 Posted: 12 years ago
what is the conversion rate of kilogram to pound
Answers: 1 Views: 258 Rating: 1 Posted: 12 years ago

     One kilogram equals 2.20462 pounds.

Rating: 1 Posted: 12 years ago

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