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Love the warm weather but not thrilled about the revealing attire that accompanies it? We asked Keri Gans, MS, RDN, CDN, and author of "The Small Change Diet: 10 Steps to a Thinner, Healthier You," to share her nutrition expertise about what really works for weight loss.
Paleo diets have recently become popular. However, Keri is concerned about the way in which the caveman diet cuts out food groups.
"I am not a fan of any weight loss program that eliminates food groups. In order for long-term weight loss a diet cannot be restrictive," she says. "I am a fan of including lean protein, lots of veggies and healthy fat for weight loss, but am equally a fan of fruit, dairy and 100% whole grains. Current Paleo followers eliminate dairy and whole grains from their diet, both of which have numerous health benefits. Bottom line is learning portion control and adapting a realistic lifestyle."
Recently journalist Nina Teicholz drew attention with the publication of her in-depth defense of saturated fats in "The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet." She and others are taking up the butter baton, saying it's time to bring butter and beef back to the table and contending that carbohydrates and sugar (even natural sugar such as that in orange juice) are the culprits when it comes to weight gain and cravings. Keri advises looking at the forest, not the trees, the world of dieting.
"Every day it seems something else changes in the nutrition world. The key is to stop focusing on individual nutrients, such at fat vs. carbohydrates, but instead look at the big picture. Sure, butter can be part of a healthy diet, but it still matters how much and what you are eating it with. Butter on a white roll is not going to be as healthy a choice as butter on 100% whole grain toast with an omelet full of veggies," she says.
"Natural sugar found in fruit that is packed with vitamins and minerals should not be compared to a candy bar. A steak served for dinner with a salad, veggie and small baked potato is not the same nutritionally as a steak dinner with fried onions and creamed spinach. We need to stop singling out individual foods and look at entire meals," she declared.
Extreme diet trends always get the most publicity. But the question arises: Can you stay on them and keep the weight off?
"The only reason these extreme diets seem to work is because people lose weight quickly. And obviously you are going to lose weight if you restrict a food or entire food group that you are eating a lot of," points out Keri.
"The problem with these type of diets are that they are not realistic and in the long run not sustainable. "Everything in moderation" is still the best way to go; learning to still enjoy the foods you love, but perhaps in smaller amounts or in a healthier version. It is important for long term weight loss to make small changes over time that eventually lead to new habits that can be sustained. The winner in weight loss is not the person who loses the weight the quickest, but rather who keeps it off the longest," she adds.
Keri offers these tips for losing weight in the summer:
- Pick and choose. There will be a lot of BBQs and you can't eat at them like it's the only one.
- Watch the liquid calories. From iced coffees to fancy cocktails, remember that the calories add up.
- Be prepared. Going to the beach or pool, bring your own healthy snack and/or lunch with you.
- Get moving. You can no longer use the weather as an excuse to not leave the house.


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The Doctors State of Independence
When patients understand that there is now a two tiered system of medicine. One driven by centralized, population based medicine underpinned by evidence based decisions that rest on the cost controlled good of the many vs individualized patient care based on the art and the science of medicine underpinned by health and wellness, they will choose us. That will be the beginning of the end of Obamacare. If we build it and let the patients know, they will come.

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Configure the Data Bindings
This article is split into the following sections:
Setting the ItemsSource
As a typical data control RadGridView displays its data by binding to a source and generating visual elements for each item in it. The first thing you have to do is to set the ItemsSource property of RadGridView as shown in Example 1.
Example 1: Set RadGridView's ItemsSource
// In this example, GetData() is a static method of the SampleData class that returns a collection of items.
this.radGridView.ItemsSource = SampleData.GetData();
' In this example, GetData() is a static method of the SampleData class that returns a collection of items.
Me.radGridView.ItemsSource = SampleData.GetData()
Types of Sources
Unlike a standard items control, RadGridView's ItemsSource property is declared to be of type System.Object. Of course, standard .NET collections that implement the IEnumerable interface are fully supported as well.
When binding the ItemsSource to a DataTable, you should use its DefaultView property.
To avoid coupling in your code, it may be more convenient to manipulate data in the original source collection instead of using RadGridView's API. RadGridView listens for collection change events and reflects those changes in its visual representation. In Silverlight there is a built-in implementation of a data collection that exposes the INotifyCollectionChanged interface – the ObservableCollection<T> class.
Example 2: Set RadGridView's ItemsSource to an ObservableCollection
var players = new ObservableCollection<Player>();
players.Add(new Player() { Name = "Pepe Reina", Number = 25 });
players.Add(new Player() { Name = "Jamie Carragher", Number = 23 });
players.Add(new Player() { Name = "Steven Gerrard", Number = 8 });
players.Add(new Player() { Name = "Fernando Torres", Number = 9 });
this.playersGrid.ItemsSource = players;
Dim players = New ObservableCollection(Of Player)()
players.Add(New Player() With {
.Name = "Pepe Reina",
.Number = 25
players.Add(New Player() With {
.Name = "Jamie Carragher",
.Number = 23
players.Add(New Player() With {
.Name = "Steven Gerrard",
.Number = 8
players.Add(New Player() With {
.Name = "Fernando Torres",
.Number = 9
Me.playersGrid.ItemsSource = players
Consider using an ObservableCollection<T> or one of the other existing collection classes like List
, Collection , instead of implementing your own collection. If the scenario requires a custom collection to be implemented, use the IList interface, which provides individual access by index to its items and the best performance.
Implementations of the System.ComponentModel.ICollectionView interface are fully supported as well. When such a source is provided, RadGridView will automatically pick up group descriptions, sort descriptions, or filter settings defined on the collection view and use those to display data.
Binding the Columns
The data in RadGridView is separated in columns. There are different types of columns, displaying different types of data. Usually the data is displayed in GridViewDataColumns, which can be generated automatically or manually.
Example 3: Define a column in XAML
<telerik:RadGridView x:Name="playersGrid" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Name}" Header="Name" />
<telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Number}" Header="Number" />
Figure 1: The rendered RadGridView
To learn more about defining columns and the different types of columns, take a look at the Columns section.