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Cap’n Crunch Sabathia No More: His Surefire Weight-Loss Plan

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New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia is reporting to spring training 25 lbs lighter.  The secret: He kicked the Cap’n Crunch.  Aw yeh, the former fat-boy is weighing in at a svelte 290, not bad for a 6’7″ frame.  And to think he did it all with one simple change.  Just think of what that might mean for you or your kids!

Sabathia, the Yankees ace, weighed in at a whopping 315 lbs last season, when he was knocking down a full box of Cap’n Crunch every day!  Each box of Cap’n Crunch has 12.59 servings, each serving has 12 grams of sugar, making a box of the sugary cereal contain a total of 151 grams of sugar.  Further, the nutritional info on the box lists the number of calories at 217 per double serving.  Therefore, a full box of Cap’n Crunch contains 1,366 calories.  Dang!

To put this into perspective, a soda (Coke, let’s say) contains 40 grams of sugar and 150 calories per 12 oz. can.  More perspective: one teaspoon of sugar equals about six grams; therefore, a can of soda has about seven teaspoons of sugar (see video below**).  Even more perspective: Most sugar packets found in the U.S. have approximately 4 grams of sugar, thus a can of soda contains ten packets of sugar (U.S.).

Now back to Sabathia.  His one full box of Cap’n Crunch a day gave him a sugar equivalent of drinking 4 sodas, 25 teaspoons of sugar, or 38 sugar packets.  Nice, CC…nice.

*A report released in 2009 by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale gave Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries the worst nutritional score of any cereal marketed to children and families. ~ from Wikipedia

How about your kids?  Do they eat Cap’n Crunch?  Fruit Loops?  Frosted Flakes?  Do they drink soda?  These cereals and soft drinks have been staples in the American diet for the last fifty years, and it’s not because people aren’t consuming them.  It’s not just 6’7″ professional athletes eating this junk, either.  It’s little Timmy, and little Rainflower, and maybe even you.

Listen, next time you’re thinking about feeding Junior the Cap’n Crunch, why not just give him a Snickers bar?  Same amount of sugar as in a two-serving bowl of the Crunch.  And is it any wonder we are in the midst of an obesity (and diabetes) epidemic?

**Please watch the video below to get great perspective on the amount of sugar contained in a soda:

The Boss is Dead

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New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, the Boss, died this morning of a heart attack at 80.  The boisterous owner of the famed Bronx Bombers was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Fla., and died at about 6:30 a.m.

Steinbrenner bought the Yankees in 1973 and was well known for his iron fist rule and public feuds with Billy Martin and Yogi Berra.  Steinbrenner went through 20 managers during his first 23 years as owner.  Despite these challenges, Steinbrenner’s Yankees won seven World Series, 11 American League pennants and 16 AL East titles, epitomizing greatness in sports.

Steinbrenner’s had been in decline for several years.  As his health declined, control of the team was handed over to his sons Hal and Hank.

He appeared at the new Yankee Stadium just four times: for the 2009 opener, the first two games of last year’s World Series and this year’s homer opener, when captain Derek Jeter and manager Joe Girardi went to his suite and personally delivered his seventh World Series ring.

“Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing,” Steinbrenner was fond of saying. “Breathing first, winning next.”

Steinbrenner is survived by his wife, Joan, four children and 12 grandchildren.

New York will be a little less lively without the Boss.

Chiropractic Patient – NY Yankee’s Johnny Damon

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Look who’s singing chiropractic’s praises now – Johnny Damon of the New York Yankees!

The Yankee’s center fielder has this to say about chiropractic care: “Without chiropractic, I wouldn’t be able to play consistently throughout the season. I’ve been under the care of a chiropractor for eight years. I first went [to a chiropractor] because my body was really out of whack from the constant grind of a 162-game schedule.” – taken from interview with To Your Health magazine.
But like many people, Damon was a little nervous about being adjusted at first: “Initially, I admit that I was a little freaked out about the whole neck [adjustment] thing, but now, chiropractic is a must for me.” If you haven’t checked it out yet, read my latest article on what makes the Pop!ping sound during a chiropractic adjustment.
It’s not just Johnny Damon utilizing the incredible power of chiropractic to his advantage but the whole NY Yankees team: “Last year, we had tons of back problems [on the Yankees]. There is no way we could get back and ready for another season without chiropractic.”
He sums it up this way: “Maintaining your health just leads to a better way of life for each individual. Chiropractic, specifically, can improve your posture, your circulation and just really benefit your quality of life in the long run.”
Thanks Johnny – I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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