Super-sizing...yep, when combined with fatty, starchy, sugary foods it's the high road to diabetes and obesity.

Some people do well by eating fairly high-calorie (but healthy!) foods and limiting their portion size. The idea is, I believe, that that fats in particular make a person feel satiated and full. So eating small helpings of good-fat food can make one feel full, and is one way to control intake.

I don't do that; I eat large helpings of low-calorie food. But several people I know (including my beloved) use the high-calorie-but-small strategy very effectively.

My girlfriend says that food doesn't hit the bloodstream until about 15 minutes after eating (she's got a PhD in health and phys ed, so I ask her these questions). That implies we should wait quite a while before taking a second helping...?