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of orange juice in the morning, you think you re doing something right. but it can have as many calories and sugar as a soda. it does have the number of calories of soda. it has vitamins and nutrients, so i don t want you to think it s bad for you, but drinking a lot of juice can cause you to gain weight. you also say eat protein for breakfast. this is something that can set you on the right path for the whole day. because if you have a protein breakfast, it can calm down your appetite throughout the day. it s easy to tell people not to eat as much food, it s very hard to do it. and what we ve found over the years is that if you have protein for breakfast, yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, that will tend to keep your appetite under control better throughout the day. and you also say eat your vegetables first. think about vegetables as a natural appetite suppressant. first of all, if you eat them first, you ve eaten vegetables. and you ll wind up eating starches and higher calorie
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here at the conference we found sarah huntley who said she was abused emotionally and physic physically as a child. it mate me worthless most of the time and that i was aed burden to that member of my family. reporter: he said it stripped of her self-confidence and as a 17-year-old high school student, she started taking the drug ecstasy. known as mdma. ecstasy was developed in the early 20th century as a possible appetite suppressant, of course people use it for hallucinogenic effects, users say it could heighten their senses and lower their inhibitions. now, 23, sara says it helped her get her life back. using the mdma helped ease nigh sense of fear and defensiveness. they talk about being happy. reporter: psychiatrist midhoefer has never exam and
proving there is a convention for practically everything, researchers from around the world have come to san jose, california to talk about psychedelic drugs. here at the holiday inn, they are sharing stories about those drugs and their hope that one day they will become a regular part of medicine. here at the conference, we found sarah huntley, who says she was abused emotionally and physically as a child. it made me feel worthless most of the time, and that i was a burden to that member of my family. and that i wasn t really worth that burden. reporter: she says the abuse stripped her of self-confidence. then as a 17-year-old high school student, she started taking the drug ecstasy. scientifically known as mdma. mdma, or ecstasy you see right here was developed in the early 20th century as a possible appetite suppressant. users say it can heighten their senses and lower their inhibitions. it seems like the color