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HEALTH ARTICLE Weight Loss 2016: A Matter of Energy? Tapping the mind-body energy field to transcend the archaic, one-size-fits-all approach to dieting By Mark Mincolla According to the CDC (centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 69% of American adults over 20 are overweight; 35.1% are obese. Many will resolve to lose weight this New Year’s. However, if we buy into one of the one-size-fits-all diets on the market and don’t explore our own, individual mind-energy fields to determine which foods we should be eating and which we should avoid to shed those pounds, we may never fit the size we dream of. T ake a look around you. You see lamps, tables, a television set, four walls, a ceiling and a floor. What you see may only be what you think you see. What you think you see may in fact be but an illusion. You’ve been led to believe that the over-stuffed material supported by four wooden legs that you’re sitting in as you’re reading this is a chair, but reality is based on perception, We largely remain a materially biased culture simply because we’re unwilling to expand our consciousness beyond our five senses. 41 | NEW CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW and your perception of reality is based on an obsolete theory of materialism. In 1921, Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his groundbreaking theory of