Meet Olga Kotelko
The NYT headline, “The Flying Nonagenarian” pretty much says it all. She picked up softball again after retiring from teaching in 1984 — slow-pitch, but pretty competitive. (“We went for blood.”) And then one day when she was 77, a teammate suggested she might enjoy track and field. She hooked up with a local coach, who taught her the basics. She found a trainer — a strict Hungarian woman who seemed as eager to push her as...
Happy Turkey Day (Almost)!
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-OFXUaMIv8] For the record, we’re having Italian… My kids got bored with turkey years ago, so we’ve eaten non-traditional fare ever since. C’ya Friday!
The Worst Foods in America – 2011 Edition
Slashfood has a “sneak peek” of 10 of the 20 “Worst Foods in America” from the 2011 update of Eat This, Not That by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding. It’s not a pretty sight. Here are the 10 winners (or losers, depending on how you see these things): #1 – The Worst Food in America: Cheesecake Factory Bistro Shrimp Pasta 2,727 calories, 78g saturated fat, 1,737mg sodium #7 – Worst Breakfast:...
“Google Girth”
If you’ve got a lot of weight to lose, it can be tough to get, and stay, motivated. According to the Mail Online, a UK man, Bob Mewse got motivated in a somewhat unusual way: by seeing his sideways pic on Google Street View. An obese man was shocked into losing a third of his bodyweight after catching sight of himself on Google Street View. Bob Mewse, 56, ballooned to 21st 3lb after years of feeding his sweet tooth with cakes,...
McD’s & Pepsi to Help Write Health Policy in the UK
This is pretty unbelievable! According to the Guardian… The Department of Health is putting the fast food companies McDonald’s and KFC and processed food and drink manufacturers such as PepsiCo, Kellogg’s, Unilever, Mars and Diageo at the heart of writing government policy on obesity, alcohol and diet-related disease, the Guardian has learned. In an overhaul of public health, said by campaign groups to be the...
I Will Never Buy Another Supplement From USP Labs
Never… not even for review purposes. Why, pray tell? Because of this (click to enlarge): This is a piece of USP Labs’ write up for PowerFULL – an alleged growth hormone secretagogue. Paul asked me to pen a review for it, so naturally, I read the company spiel in detail. And when I saw the CEO’s message, my jaw damn near hit the floor: PowerFULL™ is another quality product from USPlabs. As with any natural...
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