Christine is No Jared Fogle
Methinks most people recall Jared Fogle, whose dramatic weight loss on the “Subway Diet” helped boost the fortunes of the restaurant chain. Apparently Taco Bell is taking a leaf from the Subway book, by highlighting another dramatic weight loss story in ads for its lighter “Fresco” menu items. Meet Christine, the spokesperson for the “Drive-Thru Diet.” As you know, the Drive-Thru Diet® menu is not...
Champagne May Be Good For Your Heart!
Since the hubby and I are about to uncork a bopple of bubbly tonight, this study from the University of Reading is rather timely. Research from the University of Reading suggests that two glasses of Champagne a day may be good for your heart and circulation. The researchers have found that drinking Champagne wine daily in moderate amounts causes improvements in the way blood vessels function. Champagne does this by increasing the...
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Ok, that’s a rhetorical question, since I didn’t have my camera with me. But I wish I did, as what I just saw would have been worth recording for posterity… John and I were driving home from the gym by our usual route, which always takes us past the neighborhood McDonald’s. It was a little after 2:00 p.m. – well past lunchtime – yet there was a long line of cars (11) idling in the drive-thru...
Get More Sunshine in Your Life
Failing that, take a vitamin D supplement. It’s a little unusual to see mainstream docs actually recommending supps, but the evidence in favor of supplementing with vitamin D is piling up. As the latest Harvard Heart Letter explains: Heart disease. Falls and broken bones. Breast and prostate cancer. Depression and memory loss. These problems seem to have nothing in common, except that they are leading causes of faltering health...
General Mills to Cut Sugar in Cereals Marketed to Children
Thinking of General Mills always brings this bit of satire from the Onion to mind… Surgeon General Mills Recommends Three To Five Servings Of Froot Per Day December 4, 2002 | Issue 38•45 WASHINGTON, DC—In a report submitted Monday to the Department of Health and Human Services, Surgeon General James Mills recommended that Americans consume three to five servings of froot per day. “A crunchier, more berrilicious cousin of...
Be Smart: Get Fit!
This is true in more ways than one. Getting/staying fit isn’t just a smart idea… according to new research, it may also make you smarter. According to the LA Times blog “Booster Shots”: That dumb jock might be smarter than he looks December 18, 2009 For young men, the fitter you are, the better your brain works. A study recently published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences took...
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