Real Men Eat Crap
Introducing the new “Wheaties Fuel”… Testosterone swirls around every aspect of Wheaties Fuel’s introduction. General Mills — maker of the most popular brand, Cheerios, and the second-largest cereal manufacturer, behind Kellogg’s — used a panel of only male athletes, including the Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and the Boston Celtics power forward Kevin Garnett, to consult on both the nutritional...
Why Are We So Fat?
One question, many answers… and no solution in sight.
Michael Karolchyk Needs to STFU
I cannot believe that this idiot is opposing the appointment of Dr. Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General… because she’s overweight. While I’m no fan of Neil Cavuto (or Fox News), it’s to his credit that he’s having none of it. The only mystery is why Fox even gave this creep airtime to rant. For the record, THIS is Michael Karolchyk. “Can…can I just smash her right now?” “No,...
Water, Water Everywhere…
The Environmental Working Group’s report on bottled water is worth a read… it’s quite an eye-opener. In 2008, they created a database representing 137 different commercial brands, and then analyzed both the labels and website information. The results were pretty revealing… and disappointing. Only 2 of 188 bottled waters surveyed make public 3 basic facts about their products routinely disclosed by municipal...
Superfruit Science
Kewl: someone’s actually gone and developed comprehensive criteria for superfruit status… and the few relatively fruits that actually merit the title might surprise a few people. The creator of the rubric is Dr. Paul Gross. It consists of the following measures: Popularity and sensory appeal of the whole fruit Nutrient diversity and density Phytochemical diversity and density Basic medical research intensity Clinical...
Rules Aren’t Made to be Broken
Which is something that certain supp manufacturers/retailers evidently don’t understand. Earlier in the week, I clicked through an interesting presentation given at the recent International Society of Sports Nutrition conference. Entitled “Sports Supplements, Science, and the Politics of New Washington“, it offered some explicit warnings to the supplement industry. As authors Rick Collins, JD, CSCS and Alan...
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