$3,000,000 In Penalties For Supplement Retailers!
If you’ve visited this blog before, you’ll know I often write about supplement retailers who engage in deceptive marketing practices, and their ongoing battles with the U.S. FTC (Federal Trade Commission). Well, here’s another incidence of the “good guys” winning…Recently, the marketers of several weight loss products have agreed to pay $3 million in penalties and to “refrain from making...
Underhanded Behavior From Supplement Retailers
As the webmaster of UltimateFatBurner.com, I receive a lot of comments and feedback from individuals who have experimented with various fat burning supplements — many of which were sold via radio and television ads, as well as on the Internet. More often than not, these products promise amazing results (with little or no efforts on the part of the user), and are usually backed by a 100% money-back guarantee. While not all...
To Weigh Or Not To Weigh…
Using the scales as the sole indicator of success for your weight loss program is not the best idea. After all, weight can fluctuate almost daily, and exercises like resistance training, for instance, can actually raise your bodyweight as you become thinner (that’s because muscle is more dense, and weighs more than fat). That’s why tracking your bodyfat percentage (see this article for more details) is a much better...
The Food Industry’s Role in Rising Childhood Obesity Rates!
A few weeks ago, I wrote a little bit about rising obesity rates in children and adolescents (see this post for more details!) On May 6, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services released a report, outlining a series of steps the food industry can take to help in the battle against childhood obesity. As I indicated in my earlier post, the levels of childhood obesity have been skyrocketing since the...
The Best Aerobic Exercise!
If you’re looking to trim down, you need to exercise. Yeah, yeah, I know that’s not exactly a profound statement. Everyone knows that increasing caloric burn through weight/resistance training and aerobics is one of the core principles of successful weight loss. But if you’re going to include aerobics or “cardio” in your exercise program, what sort should you do? After all, some types of cardio-exercises...
An Introduction To The Glycemic Index
Whether you’re a chronic dieter or new to the dieting scene — especially the low carb dieting scene — you’ve probably heard of the Glycemic Index (G.I.). So what really is the Glycemic Index? Well, it’s a numerical score between 1-100 attributed to carbohydrates. The “score” reflects the rate at which the carbohydrate is broken down, digested and released as sugar (glucose) into the...
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