Survey: Fewer Americans are Dieting
According to a recent industry survey, fewer people are dieting now than they were two decades ago. When it comes to dieting, Americans put on a good show, buying millions of diet books, watching TV programs about weight loss, obsessing over celebrities and their baby weight. But in the end, that may be all it is: a show. The number of people on a diet – 26 percent of all women in the United States and 16 percent of men for the...
Weight Loss Isn’t a Spectator Sport
I have to admit, this New York Times article made me want to bang my head my head against my keyboard. So it stands to reason that weight-loss shows are now a part of the television landscape, spanning NBC, the Style Network and Discovery Health, as common as crime procedurals, soap operas or talk shows. (All television genres have signature moments. On westerns it’s the cattle stampede; on weight-loss shows it’s the weigh-in,...
Dishonest Or Incompetent? Your Choice…
For some reason I decided to go check out some of UltimateFatBurner.com’s competitors today; you know – the thinly disguised product promotion sites masquerading as unbiased “review” sites. Not really sure why I decided to do this; some perverse desire to raise my blood pressure, I guess. Anyhow, if you’re subscribed to UltimateFatBurner.com’s newsfeed you’ll be aware that many of the products...
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Paul and I had an e-mail exchange concerning his recent review of a diet supp called “Prescopodene“. He sent me a link to the site – to me, it looked just like dozens of other internet supp sites I’ve seen. Y’know, the hottie in a bikini; claims of scientific validation; big, eye-catching display fonts, testimonials – the usual stuff. And – of course – there was a picture of a smiling...
To Top It All Off, Kids Meals Are WAAAAAAY Too High In Calories!
Over the last few months, Elissa and I have been blogging about growing obesity crisis as it pertains to children. As detailed here and here, children are increasingly vulnerable to advertising for junk food (on which the major players spend zillions of dollars), and they are also spending more and more time in front of the tube. It’s not particularly surprising therefore, that a recent study performed by the Center for...
Eggs Get a Break
Are eggs healthy or unhealthy? For years, doctors and dieticians told us that eggs should be avoided or severely limited, as they were loaded with artery-clogging cholesterol. That attitude has softened in recent years, after researchers determined that there’s no clear cut association between egg consumption and cardiovascular risk for healthy individuals. Still, eggs haven’t been given a pass: one recent study, for...
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