Men Get Eating Disorders Too
Which is the reason Sam Thomas developed a website on the topic…he knows, from personal experience. A man who spent years struggling with bulimia has set up a website for men with eating disorders because he says most of the help available is aimed at women. Sam Thomas, 23, developed the condition at school when he was bullied from the age of 13. He told Radio 5 Live that he’d always assumed it was a woman’s problem....
What’s it Like to be Part of a Clinical Trial?
I thought this video from MedPage Today was rather interesting…It’s about the experiences of a subject in a placebo-controlled clinical trial for a new obesity drug. The subject also happens to be the staff member who wrote the accompanying article: contributing writer Joe Sussman. Several points leaped out from the vid… 1. How powerful the placebo effect can be. He still has no idea whether he was given the...
False Confidence (I Hope…)
I was reading an online industry article this morning: “The Invincibles – Recession Proof Food and Healthy Eating“, and winced when I read this part: Other food categories that are expected to be virtually immune to the economic storm include French fries, candy and beer, while those expected to suffer include organics and carbonated beverages. But in an interview the Financial Post, published last week, Wallace...
Should You Buy Organic?
This is a question I get asked periodically…and people are often surprised by my answer. As I put it to one such person on the “Bodybuilding Revealed” forum: “As a “nutritional expert” (your term, not mine), I am vastly more concerned about whether people eat the damn fruits and veggies at all. Organic food is often considerably more expensive than conventionally grown/produced items, and I am not...
Sugar is Sugar…
I have a Master’s degree in Food Science…that’s food technology, to be specific. And in my humble opinion, it was the bestest major EVAH! In addition to getting a fantastic, in-depth, multidisciplinary education; it gave me a perspective on foods that profoundly influenced my own eating habits, as well as the those of the people I advise. Nonetheless, there are times when the industry (which I trained to be part...
Men’s Health: Best Fast Food Meals
Fast food doesn’t have to be 100% off limits if you’re trying to lose weight or get healthier…but it will help to have an idea of what you’re going to order before you walk in the door (or pull up at the drive-thru menu). To that end, Men’s Health has a good feature on the mag site, on the “Best Fast Food Meals Under 500 Calories.” Check it out. You can put together other suitable meals in...
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