What Would Jesus Eat?
Ok, I’m not quite sure of what to make of this latest… well, “study” by Brian Wansink, the director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab and author of “Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think.” I’m going to let this LA Times article provide a synopsis… In a bid to uncover the roots of super-sized American fare, a pair of sibling scholars has turned to an unusual source:...
I’m Speechless…
NJ Woman Attempting to Become World’s Fattest Lady Dream big! A New Jersey woman, who now tips the scales at 604 pounds, said it’d be a “fantasy” to gobble her way to fame and someday weigh 1,000 pounds. “When you have a 3-year-old daughter and you’re trying to run a household, things like this tend to be a fantasy,” Simpson told The Post today. The 42-year-old Old Bridge resident insists she has no...
Move Over, Alli?
According to new research, alginate – a viscous fiber extracted from seaweed – reduces fat absorption. Seaweed to tackle rising tide of obesity Seaweed could hold the key to tackling obesity after it was found it reduces fat uptake by more than 75 per cent, new research has shown. Now the team at Newcastle University are adding seaweed fibre to bread to see if they can develop foods that help you lose weight while you eat...
Rebels Without a Cause
I have to admit, I’m a little bemused by this “food fight” – as reported by the Sun Sentinel – between the Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, AZ and the Heart Stoppers Sports Grill in Delray Beach, FL. The owners of the two restaurants are duking it out over who “owns” the right to serve up massive amounts of unhealthy, fat-and-calorie-laden food, in an atmosphere that pokes light-hearted fun...
The Ultimate Fitness Game
Taylor LeBaron is one smart kid. Taylor LeBaron is half the teen he used to be — and that’s a very good thing for both his health and self-esteem. An always-big boy who grew into a severely obese teen, the Georgia native dealt with schoolroom taunts and his own shrinking self-image even as he continued put on the pounds. Finally, LeBaron took control of his life by turning to the thing that helped make him fat in the first place:...
US Obesity Rates Leveling Off
As the LA Times puts it: Americans may not be collectively doomed to die in their recliners after all, one hand in the chips bag, the other stretching for the remote. Obesity levels seem to be leveling off or slowing across most of the population, according to two new comprehensive studies of the nation’s heft. The assessments, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are a welcome respite from the seemingly endless...
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