Weight Loss Lip Gloss? Whatever Will They Think Of Next?
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Are The Restaurant Chains Really On YOUR Side?
Lately I’ve been reading Morgan Spurlock’s “Don’t Eat This Book; Fast Food And The SuperSizing Of America”. Morgan, if you remember, is the guy who did the “SuperSize Me” movie — which you absolutely must see, if you haven’t already (“SuperSize Me” is a documentary movie where Morgan consumes nothing but McDonalds “food” for thirty days straight, all the...
Does Eating too Quickly Contribute to Obesity?
When I was a kid, my best friend and I would often stop at a local fast food restaurant called the Red Barn, for a burger, soda and fries. She’d be finished with her entire meal before I’d eaten even half of my burger…one time, she nearly made me choke from laughing, as she went through an elaborate pantomime of me, eating sooo slooowly. I tried to eat faster at times, but it was hopeless – I just...
Stacking the Deck
As a former university researcher, I’m quite familiar with how studies are conducted…I’ve been involved in a few of ’em myself. So naturally, when I evaluate supplement claims, one of the first places I look is in the peer-reviewed, published literature. A claim is more likely to be true, if it’s been independently tested, and the results assessed by other experts in the field. Unfortunately, even the...
“Beauty and the Bleccccch!”
A few weeks back, one of the members of the “Bodybuilding Revealed” forum directed me to this 4-alarm advertisement from “Dr. Suzanne” Gudakunst. In his query, he gave a quick rundown of “facts” he learned from her site: how icky parasites and disgusting intestinal plaque are responsible for making us sick and fat – and how the powers-that-be are not only profiting from this situation, but are deliberately adding parasites to our food...
Exercise To Lose Weight? But I HATE Exercising!
Awwwww… do I have to? Despite some recent publicized silliness that indicated that exercise offered no “metabolic advantage” to those who included it in their diet programs (see this post from Elissa for complete details), exercise is a critical element of any weight loss program. It’s simple really… to lose weight, you must create a caloric deficit; take in fewer calories than you expend. There are two...
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