Value-less Meals
Not too long ago, I stopped into one of the local Quiznos with the Girl Child after I picked her up from school – she’d missed lunch, and wanted to get a sandwich to take home. She ordered her favorite: a half “Oven Roasted Turkey.” The gal behind the counter then asked if she wanted it with chips and a drink as part of a combo meal. She looked pretty surprised when Nick turned the offer down. But this is par...
CHMP on “The Biggest Loser”
I loved this 6-part series on “The Biggest Loser” by Tristin Aaron of the Center for Health Media and Policy Center at Hunter College. She gets right at what irritates me the most about this exploitative bit of “fitness porn.” Over the season, the show sometimes depicts the dieters sympathetically. They have to. It’s essential that viewers invest in the “characters” and the competition between them. But the...
R.I.P. Blair River
He was the spokesmodel for the “Heart Attack Grill,” in Chandler, AZ. Blair River was a big guy with a big heart. River, who stood 6-foot-8 and weighed about 575 pounds, gained a measure of fame in the past year as spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill, a west Chandler restaurant that specializes in thick hamburgers and fries. He died on Tuesday at the age of 29. The cause of death is currently unknown, but friends are...
Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot
Al Franken said it back in the 90’s, and it’s just as true today, w/respect to his comments on Michelle Obama: LIMBAUGH: I’m sure you’re aware that nutritionist-at-large Michelle Obama is urging, demanding, advocating, requiring what everybody can and can’t eat. She is demanding that everybody basically eat cardboard and tofu. No calories, no fat, no nothing — gotta stop obesity. Except as in the...
FDA Sez Homeopathic HCG Supps are Illegal
And – according to USA Today, “fraudulent,” too. A popular type of weight-loss products, heavily promoted on the Internet, is fraudulent and illegal, Food and Drug Administration officials say. HCG weight-loss products that promise dramatic results and claim to be homeopathic are sold as drops, pellets and sprays on the Web, in drugstores and at General Nutrition Centers. They are supposed to be used in combination...
BBC: “French Fight Flab With Cooking Lessons”
Via “Weighty Matters,” here’s a weight loss idea that’s near and dear to my heart. According to the BBC… A leading public hospital in Paris is teaching patients being treated for obesity how to cook. And instead of being put on a diet, they are told it’s OK to sit down to a three-course meal – especially with family or friends. “Enjoying food, variety in food, the culture of food are the...
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