Should You Workout With a Cold?
Tis the season when people start (or return to) a strict workout schedule. It also happens to be cold and flu season. So – no surprise – the question of working out with a cold is one I get periodically on the forums. As it turns out, exercising with a cold doesn’t seem to affect either exercise performance or severity/duration of symptoms. For what it’s worth: as long as I don’t have a fever, I’ve...
FDA Warning: Adulterated Fat Loss Supplements
Hot off the presses… The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers nationwide not to purchase or consume more than 25 different products marketed for weight loss because they contain undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients that may put consumers’ health at risk. …An FDA analysis found that the undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredients in some of these products include sibutramine (a controlled...
Sensible Fat Loss Books
Christmas is nearly here, with the New Year’s celebrations to follow. And on Jan 1, will come the inevitable belt tightening, and resolutions to eat right and exercise. Problem is, there’s always the temptation to try for fast results, using extremely low cal and/or fad diets. This is a dumb idea, as – in the long run – weight maintenance is the goal. Lots of people lose lots of weight…but very few keep...
What Not to Get Your Man for Xmas
OMG…Burger King body spray. Still can’t think what to get him for Christmas? Socks don’t seem to cut it any more? Fret no longer because Burger King is here to help. The mass purveyor of grilled meat is offering, for a limited time, something even better than their usual piles of beef patties. This week, American men were given the chance to smell like their favourite meat snack with the launch of Flame, Burger...
Kidz in the Kitchen
Thinking about what to get your kids for Xmas? How about a cookbook? Many parents shoo children out of the kitchen when it’s time to start cooking. But a new crop of cookbooks and even a video game are trying to change that. …While much of this new push is fueled by marketing, it does have a worthwhile health message. Studies suggest that when children are involved in meal preparation, they are more likely to try new foods. In...
This is Pathetic…
I’m currently writing a review of LG Sciences pSARM. Evidently, the company is doing its best to convince would-be customers that the primary ingredient, osthol, binds to androgen receptors. So one of their reps posted a drawing superimposing osthole over testosterone on a bbing board to “prove” it “fits” androgen receptors.* There’s just (ahem!) a few problems with this argument… 1. Ligands...
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