This Looks Like Fun…
Check these out: getjumpingstilts.com/post.html (scroll down to check out the vid – lol) I haven’t written about exercise gimmicks in a while, so I went looking around to see what I could find. I stumbled over “Powerskips” – which were developed in Germany. They’ve been around for a few years (long enough to garner a Wikipedia entry), but this is the first that I’ve heard of them. I gotta...
To Top It All Off, Kids Meals Are WAAAAAAY Too High In Calories!
Over the last few months, Elissa and I have been blogging about growing obesity crisis as it pertains to children. As detailed here and here, children are increasingly vulnerable to advertising for junk food (on which the major players spend zillions of dollars), and they are also spending more and more time in front of the tube. It’s not particularly surprising therefore, that a recent study performed by the Center for...
Stevia… Is It Finally U.S. Bound?
Stevia, the south American herb that’s been used as a sweetener for years, but rejected by the FDA as being unsafe (despite the fact that its been consumed for nearly 30 years in Japan with no adverse effects noted) may be finally coming to the United States. Coca-Cola and Cargill are the force behind this; they are combining forces to create a product called Rebiana. Although we’ll have to wait and see, it does not look...
Newsweek Article: A Drink’s Purple Reign
It’s all about Mona Vie – a multi-level marketing product that’s really just expensive fruit juice. I don’t doubt that it’s nutritious or contains some useful antioxidants, but natural products almost invariably need to be taken in either a) highly concentrated form or b) in volume for the user to obtain significant amounts of the active compounds. Drinking a glass of orange juice, for example, will...
Is Barack Obama “Too Fit” to be President?
I have zero interest in making this blog political, but this article from the Wall Street Journal is simply too stupid for words. I suppose the intent is to be tongue-in-cheek, but it’s an epic fail. Update: Gavin M. from “Sadly No” discovers how the author, Amy Chozick, did some of the “research” for her article....
Exercise in a Bottle?
At least if you’re a mouse… Actually, they’re talking about endurance exercise…so, it doesn’t look like a substitute for lifting weights. 😉
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