French Diet Doctors Duke it Out in Court
Popular diet books = $$$, after all. The inventor of the popular Dukan Diet is defending his weight loss plan in a Paris courtroom, suing for libel against claims the diet is dangerous. Dr. Pierre Dukan, the French creator of the high-protein and oat-bran diet, is suing another bestselling diet author, rival Jean-Michel Cohen. Cohen told French health magazine “Meilleure Sante” that Dukan’s low-carb diet is...
Old Bodybuilding Supplements Never Die…
They just get re-purposed, lol. A new muscle drink on the market isn’t for bodybuilders or workout fanatics: It’s aimed at middle-aged and older adults who are losing muscle naturally because of age. Ensure Muscle Health promises that its 13 grams of protein and special ingredient “HMB” will help such folks shore up muscle and muscle strength into their golden years. HMB — beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate — has...
Ronald McDonald is an Ambassador for Good???
So sayeth McDonald’s CEO, Jim Skinner… “Ronald McDonald is an ambassador to McDonald’s, and he is an ambassador for good,” Skinner said. “Ronald McDonald isn’t going anywhere.” The occasion was a recent shareholders’ meeting in Chicago, where McDonald’s came under fire (again) for its advertising to kids… Critics’ main beef with McDonald’s is its marketing...
LAT: “Why Are Unhealthy People so Reluctant to Change Their Lifestyles?”
The title says it all, doesn’t it? Amazingly, people who have already suffered heart trouble, diabetes or other lifestyle-related illnesses —people who intimately know the consequences of their behaviors — often have an especially hard time turning things around. It seems it takes more than a wake-up call, even a life-threatening one, to get people to give up their unhealthful ways. At least 40% of smokers who survive a heart...
If You Think Vegetarian Cooking is Dull…
Obviously, you haven’t met the Vegan Black Metal Chef. 😀 [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZlih4DDNg] IMHO, he’s got a bit more finesse (not to mention better cooking skillz) than the guys behind “Regular Ordinary Swedish Mealtime.” (h/t – Boing...
Exercise and RMR
Trainer James Fell spells out the good – and bad – news in the LA Times. Though its origins are uncertain, any number of fitness magazines have made the “50 calories per pound of muscle” statement. Popular weight-loss gurus have jumped on the muscle-building-as-panacea-for-fat-loss bandwagon as well. Dr. Mehmet Oz said in a 2007 presentation to the National Cosmetology Assn., “Muscle burns about 50 times...
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