What To Drink With Your Fondue
I couldn’t resist this paper (and accompanying video) published in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal: “Effect on gastric function and symptoms of drinking wine, black tea, or schnapps with a Swiss cheese fondue: randomised controlled crossover trial.” It’s one of those classic, tongue-in-cheek writeups that’s intended to be humorous, yet provides a pretty good “look behind the...
FTC Goes After Rexall-Sundown & NatureSmart Over DHA Deception
This is yet another case where front-of-package labeling was used to deceive consumers. The FTC charged NBTY, Inc. and two subsidiaries, NatureSmart LLC and Rexall Sundown, Inc., with making deceptive claims about the amount of DHA – an Omega-3 fatty acid – used in their line of Disney- and Marvel Heroes-licensed children’s multivitamin gummies and tablets. The companies also made unsupported claims that a daily serving of the...
Stomach Restricting Surgery Poised to Expand
… thanks to an FDA advisory committee which voted in favor of changing the guidelines for using Allergan’s Lap-Band device. The New York Times has the story: A federal advisory panel Friday endorsed an expansion of the use of Allergan’s Lap-Band stomach-restricting device to patients who are less than severely obese. The vote could pave the way to double the number of Americans who qualify for weight-loss surgery. And it...
Use a Scale to Help Monitor Your Cals
I’ve been modding over at Will Brink’s “Bodybuilding Revealed” and “Fat Loss Revealed” forums for nearly 7 years. And one of the standard pieces of advice I (and others) give – and have always given – to new members, is to weigh their food for a few weeks. Why use a scale? Because when you’re counting calories, estimating portion sizes can be tricky. Sure, the volume of some items...
Too Much For Some, Too Little For Others
This morning, I donated $100.00 to the Inland Northwest branch of Second Harvest. I also made note of volunteer times/dates for both Second Harvest and the local food bank in Richland. While there are always those who require food assistance, the number of people in need is growing. According to my local paper: PASCO — Hundreds of people stood in line Thursday, many holding cardboard boxes over their heads to block lightly...
“Well-dressed cute girls mixing god-awful drinks”
Shortly after he returned from his volunteer stint at the Red Cross today, Number One Son ambled into my office and greeted me with a cheery, “Hey Mom, wanna see something disgusting?” Kids are so cute. But of course, I had to go see what he had up on his computer monitor. And I was immediately sorry. It was a YouTube video explaining how to make a “McNuggetini.”...
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