FTC Gives Kinoki Foot Pads the Boot
I missed this bit of news from early November: For Release: 11/04/2010 At FTC’s Request, Judge Imposes Ban on Marketers of “Detox” Foot Pads Advertising Claimed “Ancient Japanese Secret” Could Treat Medical Conditions At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has banned marketers of Kinoki “Detox” Foot Pads – that would purportedly remove toxins from the body through a person’s feet – from selling a wide variety...
Science-Based Medicine on Bill Clinton’s Diet
In the wake of his well-publicized bout with cardiovascular disease, Bill Clinton has given up McDonald’s (good) for a mostly-vegan diet. The former prez has lost 24 lbs. and is now approx. the same weight as he was in high school. His current diet is quite restrictive, though: fruits, veggies, legumes and – once in a while – a little fish. Why is he on such a severe diet? According to Dr. Harriet Hall, of...
Meet Olga Kotelko
The NYT headline, “The Flying Nonagenarian” pretty much says it all. She picked up softball again after retiring from teaching in 1984 — slow-pitch, but pretty competitive. (“We went for blood.”) And then one day when she was 77, a teammate suggested she might enjoy track and field. She hooked up with a local coach, who taught her the basics. She found a trainer — a strict Hungarian woman who seemed as eager to push her as...
Happy Turkey Day (Almost)!
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-OFXUaMIv8] For the record, we’re having Italian… My kids got bored with turkey years ago, so we’ve eaten non-traditional fare ever since. C’ya Friday!
The Worst Foods in America – 2011 Edition
Slashfood has a “sneak peek” of 10 of the 20 “Worst Foods in America” from the 2011 update of Eat This, Not That by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding. It’s not a pretty sight. Here are the 10 winners (or losers, depending on how you see these things): #1 – The Worst Food in America: Cheesecake Factory Bistro Shrimp Pasta 2,727 calories, 78g saturated fat, 1,737mg sodium #7 – Worst Breakfast:...
“Google Girth”
If you’ve got a lot of weight to lose, it can be tough to get, and stay, motivated. According to the Mail Online, a UK man, Bob Mewse got motivated in a somewhat unusual way: by seeing his sideways pic on Google Street View. An obese man was shocked into losing a third of his bodyweight after catching sight of himself on Google Street View. Bob Mewse, 56, ballooned to 21st 3lb after years of feeding his sweet tooth with cakes,...
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