Guilty Until Proven Innocent
As I’m sure y’all know, there are a number of bogus supplement “review” sites on the internet. Of course, they’re really supp ads in disguise. Brands that the site owners get commissions for are “reviewed” positively, natch, while competing products are slammed. In fact, this “bait-and-switch” is so common, I’m not surprised to see various characters assume...
Pop-Tarts Are Better Than Brownies???
The New York City Dept. of Education apparently thinks so. According to the NYT: By the time the Panel for Educational Policy was ready to vote on bake sales during its monthly meeting on Wednesday night, it was after 11:30. By then, just one mother, Elizabeth Puccini, was waiting to speak out against the new policy, which bans most bake sales but allows students to sell premade items including Pop-Tarts and Doritos. Apparently this...
UFB.com 1, Proactol 0
Just thought I’d draw attention to the fact that Paul has updated his review on a fat loss supp called “Proactol.” It’s worth reading in full, if for no other reason than to see how low some supp company reps will go to suppress legitimate critiques of their products. Fortunately, Paul isn’t easily intimidated. 😉 P.S. Speaking of legal threats, this is as good a time as any to link to The Most...
British Select Committee Delivers Verdict on Homeopathy
And it’s a definite thumbs down. According to the Guardian: Today the Science and Technology Select Committee delivered its verdict on homeopathy and it was devastating. The committee has called for the complete withdrawal of NHS funding and official licensing of homeopathy. This should come as no surprise to anyone who witnessed the almost farcical nature of the proceedings, with the elite of homeopathy mocked by their own...
“Zombie Facts”
This Q & A in the New York Times really made me sigh… Q. Must you eat fruit on an empty stomach, so it won’t mix with other foods and cause fermentation and rot? A. “The answer is a definite no,” said Dr. Mark Pochapin, director of the Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. “Fruit can be eaten at any time.” Nothing can rot in the stomach, Dr. Pochapin said....
4,038 Bowls of Ramen… and Counting
Ah, the weird things you find on the internet. Via BoingBoing.net: i-ramen.net is an amazingly meticulous web site that chronicles one man’s daily consumption of different kinds of instant noodles since 1997. It appears from the way they’re numbered that he is now on his 4,308th bowl. For each new type of instant noodle, he creates a thorough chart that includes a full ingredients list; comments on texture, flavor,...
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