Points for Imagination…
But I’d vastly prefer to spend an hour pumping some REAL weight in the gym, vs. doing “Taskercise™.” Working simple calisthenics into a housecleaning routine would burn some extra cals, I suppose, but life is just too short to be constantly focusing on “busywork” exercise.
VMG Global Guilty of Selling Steroid-Spiked Supps
The company actually got off pretty easily: a $500,000 fine vs. $5.6 million in revenue.
Men’s Health: 18 Supermarket Lies
Men’s Health has a pretty good slideshow on deceptively labeled food products. Some of the examples are no-brainers (“fat-free” jelly beans, lol), but it highlights the need to parse label claims carefully… There are far too many unhealthy foods masquerading as healthy ones in your local supermarket. Needless to state, the “information” on the front of the package doesn’t always provide an...
The Ultimate Fitness Game
Taylor LeBaron is one smart kid. Taylor LeBaron is half the teen he used to be — and that’s a very good thing for both his health and self-esteem. An always-big boy who grew into a severely obese teen, the Georgia native dealt with schoolroom taunts and his own shrinking self-image even as he continued put on the pounds. Finally, LeBaron took control of his life by turning to the thing that helped make him fat in the first place:...
From Industrial Chemical…to Supplement
Normally, I roll my eyes when I see anti-supplement articles printed in the mainstream media. But I’m going to make an exception for this article in the Chicago Tribune by Trine Tsouderos. An industrial chemical developed to help separate heavy metals from polluted soil and mining drainage is being sold as a dietary supplement by a luminary in the world of alternative autism treatments. Called OSR#1, the supplement is described...
US Obesity Rates Leveling Off
As the LA Times puts it: Americans may not be collectively doomed to die in their recliners after all, one hand in the chips bag, the other stretching for the remote. Obesity levels seem to be leveling off or slowing across most of the population, according to two new comprehensive studies of the nation’s heft. The assessments, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are a welcome respite from the seemingly endless...
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