Brigitte Bans Bony Models
Germany’s most popular fashion magazine, Brigitte, began its new policy last week: no more professional models. Normally she teaches history at a Hamburg grammar school, but elaborately made up to look like Marlene Dietrich and wearing a €480 (£425) silk dress, Sybille Zschaber was yesterday all over the fashion pages of Germany’s most popular women’s magazine as it began its ban on professional models. The...
Anti-Fat Node Effect???
They’re really reaching here… Slimaluma May Fight Cellulite 1/11/2010 9:33:00 AM BANGKOK, Thailand—According to an unpublished single-blind, intra-individual study conducted by Gencor Pacific, Slimaluma produced a significant anti-fat node effect more efficient than the placebo. A total of 20 female volunteers, aged between 20 and 53, with cellulite on their thighs, applied a white lotion (as Slimaluma, from...
Couch Potatoes Get Planted Earlier
According to the American Heart Association, a new study links TV viewing – and prolonged sedentary behavior in general – with an increase in all cause mortality and death from cardiovascular disease. DALLAS, Jan. 11, 2010 — Couch potatoes beware: every hour of television watched per day may increase the risk of dying earlier from cardiovascular disease, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the...
Yet One More Reason To Not Drink Soda
Uuuuurrrrgh. Hot off the presses of the International Journal of Food Microbiology: The study looked at 90 beverages from 30 soda fountains in Virginia. A follow-up study took a look at the microbes they found in 27 drinks (including water). Researchers found that 48% of the drinks were harboring “coliform” bacteria — which means they could contain fecal matter. “More than 11% of the beverages analyzed...
Airport Food May Be Hazardous To Your Health
And I don’t mean from a nutritional perspective, either… A recent investigation by USA Today came up with some pretty disturbing findings. Airport restaurants packed with holiday travelers have been cited in the past year for hundreds of food safety violations, local health department reports show. A USA TODAY review of inspection records for nearly 800 restaurants at 10 airports found items such as tuna salad and turkey...
I Have a Hard Time Believing Microsoft Hates Fat People
I glanced at this blog post on Shakesville today about the XBox 360, and then did a double take… Apparently Microsoft recently filed for a patent app, “…to introduce a heightened degree of reality into the appearance of gamers’ avatars by utilizing a third-party health-care data repository… or a Wii Vitality Sensor-like device.” In other words, Microsoft wants to create gamers’ avatars capable of...
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