Dear Santa: Pay No Attention to MSNBC.com
I’m referring, of course, to this (mostly) goofy Xmas list: 6 Gifts Fit for the Gym Rat. With the possible exception of the kettlebells, if I found any of this stuff under my tree on Xmas morning, I’d be scratching my head and wondering, “WTF?!” I mean, what self-respecting “gym rat” would use an Airope, for heaven’s sake??? In general, it’s not a great idea to buy a sport or...
FYI
Just thought I’d mention it, in case anyone’s been wondering… It’s been a while since I’ve penned any bodybuilding supp reviews, let alone more functional food reviews or glossary entries. This isn’t because I’m slacking – it’s because I’m busy updating the material in the Vitamins & Minerals section of the site. And while it’s pretty comprehensive as it is (total...
Speaking of Exercise Gimmicks… Shoes!
Tara Parker-Pope has an appropriately skeptical post in the NYT about those Reebok “Easy Tone” shoes… here’s the money quote: But the claim that the shoes offer muscle toning is backed by a single study involving just five people, not published in a peer-reviewed academic journal. In that study, done at the University of Delaware, five women walked on a treadmill for 500 steps wearing either the EasyTone or...
Aren’t Reporters Supposed to Check Their Facts?
Aarrrgh… when “health” columnists apparently run out of topics, they can always turn to the usual handwringing about student athletes taking – gasp! – creatine, and other supplements. But this “Julie’s Health Club” column in the Chicago Tribune takes fearmongering to a whole new level. Mikey Santini (left) was in junior high when he started taking creatine and protein supplements to...
FTC Nails Infomercial Scumbags
This time, it’s the “Health Man” and associates, who were peddling the “7 Day Miracle Cleanse Program.” The marketers of the 7 Day Miracle Cleanse Program, a purported herbal colon-cleansing program, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely claimed that their program would cure cancer and other serious diseases. Among other things, the settlements broadly ban them from...
BSN 1, Muscletech 0
LOL – Muscletech just bit the dust in a patent-infringement case against BSN – thanks to a supplement ad in Flex Magazine – from June, 1996. According to Judith Grubner of Nutrisuplaw.com: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit just applied this provision to invalidate patent claims for a nutritional supplement method to enhance muscle performance or recovery from muscle fatigue, based on an advertisement...
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