This is Just Wrong…
The “War on Obesity” has definitely lost its bearings when a healthy, 4 month old, 100% breast fed infant can be labelled “obese” and denied health insurance. By the numbers, Alex is in the 99th percentile for height and weight for babies his age. Insurers don’t take babies above the 95th percentile, no matter how healthy they are otherwise. “I could understand if we could control what he’s...
The Alpha Male Challenge – Week 3
This week’s routine continued the trend from last week: once again the number of reps dropped and the tempo of each rep increased. In addition, some rather murderous drop sets were introduced: sets of 12, immediately followed by 10 reps (20% drop in weight), then by another 8 reps (with another 20% drop in weight). Yes, this was kinda painful. It was only done for two exercises in each workout, but that was more than enough for...
NYC Bans School Bake Sales
I’m of two minds about this… In an effort to limit how much sugar and fat students put in their bellies at school, the Education Department has effectively banned most bake sales, the lucrative if not quite healthy fund-raising tool for generations of teams and clubs. The change is part of a new wellness policy that also limits what can be sold in vending machines and student-run stores, which use profits to help finance...
FTC Publishes Guide on Ad Testimonials/Endorsements
Evidently it’s “truth or consequences”… Under the revised Guides, advertisements that feature a consumer and convey his or her experience with a product or service as typical when that is not the case will be required to clearly disclose the results that consumers can generally expect. In contrast to the 1980 version of the Guides – which allowed advertisers to describe unusual results in a testimonial as long...
Methinks They Doth Protest Too Much…
It’s time for another round of congressional and agency posturing over dietary supplements… particularly those that – in the words of this New York Times article – “illegally contain steroids.” Now Congress is investigating whether laws, health agency resources and manufacturing guidelines are adequate to protect the public from products that illegally contain steroids but masquerade as dietary...
If it Sounds Too Good to be True…
It probably is. Although this lawsuit was filed back in May, it just made it across my radar screen… and it’s too good an illustration of this principle to pass up. Claim to boost testosterone meets class-action lawsuit Posted by Hugo Ottolenghi The company says that its product will boost testosterone levels by 10,000%. The plaintiffs says the product is snake oil marked up to $70 a package. So begins a class-action...
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