1,000 Calories a Day is Torture
Literally… In an effort to rationalize the use of dietary manipulation on detainees, Bush administration officials turned to Slim Fast and Jenny Craig. In a footnote to a May 10, 2005, memorandum from the Office of Legal Council, the Bush attorney general’s office argued that restricting the caloric intake of terrorist suspects to 1000 calories a day was medically safe because people in the United States were dieting along...
Riled Over Rilose
Yesterday, a member of the “Bodybuilding Revealed” forum asked a question about Rilose… specifically, whether it was “worth the money” or not. At this point, a lot of you might be wondering: what the heck is Rilose? So before I go on, let me explain… For the non-lifting public: it’s typical for serious lifters to suck down some fast-digesting carbs and protein before/during/after workouts, as...
Weight Loss Lip Gloss
Yeah, I know…it’s a real eye-roller. Nonetheless, people do fall for gimmicks like this, especially when the products are attractively packaged and the ad spiels are dressed up with sciency-sounding explanations about transdermal absorption of “clinically proven” ingredients. Thus, I was prepared to high-five an article in the L.A. Times: “A Little Lip Gloss, a Little Weight Loss” by Alexandra...
“Clown Car” Supplements
I’m currently wrapping up a review on Muscle Asylum Project’s “Freak Fix Muscle Whey.” For those of you who don’t already know, MAP is owned by Iovate Health Sciences – the parent company of Muscletech. Now MAP is a separate label, but it’s really a distinction without a difference. The way the MAP stuff is designed and marketed, it might as well BE Muscletech. Now, Muscletech’s stuff...
Ice Scream
I’m proud of my food tech training and background. Nonetheless, there are times when the food industry makes me want to scream. Like today, after reading this industry article… Ice-cream as a vehicle for delivering probiotic strains has ‘great potential’, giving a health boost without affecting the sensory profile of ice-cream, say Brazilian scientists. But the products must be backed up by the science and accompanied by...
From the Mailbag: Thoughts on NO-Xplode
Paul forwarded a reader comment to me yesterday, and I thought the subject was worth exploring in depth: I’m curious to know your opinion on the negative effects of Rutaecarpine? There are a lot of reliable (!?) anecdotal reports of liver enzyme issues. A quick search finds multiple studies, including human, of this compound inhibiting liver microsomes. Rutaecarpine is in products like BSN No Xplode (which many of the anecdotal...
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