Simple Questions Don’t Always Have Simple Answers
A case in point popped up on the “Bodybuilding Revealed” forum recently… “What is the best multivitamin?” That’s a pretty, simple question… but I’ll be damned if I know the answer. I’m not sure what “best” even means, when it comes to multivitamins. To be perfectly honest, there are very few objective standards for evaluating a multi. The few that come to my mind are:...
Men Get Eating Disorders Too
Which is the reason Sam Thomas developed a website on the topic…he knows, from personal experience. A man who spent years struggling with bulimia has set up a website for men with eating disorders because he says most of the help available is aimed at women. Sam Thomas, 23, developed the condition at school when he was bullied from the age of 13. He told Radio 5 Live that he’d always assumed it was a woman’s problem....
It Must Be Snowing in Hell Today!
I just read a surprisingly decent fitness article from Prevention this morning. No stereotypes, no hidden assumptions, no over-interpretation of research…just straight-up, useful information for your average “Jane” looking to shed a few pounds and optimize her workout time in the gym. Kudos to Liz Plosser, author of “6 Workout Mistakes that Slow Down Results“. Click the link and...
Who the Hell is Rick Gray???
Had an IM chat this morning w/Simon, the admin for the forums I mod, about Rick Gray. I hadn’t finished my coffee yet, and wasn’t quite awake…so when Si asked me if I’d ever heard of the guy, I momentarily confused him with the author of “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.” A quick Google search revealed the error, however (the “Mars/Venus” author is JOHN Gray, not Rick), so my...
What’s it Like to be Part of a Clinical Trial?
I thought this video from MedPage Today was rather interesting…It’s about the experiences of a subject in a placebo-controlled clinical trial for a new obesity drug. The subject also happens to be the staff member who wrote the accompanying article: contributing writer Joe Sussman. Several points leaped out from the vid… 1. How powerful the placebo effect can be. He still has no idea whether he was given the...
False Confidence (I Hope…)
I was reading an online industry article this morning: “The Invincibles – Recession Proof Food and Healthy Eating“, and winced when I read this part: Other food categories that are expected to be virtually immune to the economic storm include French fries, candy and beer, while those expected to suffer include organics and carbonated beverages. But in an interview the Financial Post, published last week, Wallace...
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