You Don’t Tug on Superman’s Cape…
You don’t spit into the wind, You don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger And you don’t mess around with Jim. Jim Croce In this case, “Jim” = Judge Robert Gettleman. And he’s none too happy with our good buddy, infomercial scam artiste and all-around shyster Kevin Trudeau. Why? Chicago Breaking News Center Has the details… An angry Gettleman had called Trudeau before him after his e-mail...
“Truth In Advertising”
In a way… From GlaxoSmithKline’s site for Alli: break a bad pattern of eating alli helps you change your approach to food by teaching you to recognize emotional eating and dismantle your external hunger triggers. With the alli plan, you’ll learn how to control your cravings and still enjoy the foods you love. You’ll establish a healthier approach to food. As Douglas Farrago, MD of the Placebo Journal put it:...
If It Sounds Too Good To Be True…
You know the rest of the saying, of course. What amazes me, however, is the number of people who apparently DON’T know it. ‘Take this recent FTC case, against the marketers of “Chinese Green Diet Tea” and the “Bio-Slim Patch,” for example. A federal district court has ordered the marketers of an herbal tea and a diet patch to pay nearly $2 million to the Federal Trade Commission for making...
The Ultimate Fitness Game
Taylor LeBaron is one smart kid. Taylor LeBaron is half the teen he used to be — and that’s a very good thing for both his health and self-esteem. An always-big boy who grew into a severely obese teen, the Georgia native dealt with schoolroom taunts and his own shrinking self-image even as he continued put on the pounds. Finally, LeBaron took control of his life by turning to the thing that helped make him fat in the first place:...
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...
Diana Nyad Blew It
Anyone remember Diana Nyad? Once upon a time, she was a world-class athlete, and – in 1979 – swam 102.5 miles from Bimini to Florida. In subsequent years, she also worked as a sportscaster/journalist, author and speaker. She’s an incredibly accomplished woman. She’s also one of the founders of “Brava Body” a training site offering exercise DVDs and custom workouts. In this capacity, she and her...
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