Congrats to Adam Slack
He’s 376 pounds lighter than he used to be! It took trip to the emergency room and harsh words from a doctor before a morbidly obese police officer realized he needed to turn his life around. What happened next astonished everyone. Adam Slack weighed 585 pounds when the Emergency Room doctor walked in. “‘Mr. Slack, what do you want in your obituary? Do you want a long one? Do you want a short one? It doesn’t...
FTC Orders Hoodia Scammers to Turn Over Assets
The press release sez it all: …the Federal Trade Commission settled charges brought against three people and two companies for deceptively advertising a supposed weight-loss supplement ingredient. One defendant is banned from making any weight-loss claims related to foods, drugs, or dietary supplements and must turn over a vacation home and other assets to the FTC; another is banned from the dietary supplement business; and all...
FDA Issues Warnings for 20 “Natural” Diet Pills
The FDA just released a series of warnings about 20 “natural” weight loss supplements found to contain sibutramine. Sibutramine is – or rather, was – a prescription weight loss drug (it was withdrawn from the market last year). The supps in question are: “Slender Slim 11,” “Advanced Slim 5,” “A-Slim 100% Natural Slimming Capsule,” “Dream Body Slimming Capsule,” “Ja Dera 100% Natural Weight Loss Supplement,”...
James Fell on Cellulite
James S. Fell is a certified strength and conditioning coach who writes a semi-regular column, “In-Your-Face Fitness” for the L. A. Times. His current column covers a topic I’ve discussed before: cellulite. It’s a good rundown on what happens to it when you lose weight, and discusses the latest therapies (such as they are). A taste: Both my research and that of real scientists suggest that diet and exercise...
World’s Heaviest Mom Going on a Diet
Back in 2010, Donna Simpson – the World’s Heaviest Mom (according to the Guinness Book of World Records) – was attempting to fulfill her fantasy… hitting 1,000 pounds. I guess reality proved to be more compelling than fantasy, since Simpson intends to convert her members-only website – where (among other things) subscribers paid to watch her eat – to a diet blog. Until very recently, Donna Simpson —...
Thoughts on a Detox Death
When I read this CBC report, my first thought was “stupidity carries the death penalty.” But after thinking about it, I realized there was more to it than that. But first, the facts: A Quebec woman rushed to hospital after undergoing an overnight detoxification spa treatment involving intense sweating has died. The woman, 35, died late Friday afternoon in a Drummondville hospital, said Quebec provincial police. She and...
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