Disgusting Healthy Food? Gross And Nutritious Food Porn?
Most of the less than appetizing “food porn” pics we get on the net are of the mega-calorie variety; bacon wrapped meatloaf stuffed with cheese and hot dogs and drizzled in butter – that sort of stuff. But what about disgusting, healthy snacks? How come we...
read moreGreater Weight Loss When Carbs Saved for Dinner?
Dr. Arya Sharma, of “Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes” flagged a rather interesting Israeli study on overweight police officers. According to Dr. Sharma: A study by Sigal Sofer and colleagues from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, published in OBESITY,...
read moreMaking Calorie Information Meaningful
Now here’s an idea for communicating the caloric consequences of eating/drinking junk! Displaying the amount of time you’d need to jog in order to burn off the calories from a sugary drink, rather than showing a calorie count, may be more effective in dissuading you...
read moreThe 10 Worst Children’s Cereals
The Environmental Working Group has a new report out: “Sugar in Children’s Cereals: Popular Brands Pack More Sugar Than Snack Cakes and Cookies.” The title doesn’t leave much to the imagination, does it? Ditto the teaser on the cover: “Most parents...
read moreThe Right Move…For The Wrong Reasons
After signalling its intention to act, the FDA finally made it official: warning letters have been sent to several manufacturers of homeopathic HCG weight loss supps. In today’s announcement, the FDA described it as the “first step” towards getting them off...
read moreFTC Temporarily Halts Fake News Sites Selling Weight Loss Supplements
Another day, another supplement scam. The FTC is coming down on yet-another-bunch-of-crooks using phony “news” sites to separate people from their money. The complaint alleges that the defendants hired affiliate marketers who used fake news websites to promote the...
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