Will Biking Prevent Weight Gain? Not Exactly…
I have mixed feelings about reports of a new study just published in Archives of Internal Medicine. On the one hand, there’s some good news: biking for as little as 5 min/day helped to reduce weight gain in premenopausal women over a 16 year period. And 30 min of biking...
read moreClash of the Titans
Pepsi – the maker of Gatorade – is still the king of the sports drink market hill – Coca Cola’s Powerade hasn’t even come close to challenging Gatorade’s dominance. But GlaxoSmithKline apparently believes it can succeed where Coke has...
read moreDeceptive Label Claims #1: “No Preservatives”
As implied in the previous post, supplements aren’t the only products that are marketed using deceptive ads and label claims. The food industry often uses similar tactics… it’s just more subtle. The PR people for most food corporations are Jedi Masters when it...
read morePuttin’ Down the Ritz
I was doing my usual “thing” this morning – checking out my favorite blogs while cracking open pistachios (my fave snack) – when my eye was caught by a blog banner ad for “Ritz Crackerfuls.” In addition to a pic of the cracker on the front of...
read moreISSN Exercise & Sport Nutrition Review: Research & Recommendations
I thought I should put a link here to this recent research review, published in the Journal of the International Society of Sport Nutrition. It’s a loooong (43 pages) and somewhat dry read… but it IS readable, and has a LOT to say on the subject of supplements,...
read moreStudy: Cartoon Characters Influence Taste Perception in Children
According to this Health Day report on a new study, young kids believe snacks labeled with their favorite cartoon characters taste better than unlabeled versions. Researchers found that the branding of American food product packaging with characters such as Dora the Explorer...
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