FYI
Just thought I’d mention it, in case anyone’s been wondering… It’s been a while since I’ve penned any bodybuilding supp reviews, let alone more functional food reviews or glossary entries. This isn’t because I’m slacking –...
read moreSpeaking of Exercise Gimmicks… Shoes!
Tara Parker-Pope has an appropriately skeptical post in the NYT about those Reebok “Easy Tone” shoes… here’s the money quote: But the claim that the shoes offer muscle toning is backed by a single study involving just five people, not published in a...
read moreAren’t Reporters Supposed to Check Their Facts?
Aarrrgh… when “health” columnists apparently run out of topics, they can always turn to the usual handwringing about student athletes taking – gasp! – creatine, and other supplements. But this “Julie’s Health Club” column in the...
read moreFTC Nails Infomercial Scumbags
This time, it’s the “Health Man” and associates, who were peddling the “7 Day Miracle Cleanse Program.” The marketers of the 7 Day Miracle Cleanse Program, a purported herbal colon-cleansing program, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...
read moreBSN 1, Muscletech 0
LOL – Muscletech just bit the dust in a patent-infringement case against BSN – thanks to a supplement ad in Flex Magazine – from June, 1996. According to Judith Grubner of Nutrisuplaw.com: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit just applied this...
read moreDo I Love or Hate the CSPI? It’s a Little of Both, Actually
As the title implies, I have some pretty mixed feelings about the Center for Science in the Public Interest. I love the organization for the way it exposes corporate bad behavior. The CSPI’s recent press release about Nickelodeon is a case in point: WASHINGTON—Despite...
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