“MisFits” Misfires
I usually enjoy the “MisFits” column in the Washington Post. Authors Vickie Hallett and Lenny Bernstein have an obvious enthusiasm for health/fitness. But I found this short notice annoying: Get Fit in 2010 Monday, November 23, 2009; 7:03 PM New Year’s...
read moreTIME: How Sugary Cereal Makers Target Kids
The Nov. 2 issue of TIME magazine has a great article on the latest report from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity: “Sweet Spot: How Sugary Cereal Makers Target Kids.” Rudd researchers just finished crunching Nielsen and comScore data — which track...
read moreThe Alpha Male Challenge – Week 9
And th-th-th-thaaaat’s all, folks! This week wasn’t too different from last week – except a little less grueling. There was only one “Punisher” set and 2 drop sets in the three workouts. This was fine with me, however… not sure I could have...
read moreI’m Not Raising My Hand for Chocolate Milk
This LA Times article describes what happens when your kids are raised to prefer sweetened foods. Reporting from Chicago – The dairy industry recently rolled out an expensive media campaign in praise of chocolate milk, a classic school lunch drink that’s under...
read moreSpanx For Dudes?
Introducing the RipTFusion, “the revolutionary torso enhancing undershirt.” And no, I don’t believe in Spanx for wimmin, either. What’s the point in pretending to have a better body than you really do? If you need “body shaping”...
read moreMen’s Health on Acai: “Pulp Fiction”
We haven’t visited Ye Olde Superfruit controversies in a while, so I thought I’d link to this recent Men’s Health article on acai by Bryan Smith. The upshot, say experts, is that no one fruit or berry, no matter what its ORAC score, fires an antioxidant silver...
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