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FDA Raids Bodybuilding.com

Posted by on 12:30 am in Laws & Regulations, UltimateFatBurner.com | 0 comments

More evidence of an FDA crackdown on steroid-based supplements. Thursday’s raid followed a two-year criminal investigation into the company and corporate officers, including founder Ryan DeLuca, by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to search warrants filed...

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Our New Prowler Arrives Tomorrow!

Posted by on 5:07 am in Exercises, UltimateFatBurner.com | 1 comment

I got the call today from the freight company – the Prowler that I purchased for John’s birthday (10/8) will be here tomorrow. What’s a Prowler?  LOL!  It’s a “functional fitness” conditioning tool: a heavy sled that can be pushed along the...

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The Alpha Male Challenge – Week 1

Posted by on 5:06 am in Exercises, UltimateFatBurner.com | 2 comments

John and I started the Alpha Male Challenge program this week.  Although we’re both veteran gym rats, there are elements of this program that we haven’t done for a while, so it was a good change up.  It also left us a bit sore, but that’s par for the course....

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Baloney Detection Kit

Posted by on 5:46 am in Ad Claims, Health Claims, UltimateFatBurner.com | 1 comment

Paul sent me a link to this YouTube vid from skeptic, author and professor Michael Shermer.  No, it has nothing to do with supps, diet, exercise or health per se… but it IS relevant to those subjects.  Basically, the vid is about the kinds of questions people need to ask...

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Probiotic Pizza?

Posted by on 5:18 am in Food Tech, Health and Wellness, UltimateFatBurner.com | 0 comments

There are times I’m alternately fascinated and repelled by the stuff the food industry comes up with.  On the one hand, I can’t really object to entrepreneurs pushing healthier versions of not-so-healthy-but-extremely-popular food products… but on the other...

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Nutrition Bars Not So Healthy For Teeth

Posted by on 5:56 am in Health and Wellness, UltimateFatBurner.com | 0 comments

In my local supermarkets, nutrition/energy bars are big business… Fred Meyer, Safeway and Albertson’s all devote a decent amount of shelf space to them.  At Freddy’s – where I shop most often – they’re in the “Health Food”...

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