Archive for December, 2010
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
When it comes to health and wellness, some celebrities can be more uninformed than your average man (or woman)-on-the-street. Some, like Jenny McCarthy, do real harm in their misguided zeal, although in most cases, the advice they give is simply goofy. Some good examples have been identified by a British group, Sense About Science in its annual report, “Celebrities and Science 2010.” Each year
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Celebrities and Science 2010
Tags: advice, average, critical thinking, Health and Wellness, its-annual, jenny, misguided, most-cases, real-harm, science, sense, some-celebrities, the-advice, their-misguided, UltimateFatBurner.com
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Thinking of making a fitness resolution for the New Year? More power to ya, although signing a long-term gym contract may not be the best first step. Sure, there are bargains around, but most commercial gyms aren’t cheap – and if you fall off the wagon (or simply don’t like the place), you end up paying for facilities
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Low Cost Alternatives to Joining a Commercial Gym
Tags: contract-may, fitness, getting in shape, like-the-place, long-term-gym, place, simply-don, the-best, UltimateFatBurner.com, wagon
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Among other things, living in the 21st century means there are some standards in place for diet supplements. At least they don’t contain ingredients like this (click to enlarge): How common were such “supps?” Tough to say… according to Snopes.com: As unlikely as this must sound, there might be some reason to believe tapeworm diet pills were once
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I’m Glad I’m Living in the 21st Century
Tags: diet, other-things, parasites, snopes-com, some-reason, Supplement Ingredients, the-21st, Weight Loss
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Monday, December 27th, 2010
… and Marine Nutraceutical will match your donation through the end of 2010. Vitamin Angels is a non-profit charity group that works to reduce childhood mortality worldwide by distributing micronutrient (vitamin and mineral) supplements. According to the Copenhagen Consensus Center, micronutrient supplementation is… …the top development priority out of more than 40 interventions considered. Specifically, vitamin A supplementation for children (every 4
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Donate to Vitamin Angels…
Tags: angels, consensus-center, copenhagen, Health and Wellness, marine-nutraceutical, mortality-worldwide, non-profit-charity, the-top, through-the-end, UltimateFatBurner.com, vitamin-angels, vitamins and minerals, will-match, your-donation
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
The Xmas/New Year holidays are almost upon us… which means feasting with family and friends. Such times can be trying if your goal is to lose weight or to maintain your healthy eating habits. This isn’t just because there’ll be a lot of rich and tempting food around – it’s also because your food choices are likely
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“Live a Little”
Tags: almost-upon, eating, goal, health, healthy, healthy-eating, lose-weight, UltimateFatBurner.com, Weight Loss, your-goal
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
You may have heard something in the news about a recent experiment in mice… Scientists have partially reversed age-related degeneration in mice, an achievement that suggests a new approach for tackling similar disorders in people.
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The Healthy Skeptic on Telomerase Supplements
Tags: anti-aging, critical thinking, Health Claims, heard-something, new-approach, news, partially-reversed, researchers, restored-the-sense, reversed-age-related, reversed-brain, scientists, sense, the-news, UltimateFatBurner.com
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University recently released a detailed report on fast food nutrition and marketing to kids.
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Yale Report: Fast Food Marketing to Kids Has Increased
Tags: Childhood Obesity, children, detailed-report, food-ads, health, Health and Wellness, healthy-kids, Obesity, university
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
Priceless. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
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Colbert’s Take Down on Food Product Placement “Ads”
Tags: colbert, colbert-report, convenience food, Humor, junk food, thurs, UltimateFatBurner.com
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Saturday, December 18th, 2010
The documentary, “Bigger, Stronger, Faster” came out in 2008, so a lot of people have seen it by now. But for those who haven’t, I thought the following clip (via Sociological Images), which discusses how “before/after” pics can be manipulated, was worth posting: We’ll soon be saying farewell to 2010 and ringing in the New Year.
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Photo Manipulation: Not Done Only on Women’s Pics
Tags: Ad Claims, came-out, critical thinking, faster, following-clip, Photoshop, saying-farewell, sociological, stronger, thought-the-following, UltimateFatBurner.com, Weight Loss
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Friday, December 17th, 2010
Hot off the presses… After months of threats, the Center for Science in the Public Interest has sued Oak Brook-based McDonald’s, alleging that its practice of giving toys with children’s meals is deceptive advertising.
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CSPI Sues McDonald’s Over Happy Meal Toys
Tags: advertising, fast food, last-summer, Laws & Regulations, media-attention, presses, public, the-toys
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