Your body is a lean, mean, fat-burning machine just waiting to happen! All you need is the knowledge and determination, and your extra weight will be gone in no time. In fact, you don’t necessarily have to make drastic changes. Try these 10 simple tweaks to your lifestyle, and you will see results.
1. Lift weights. [...]
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7 Diners Poisoned in Japan… Eating Fish Testicles
Maybe eating fish balls wasn’t the best idea in the first place. Then again, I didn’t know fish had testicles.
The owner of the restaurant in Tsuruoka Japan, who is also the chef, wasn’t licensed to serve blowfish - a delicacy that is also potentially deadly. He was questioned on suspicion of “professional negligence.”
Blowfish poison, called [...]
The Dangers of Obesity in Two Minutes
Johnson & Johnson put together a powerful testimonial as to why obesity is so dangerous. It’s a brief, but frank, two-minute piece on what the consequences are of not taking care of your weight. Most people know about the basics: obesity can lead to heart problems, diabetes, etc. But narrator Dr. Nancy Snyderman digs into [...]
Eat Your Veggies, or This Creepy Monster Will Get You!
I’m not sure what year this advertisement is from, but I would guess by appearances, somewhere in the ’50s. Either way, it appears that some food marketers were intent on scaring the living bejeezus out of kids in order to convince them to eat their vegetables.
The Jolly Green Giant that I recall from growing up [...]
Sushi Dos and Donts
I’m not sure what the allure is about raw fish, but sushi is one of the few foods that I get pretty obsessive about. I’ll go through phases where I want it at least once a week.
As long as you don’t go too heavy on the white rice and soy sauce, hefty sources of refined [...]
Keep a Sharp Mind… by Partying?
If you want to keep a sharp mind well into your golden years, you should consider a life full of partying! Well, not like Keith Richards, though he has managed to survive all manner of late night, um, socializing.
Believe it or not, researchers think that you should make ample time for social events. That’s because [...]
Man is Too Fat to Adopt a Child
A man in England is deemed too fat to adopt a child. Meanwhile, 4,000 kids in the UK remain without a home. I blog further on this craziness over at Diets in Review.
AYDS, or How to Ensure Your Diet Product Will Crash and Burn
I’m not exactly sure why, but this diet product isn’t around anymore:
According to wikipedia:
Ayds was an appetite-suppressant candy which enjoyed strong sales in the 1970s and early 1980s. It was available in chocolate, chocolate mint, butterscotch or caramel flavors, and later a peanut butter flavor was introduced.
Tart Cherries Have Sweet Rewards
You can think of cherries as the red-headed stepchild of the fruit family. While apples have spent all their time keeping the doctor away, the cherry bided its time usually as a garnish on an ice cream sundae or in cherry pie. Paling around with fatty desserts has a way of ruining your reputation, I [...]
Recession Leads to Receding Waistlines
If there can be a silver lining in an economic downturn, it may be that we get healthier. Within a broader piece on the current dire economic conditions, Bryan Appleyard of The Times in the UK reports on how a recession has a few favorable side effects:
The strange thing is that people get healthier in [...]
