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I don’t mean to jump on anyone’s New Year’s Resolutions, but this video is so dead-on it’s not just funny; it hurts.
Anyone who’s ever been to a commercial mega-gym or God-forbid, tried to get out of their membership agreement once you’ve decided to cancel, should really be able to relate…
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With the New Year approaching soon and marathons over recently, I agree with BuzzFeed that a few pick-me-ups of sadly-accurate exercise humor is just what the doctor ordered to psych you up for all your Get-in-shape resolutions & new gym memberships!
And your trainer (or WebMD’s Fit-O-Meter) should Absolutely be able to tell you how many calories you’ve burned sliding down that wall crying.
Now check out the other 18!…
One of the problems we have right now with obesity is that we are in an unprecedented time of caloric & sugary plenty in the developed world.
The reason that’s an issue is the human body evolved its metabolism to store fat, so you don’t die in a famine. -A thing we still used to have until very recently.
So now, where the body has not caught up to the times, science has. Because if scientists have their way, your present damnation of excess fat could strangely become your salvation…
A new meta-analysis review of the 70s-80s low-fat-diet recommendations of The McGovern Report is out.
And the controversial Zoe Harcombe’s team concludes the science behind the report was so undercooked and incomplete as to be false.
So because of that, they suggest the floodgates on high-fat diets have been opened, and it’s: F*** The Fettuccine, Full Butter Ahead!
-Or so it would seem…
In this post on Fast Food, Josh Barro & his pals at the New York Times’ Upshot show us a photo-list of 16 meals at different chain restaurants,
Each of which is equal to the average-person’s total daily allowance of roughly 2,000 calories.
Some of the meals look scary easy to eat, like the Potbelly’s Big Italian with standard sides (above)….
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So we’ve all seen Arnold Schwarzenegger’s favorite insecure narcissist (no not the cleaning-woman), Jamie-Lee Curtis hinting at the tectonic detonations that must be occurring in her GI-tract on a daily basis.
Well Thank God, a few crafty researchers at Vanderbilt have addressed a far more serious problem than scorched neighbor-hedges as the result of morning yoga downward-dog in Malibu.
The Sean Davies team has come up with a very-possible One-Pill-Cure to: … Obesity!
As you might imagine…
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We’ve all heard the crazy claims. -Don’t do anything involving Hard Work, Research, Discipline, or Nutrition; -Just Pop a Pill! And Let Chemistry Do The Work For You!!!
Oliver doesn’t stop the funny to explain the ephedra issue very well, and he certainly does tee off on a doc trying to fill his hour of content. Unfortunately, that content sometimes seems aimed at the people who read the National Enquirer for diet-tips in the checkout aisle.
-And then put it back without paying.
But really; -Let’s face it. This is all really about…
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Nothing too revolutionary here. -At least not in-terms of biotech inventions or hidden health-hacks and freakonomics.
Just a very determined average person trying whatever she could do, one baby-step at a time.
Teena Henson’s story is “Biggest Loser”-weight loss without all the BS or reality-TV-salaciousness.
Among those small steps were: Finding a gym with workable hours, Quitting soda immediately, Losing other fast carbs, Phasing-in exercise, Switching …
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