Poll: The Black Swan Diet

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 21:38
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Does life imitate Hollywood or does Hollywood imitate life?

The “Black Swan” diet has recently arisen as a result of the new movie “The Black Swan” starring Natalie Portman, who was just nominated for best actress by the Academy for her role.

Already slender Portman lost 20 pounds for her role as a ballerina by starving herself and intense training.

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You Don’t Need To Be Thin To Be Healthy

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:04
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Does losing weight make you healthier? A study published in January’s edition of the Nutrition Journal suggests not.

The co-authors, nutritionist Linda Bacon and dietitian Lucy Aphramor, want to see a shift in advice from weight management to “Health at Every Size (HAES)”.

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Overweight Young Adults and Social Clusters

Monday, January 24, 2011 10:07
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Heavier young adults tend to hang out with and date other overweight people.

While this research doesn’t seem to be inherently shocking, the study shows an encouraging sub-finding — overweight young adults have more social contacts trying to lose weight, and greater intentions to lose weight.

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Weight loss made easy

Sunday, January 23, 2011 9:03
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A lot of people know that weight loss only means two things: eating less and exercising more. Though this may sound so easy, but doing the act itself may take more work than you ever expected. In…

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Starbucks Trenta: America What Is Wrong With You?

Saturday, January 22, 2011 4:25
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Earlier last year we mentioned the trial of a super-size Starbucks drink – the Trenta. The Trenta is the next size up from Venti and measures up at 31 fluid ounces, or 916 mls. Starbucks have now announced the US-wide roll-out of the drink. Why? According to Starbucks:

We listened to you. You told us on My Starbucks Idea and through your purchases that you love refreshing iced coffee and tea beverages but want them in a larger size.

Venti is not large enough. Apparently we want it even bigger.

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McDonald’s Employee Fired For Letting Adrian Peterson Pee

Friday, January 21, 2011 13:43
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I would have fired her for being a Vikings fan, plus letting some dude use the bathroom late at night.

But despite her poor choice of football teams, an assistant manager at McDonald’s was only fired for letting Minnesota Vikings “star,” running back Adrian Peterson, use the restroom after hours.

Here’s the problem. It was 3 a.m. and only the drive-thru was open, the rest of the “restaurant” was closed. So by letting AP go pee-pee she broke the rules. Its clear cut to me.

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Obesity Costs the United States $270 Billion a Year

Friday, January 21, 2011 10:08
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Obesity-related healthcare and loss of productivity at work costs the United States and Canada $300 billion a year, reveals a new study.

The United States accounts for the lion-share of the money at $270 billion. Canada spends $30 billion

According the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2005 1.6 billion adults, ages 15 and older, were overweight and at least 400 million adults were obese, especially in developed countries.

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Big Breakfasts Don’t Help Weight Loss

Friday, January 21, 2011 9:53
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Somewhere down the line you may have heard that the key to weight loss is to; “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper”.

But, if you do eat like a king for breakfast, you may be royally ticked at your lack of progress, according to a study in the Nutrition Journal.

Volker Schusdziarra, MD, of the Else-Kr?ner-Fresenius Center of Nutritional Medicine in Munich, conducted a study on 380 normal weight and obese people who were asked to log what they ate.

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Free Giveaway: Healthy Eating Handbook

Thursday, January 20, 2011 17:06
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Before I begin my review, I must come right out and confess that the Healthy Eating Handbook is my own product. I’ll try to be objective, but you’ll understand if I’m a little biased!

It’s easy to get lost in the sea of diets available these days. It can be really disconcerting, in fact. And for some of you, perhaps you just want to eat healthy, no more dieting. But where to begin?

This is exactly why I’ve written the Healthy Eating Handbook — it is for those of you who are simply fed up with fad dieting, and failed weight loss attempts.

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Eating Fish Cuts Stroke Risk

Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:50
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Women consuming more than three servings of fish each week have a lower risk of stroke, claims a new study.

Over a ten-year period, Swedish women eating plenty of fish were 16% less likely to suffer a stroke.

The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends eating fish at least two times each week, especially fatty fish – such as salmon and mackerel – which are rich in heart-helping omega-3 fatty acids, and low in harmful saturated fats.

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