Archive for the 'Health News' Category

There’s fat, and then there’s fat

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

One thing that a lot of people are learning is that not all body fat is created equal. Being a bit flabby in the arms doesn’t have the same long term health problems that belly fat can predict. A recent article on Physorg titled “Not all fat created equal” now contend that subcutaneous fat can [...]

Getting fit with a videogame?

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

If you haven’t heard about the Wii Fit videogame, then let me be the one to lay it out for you. After all these years of sitting blissfully motionless on the couch, this new offering by Nintendo attempts to get us off our butts and on to Nintendo’s Wii Fit balance board controller. This new [...]

Of two minds…

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

I found this article about “obesity discrimination” on Digg, and it gave me food for thought.
“In an overwhelmingly overweight nation that worships thinness, many describe prejudice against the obese as one of the last socially acceptable biases. Advocates for the plus-sized, particularly activists in the “fat acceptance” movement, want obesity to become a category [...]

Maybe I should just rename this blog “Stuff in a can”

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Well, after the Pancakes from a spray can a few weeks back, today we get what is arguably the most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard of.
Cheeseburger In A Can
I mean, the GOOD thing about this is, that now I am completely put off from eating cheeseburgers. This can only be a help to my dieting [...]

Pancakes ……. from a can?!

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

OK, I saw this and my first thought was - This is EVIL. Here I am, trying to be good, trying to lose weight and eat healthy in the morning… and then someone comes along with pancakes in a can. A CAN. This is why we are the greatest (and fattest) nation in the world… [...]

My Healthy New Year’s Resolutions

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Well, I wasn’t going to post my New Year’s Resolutions. But then I stumbled on this article via Digg where the author posts his six New Year’s healthy resolutions, so I decided that I would match them with my own. Here are my resolutions - what are yours?
1. I will love myself enough to get [...]

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