Let’s slice up the “pizza-a-day” diet!
While few things are more commendable than a solid food challenge, nothing triggers my horse poop detector like this Mad Lib: “I’m going to eat [popular junk food] for [number over 30] days to prove [accepted nutrition belief]
Continue Reading | Add CommentCan losing weight really break your metabolism?
By now, you probably know about the media’s gloomy take on a recent study in the journal Obesity regarding how participants of The Biggest Loser have broken metabolisms. If not, here’s the skinny, so to speak. The Biggest Lose
Continue Reading | Add CommentBig Sugar and Big Corn Syrup sue each other over who sucks less
In a battle best likened to Godzilla versus Mechagodzilla, the sugar industry took corn refiners to court last Wednesday, suing for 1.1 billion dollars over a 2011 ad campaign that described high fructose corn syrup as “cor
Continue Reading | Add CommentNew Research Shows Black Coffee Makes You Evil and then Kills You
I prefer my morning java unadulterated, therefore I’m a Machiavellian psycho with sadistic tendencies. These findings (not pertaining solely to me, for the record) come from new research out of the University of Innsbruck
Continue Reading | Add CommentAre you under-eating? Well, knock it off!
NPR ran a segment recently on how many young female athletes tend to undereat, which can result in female athlete triad syndrome: irregular menstruation, low energy, and weak bones. The piece focuses on the bone thing, which i
Continue Reading | Add CommentCalorie Calculators? Who needs ’em?
The other day, I ate dirt while getting fancy on the Honey Badger (translation: I crashed my mountain bike because I was riding like an idiot) and scraped up my knee pretty good. As expected, it bled actual blood instead of petr
Continue Reading | Add CommentLow fat vs. Low carb vs. Who gives a crap?
Another ineffectual salvo was issued in the never-ending “my diet is better than your diet” nutritional Nerf battle this month when a study popped up the journal Cell Metabolism comparing low-fat diets with low-carb di
Continue Reading | Add CommentThe benefits of going on the juice
Astute Nerd Herders may notice that I’m having a major romance with the new Beachbody Performance (BBP) line of supplements, mostly because the nutty professor lookalikes Beachbody’s R&D team allowed me to play lab rat
Continue Reading | Add CommentIgnore the bacteria behind the curtain!
If I told you that your mind is controlled by bacteria in your gut, you’d probably wonder if I also believe Elvis is still alive and that your FitBit contains government microchips tracking your every move. Well, hold on t
Continue Reading | Add CommentJunk food shaming not as effective as hoped. Nutrition Nerd needs new shtick.
I admit it. I’m a junk food shamer. While I’d never trash a person for what they look like, I’m the first to let loose a pithy comment about what they put in their mouth. If you’ve asked me for help with
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