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Weight Watchers donates $1 million to combat world hunger...
…but dammit, they’re still in the weight-loss business and had the temerity to use pounds lost by its members as an incentive in a six-week drive that ended a week and a half ago. As noted… more →
Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge
Weight Watchers donates $1 million to combat world hunger...
kemibe wrote 1 month ago: …but dammit, they’re still in the weight-loss business and had the temerity to use pound … more →
Practical 1
middleagedmedic wrote 2 months ago: Thursday: Health & Society followed by a Biology practical. Health & Society is interesting, … more →
Good intentions
middleagedmedic wrote 2 months ago: My plan to do this each day has already fallen slightly by the wayside. Thursday & Friday evenin … more →
National 24 Hour Championships
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jimfiore wrote 2 months ago: The North Coast 24 Hour Run has just completed. The men’s winner is Phil McCarthy with over 15 … more →
An example of Christian meddling suck
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kemibe wrote 5 months ago: I really don’t have to editorialize any further than I have in the post title. Anyone who does … more →
Douche Limbaugh Strikes Again
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jimfiore wrote 6 months ago: Hey! Do you know what’s REALLY driving up the cost of health care in the USA? Why, according t … more →
The Impending Purge
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jimfiore wrote 6 months ago: There are allusions to “bonobo scat spattered walls” here at the Refuge. Time to go one … more →
The futility of selective nutrient deprivation
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kemibe wrote 9 months ago: Matt Fitzgerald, who has written a slew of articles and books about endurance sports with a special … more →
Plan B now available to 17-year-olds
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kemibe wrote 9 months ago: From the New York Times, evidence of… liberal activist judges legislating from the bench! A fe … more →
Funny, the term "anal, high-athleticism" has been running through my mind all day
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kemibe wrote 9 months ago: Curious about the data behind this graph? Visit Neurotopia to shred all barriers to learning the who … more →
So obesity's a disability, eh? The plane truth
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docbushwell wrote 1 year ago: An interesting situation has developed in the United States’ bigger, cozier neighbor. In Janua … more →
A Kosher Cheat?
snazzymoms wrote 1 year ago: Snazzy Moms presents : Diet Food © – Mariamk.blogpost Now I’m not saying that all you snazzy m … more →
Children, eating disorders, and fat: striking a balance in the classroom
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kemibe wrote 1 year ago: It wasn’t so long ago that the only body-fluid derangement of consequence in the curious milie … more →
NUTRITION LABELS
gabe10 wrote 1 year ago: In 1993, the food and drug administration wrote the rules for nutrition labeling following the passa … more →
EATING FOR EXERCISE
gabe10 wrote 1 year ago: As some of you already know, there are a variety of ways the body “feeds” itself. Befo … more →
Bonking in the Name of Science
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wrote 1 year ago: Mary Roach, author of Stiff and Spook, has a new book debuting this month: Bonk: The Curious Couplin … more →
FIBER, FIBER, FIBER
gabe10 wrote 1 year ago: I’ve taken a few nutrition classes, read parts of health books here and there, and I’ve … more →
QUINOA
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gabe10 wrote 1 year ago: Quinoa is a cereal from South America which should be added to most diets. A staple food of Incans … more →
Vitamin D! how to get it? do you need it?
gabe10 wrote 1 year ago: Vitamin D has been in the news a lot lately. It’s a fat-soluble vitamin which means that it ca … more →
