6 Worst Diet Fads

If you’ve visited a bookstore this month, you probably weren’t able to avoid the giant pyramid of diet books that magically appears right after Jan. 1. Whether you find those titles inspiring or just guilt inducing, one thing is certain: many of them sound too good to be true. And often they are. These popular weight-loss fads usually aren’t all…

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F.D.A. Finds ‘Natural’ Diet Pills Laced With Drugs

Food and Drug Administration says those weight-loss capsules, called StarCaps and promoted as natural dietary supplements using papaya, could be hazardous to your health.

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6 Reasons Why a Glass of Wine Each Day May Do You Good

Already well-known as heart healthy, wine in moderation might help you lose weight, reduce forgetfulness, boost your immunity, and help prevent bone loss. … just don’t pound the whole bottle in one sitting.

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Women’s breasts getting bigger

New Zealand women are getting bigger breasts, with D cups and bigger accounting for nearly half of Bendon bras sold in New Zealand last year.

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The reason fat people find it hard to lose weight is found

Scientists have discovered why fat people find it so hard to lose weight, which will lead to many new approaches to weight loss.

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Fattest, Unhealthiest US City is… Yep, in West Virginia

Nearly half the adults in Huntington’s five-county metropolitan area are obese – an astounding percentage, far bigger than the national average in a country with a well-known weight problem.

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Aspirin vs. Marijuana

When Bayer introduced aspirin in 1899, cannabis was America
’s number one painkiller. Until marijuana prohibition began in 1937, the US Pharmacopoeia listed cannabis as the primary medicine for over 100 diseases. Cannabis was such an effective analgesic that the American Medical Association (AMA) argued against prohibition on behalf of medical….

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Orgasm on a Bike?

I posted this over on Paunchiness as well but I thought it was fitting here.

I’ve always wanted my wife to get a bike so she could go on rides with me. Unfortunately, she’s not really into the whole idea of riding and doesn’t really get it. I’ve thought about sneaking one in for a birthday or christmas present. I feel that getting someone exercise equipment in any form for a present sends the a mixed message. Even though my wife looks incredible and takes care of herself I think she’d figure I gave her a bike because I thought she was fat and needed to work out more.

Either way, this is a funny video. Show it to your loved ones for a laugh not to butter them up in preparation for buying them there first bike since childhood.

If you’re still thinking about buying a wife or a girlfriend a bike it’s probably ok as long as it’s an arbitrary gift sometime in the spring and not in any way related to a holiday where they expect something that they want.

Apple to announce new laptops next Tuesday!

The rumors were true folks. Apple is staging an invitation-only Town Hall event in San Francisco next Tuesday, October 14th. It’s absolutely safe to say they’ll be showing off new laptops.

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Win an Apple® iPod® Shuffle

Win an ipod from paunchiness

In an effort to increase readers to our new blog we
’re going to have a little contest. The rules are simple and you really don’t have to do all that much work to win. Simply send us some visitors from your blog, we’ll track it using Google Analytics and whoever sends us the most traffic wins.

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