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What Are We Eating?

Posted by on 5:38 am in nutrition, UltimateFatBurner.com | 3 comments

Via The Atlantic, here’s a cool graphic from dailyinfographic.com, on “what the average American consumes in a year.” Click on the pic to embiggen. The average American downs nearly 142 pounds of added (caloric) sweeteners/year!...

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Every Little Bit Helps

Posted by on 5:50 am in fitness, Health and Wellness, UltimateFatBurner.com | 0 comments

… even when it comes to exercise – if the results of this recent study are to be believed. According to Maev Kennedy of The Guardian… A cheering piece of research suggests that just 15 minutes of exercise a day – half the recommended amount in the UK – can...

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Tomatoland

Posted by on 6:00 am in Food Tech, UltimateFatBurner.com | 1 comment

Supermarket tomatoes suck. Barry Estabrook explains why, in his new book, “Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit.”   Just added it to my Amazon...

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FTC Goes After Acne App Marketers

Posted by on 5:19 am in Health Claims, Laws & Regulations, News, UltimateFatBurner.com | 0 comments

LOL – this was a new one on me: using phone apps to commit health fraud. The cases involving mobile apps “AcneApp” and “Acne Pwner” are the first the FTC has brought targeting health claims in the mobile application marketplace. The FTC alleged that the mobile apps were...

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Study: Regular Aerobic Exercise Best for Reducing Visceral Fat

Posted by on 5:45 am in Health and Wellness, Obesity, UltimateFatBurner.com | 0 comments

Hot off the presses… The Duke study showed aerobic training significantly reduced visceral fat and liver fat, the culprit in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Aerobic exercise also did a better job than resistance training at improving fasting insulin resistance, and...

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World’s Heaviest Mom Going on a Diet

Posted by on 5:16 am in Obesity, UltimateFatBurner.com, Weight Loss | 3 comments

Back in 2010, Donna Simpson – the World’s Heaviest Mom (according to the Guinness Book of World Records) – was attempting to fulfill her fantasy… hitting 1,000 pounds. I guess reality proved to be more compelling than fantasy, since Simpson intends to...

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