SBM: “Dr. Oz and Green Coffee Beans – More Weight Loss Pseudoscience”
Normally, I don’t look forward to Mondays, but today is an exception… we hosted 5 of our kids’ friends from the Tri-Cities for the weekend. Nothing like having 7 teenagers (ok, 6 teenagers – Number One Son is actually 22) around the house, to feed, transport, and tip-toe around in the morning. A good time, however, was had by all – even the chauffeur (yours truly – I rented a Dodge minivan for the...
Would I Eat a Snack Bar Made of Crickets? Sure!
Particularly because the snack bars discussed in this article are made from cricket flour. A new energy bar made primarily from ground-up crickets is now ready to order, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign. Chapul bars are made from baked crickets that are then ground up into a powder and mixed with other ingredients. The process is derived from the Aztecs, who commonly included crickets as part of their regular diet. You...
Talk About Inflated Ad Claims!
I’ve seen some pretty outrageous claims for supps before, but I think the claims for “Undoit,” an Australian product, take the cake: A WEIGHT-LOSS treatment that claims to allow users to gorge on fatty foods and then “undo it” by taking a specified number of its herbal pills is fighting a push to have it banned by the industry regulator. The “Undoit” pills’ website tells readers they can...
Why Supermarket Tomatoes Suck
We moved here to NE Washington in late March, so – as you might expect – it took a while for us to get settled in. Despite the effort involved in unpacking, I still took the time to plant a few seeds. My original intent was to plant the seedlings in containers, and “garden” on the upstairs porch, but at the last minute, I decided to clear out a weed-and-grass-choked raised bed in the backyard, and transplant my...
I’ll Take the “Double Bacon Bohemoth Burger,” Thank You!
This new ad for “Lean Pockets” (low-fat/calorie version of “Hot Pockets”) is making the rounds of the blogosphere: Most folks commenting on this appear to be stunned at the sheer, campy awfulness of David Hasselhoff’s performance. I can’t argue with the critics; although I also can’t fault Mr. Hasselhoff: he’s an actor… it’s his job to follow the script and direction....
I <3 Ernestine Shepherd!
She’s awesome. Just watch: (via Jezebel)
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