Some time ago, I read that Courtney Love installed a lock on her refrigerator to keep herself from snacking. At the time I thought, “Gee, woman, just get some willpower!” But now?
Now I’m a lot more sympathetic. I’m also of the mind that locking my fridge wouldn’t simply prevent me from snacking and thereby ruining [...]

Ever since the news broke that your diet soda may be making you fat, pop-addicts have been anguishing over how to get their fizzy fix. (For Mad William it’s all about a caffeine delivery system.)
The good news? There may be a solution, but you won’t find it in the beverage aisle. Marketed by Virgil’s and [...]

Interesting news today for those who believe switching to diet soda is a way to cut calories: you may actually be increasing your chances for “metabolic syndrome”.
Researchers tracked 9,500 men and women for a period of nine years and found that the risk of developing Syndrome X — as metabolic syndrome is sometimes called — [...]

Back in the 80s, when women actually believed we could have it all and anorexia was something only fading singers and women on SNL endured, there was a saying that “You can never be too rich or too thin”. Naturally, we’ve all since learned otherwise. Which is not to say that most of us wouldn’t [...]

Carson Kressley, formerly of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, has a new TV series, How to Look Good Naked. His mission: to help overweight women stop hating themselves and feel beautiful in their own skin.
And that has ticked off the folks members of the National Action Against Obesity who feel that the show’s message [...]

I ran across an article this morning which really sent my blood pressure spiking. Doctors, it turns out, commonly prescribe placebos to patients, with over half the doctors in a Chicago study admitting that they’d done so in the past.
Sure, there are valid uses for placebos. Take, for instance, the recent study that put [...]

Next time you need a colonoscopy, you’d better pray you aren’t insured by Aetna. The insurance company just announced that it won’t be covering the use of propofol, an anesthetic used to make the procedure less painful for patients.
According to Aetna, the medication is “medically unnecessary,” a claim which colonoscopy patients in New York [...]

Ever notice how after a few days of burgers, nachos and pizza you’re suddenly tired all the time? Or how much more difficult it is to resist those late-night munchies, particularly when there’s half of a cold pizza calling to you from the fridge?
It’s not your imagination. It’s the fat.
Scientists have known for a while [...]

I’ve never been a big fan of milk, though I do love cheese. Until recently, when I went on a dairy-free diet, I’d relied on my rather generous cheese intake to meet my calcium needs from day-to-day. An article I read in Discover Magazine over the weekend (which, unfortunately, is only available in their print [...]

Scientists in Britain have discovered that shaking may do a body good.
Mice placed for 15 minutes daily on a platform that vibrated imperceptibly developed 30% less body fat than their non-shaken peers. The researchers believe this occurred due to the vibrations stimulating muscle contractions, much like exercise. In young mice, they suspect shaken [...]