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Fat Can Be Good For You

odemagazine.com | Ursula Sautter and Janet Paskin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Jenny Matthau stands in front of hundreds of students at the Natural Gourmet School and speaks heresy. The New York City culinary program specializes ...

Is Sugar Addictive?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Irene Rubaum-Keller

French doctor, Serge Ahmed, of Bordeaux, has been working with rats and giving them the choice between cocaine and sugar. Guess what wins, time and again? That's right, sugar.

The Impotance Of Addressing The Stigma That Surrounds The Overweight

The Atlantic Food Channel | Samuel T. Stanley | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

It was around the time of my sister's college graduation when I realized that I could no longer hide the fact that I had lost a significant amount of ...

Thank You, Bill Maher, For Asking Where in the World is Barack Obama and What is He Going To Do About Healthcare?

Anne Dunev | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Anne Dunev

Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.

Do You Have Fat Genes?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you have the DRD2 gene, with the A1 allele variant, you are more likely to be obese and more likely to be addicted to alcohol and/or drugs. This is not your fault.

Is The Recession Making Us Fatter?

blog.newsweek.com | Kate Dailey | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Could the plummeting economy be contributing to expanding waistlines? Something is: new data released exclusively to NEWSWEEK from Gallup-Healthways s...

Is Your Fat, Your Fault?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Comparing the brains of obese vs. lean individuals gets interesting results.

Recovering From Exercise with Food?

Stefan Aschan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Stefan Aschan

Don't wait after a workout to eat. To help your muscles recover and be ready for your next productive workout, implement the strategy of eating protein and carbohydrates after your workout.

A Supreme Court Justice Can be Fat and Fit

Arthur Agatston, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Arthur Agatston, M.D.

I can't speak for whether our Supreme Court candidates are fat and fit or not. But I can tell you not to judge a book (or a judge) by its cover.

An Open Letter to Kirstie Alley

Libby Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Libby Mitchell

Either you can keep riding this weight loss gravy train and sink into mediocrity, or you can rise, like a phoenix from the ashes, say "I don't care what I weigh" and be an actress again.

Can Kate Moss Make Fat Cool?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Maybe women will start realizing that if we put all the energy into solving world hunger that we previously channeled into our arm fat, we could change the world.

An Open Letter to Oprah

Darryl Roberts | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Darryl Roberts

Oprah, for all of our sakes, stop the dieting on your show. It tells way too many women that it's okay to go on unhealthy yo-yo diets.

How to Succeed in Weighing Less

Stefan Aschan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Stefan Aschan

The quality and quantity of calories as well as choosing foods that support your fat metabolism can make you a winner at the losing game.

Two Cheers for Cardiac Superpill

Jim Jaffe | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Jim Jaffe

This new polypill would significantly improve our health to a point where we could go back to eating as much as we liked of whatever we liked without worrying about shortening our lives.

Drive Down Healthcare Costs By Driving Down Obesity

Duncan Quirk | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Duncan Quirk

While Obama outline ways in which the American people have already made and continue to make sacrifices, he's missed out on the opportunity to ask for a sacrifice of time, energy, and our excess weight.

As Obesity Rises, Our Military Shrinks

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

In what I think may be the most poignant picture of the obesity epidemic, it was reported today that 3 out of 4 military-age Americans are unfit for service.

Do You Have to Exercise?

Natalia Rose | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Natalia Rose

One of the most frequently asked questions among my readers and clients is "Do I have to exercise?" Let's shine a new light on exercise, once and for all.

Kiss Her Fat Ass? No Thanks

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Vanessa Richmond

I have a dream that my sisters will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the size of their jeans, but by the content of their character and the quality of their work (or lack thereof).

Introducing a New Holiday: "Totally Honest with Yourself Week"

Richard Laermer | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Richard Laermer

Ah, spring. A time to clean your house, but in my own way of thinking: Let's start to celebrate a new holiday this year in honor of what I'm dubbing Spring Cleaning for Our Souls: So it's Totally Honest with Yourself Week!

Intel Q4 Revenue Down 23%: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 8, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Shelly Palmer

Intel's revenue for the fourth quarter fell 23% over last year. Intel had warned investors that revenue for the fourth quarter would be down, howe...

Feed a Celebrity - Play the Game!

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

This is funny feed-a-celebrity game. See Paris Hilton, she is so skinny and pale. Feed her with hamburgers and hot-dogs to make her look more like a real woman! But be careful! Her dog, poor little soul, also keeps the diet so it is so hungry that ready to snatch out the food from her owner mouth.

Let's Talk About Your Health and Your Weight

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you are not healthy, due to poor diet and lifestyle choices, then you can change that. Take control. Educate yourself about food, calories and healthy eating.

The One Unchanging Rule of Health

Anne Dunev | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Anne Dunev

Improve your nutrition. This is the one thing you can always do which is never ill-advised and will always improve your condition.

Do You Think Michelle Obama Needs to Lose Weight?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Michelle is a perfect role model for all women. She looks like a strong, fit, self-assured woman who can take on anyone she needs to. She is what our culture barely has words for, "normal-weighted".

Dueling Docs

Janice Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Janice Horowitz

Most stomach-stapling patients lose 3/4 of their extra weight within 12 months. However, complications will strike a quarter of people who have the surgery and one in every 200 will die from it.