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Friday, January 30, 2009

Funny Friday: The Broken Escalator

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Oh the horror! Today's Funny Friday is a reenactment of the drama associated with a broken escalator. Have a great weekend! [Very belate...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Have you eaten off a Weight Watchers menu over the past 4 years?

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If it was at an Applebee's you might want to give Tara Kelly a call. If you remember a few months back I blogged about the calorie label...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Small Victory in Quebec in the Battle for your Children's Plates

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Two days ago Saputo Inc., makers of the obscenely Heart and Stroke Foundation Health Check endorsed chocolate chip muffin and peddled by ad...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

World's Stupidest School Food Policy?

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Wow. And here I thought that St. Andrew Elementary in Barrhaven's weekly ice-cream sandwiches for 6 year olds was a stupid plan. This on...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Going Out of Business Sale

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Git'mo of everything! Today for Funny Friday is SNL's take on the closing of Guantanmo Bay. (remember email subscribers need to head...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Are you eating North America's Least Healthy Breakfast Cereal?

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Can't say I've ever heard of it. Quaker Instant Grits Butter Flavor received a score of just 6/100 from NuVal (formerly known as ON...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The Lancet Hates the new UK Obesity Initiative

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Can't say I blame them. Change4Life , the new massive UK initiative to help with their obesity epidemic is being paid for by the very co...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Quackery: The Amazing "Diet Guard"

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Wow. " Snack Proof your Mouth " How will you do that? You'll shove two plastic mouth guards into your mouth so that you can...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Frankenfood - Hot Beef Sundae Edition

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Yup. Hot. Beef. Sundae. Thanks to Matthew Stoller who snapped pics of one of the viler Frankenfoods I've ever seen. The description ...
Friday, January 16, 2009

Men vs. Women vs. The Walk-in Closet

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Sure it stereotypes men and women, but that doesn't mean it isn't funny. Today's Funny Friday covers the differing priorities of...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Badvertising: Anti-aging Yogurt puts the "sigh" in Acai

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Yup, it's anti-aging. Why? Because of the miraculous Brazilian acai berry that contains "antioxidants". According to Dairyland...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Badvertising: Chips are Vegetables, Right?

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So after I eat my heart chips, I'm going to have a hearty serving of vegetables. No stupid broccoli for me. Kiss my artichokes goodbye. ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Badvertising: Heart Chips

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Yup, I get all my whole grains from salty snack foods. No stupid whole grain breads, pastas or cereals for me. Those are for suckers. I eat ...
Monday, January 12, 2009

Badvertising: Cholesterol Lowering Orange Juice

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"What's not to love", the ad asks. How about the 22lbs worth of OJ calories you'll have to drink per year to get the 12% r...
Friday, January 09, 2009

Are Taxis Cheaper than Hearses?

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Dad, I know you've always wanted a hat tip so here you go. Hat tip to my Dad for today's Funny Friday which proves cabbies are far m...
Thursday, January 08, 2009

Renowned Dietitian Leslie Beck Calorically Confused?

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What is it about calories that makes health professionals not want to talk about them? Some say that teaching people about calories will lea...
Wednesday, January 07, 2009

New York State Health Commissioner Calorically Confused?

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I figure most of my blog readers already know about New York State's fat-tax proposal whereby an 18% premium will be attached to sugary ...
Tuesday, January 06, 2009

I hope you gained weight over the holidays

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That's what I'm telling my patients. Frankly I think for many (certainly not all), significant losses over Christmas and New Years c...
Monday, January 05, 2009

French-Fried Hot Dogs?

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I need a softball post to get back to blogging and thanks to my favourite blogging anaesthetist Joe, I've got one. Introducing this year...
Friday, January 02, 2009

Weighty Matters Cracks Wikio's Top 50 Health Blogs!

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Received a nice email today from Nicolas over at Wikio advising me that Weighty Matters cracked their top 50 list for Health Blogs. Below is...
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