Put Your Weights Away, Or Pull Back A Bloody Stump…
damn, they’re strict at my gym… I checked in for a workout today (Halloween), and there’s this decapitated arm on the front counter with a gruesome warning mesage: […]
"Sure Things"For Burning Fat, Part 1
There are not many “sure things” in life. Almost everyworthwhile endeavor comes with a certain degree of riskand no assurance of the outcome.In the case of chiseling your body into a lean machine, there’s always [...]
Fish Oil May Help You Lose Fat… But Not THAT Much Fat!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere for the last several years, you’ve probably heard about the health benefits of eating fatty fish or taking fish oil supplements. Well, it looks like you might [...]
Obesity Spreads Through Social Networks, Study Finds
Last week, I posted an article about the wide publication of the discovery of an “obesity virus.” Coincidentally, this report came on the tails of en even more publicized study from last month’s New England [...]
Infectobesity – Fact And Fiction About The Obesity Virus
It never ceases to amaze me how the media is so quick to jump on any study that has the slightest ring of “sensational orcontroversial news” written all over it, or how quickly the publicaccepts [...]
$16 Million Worth of Ab Belts Later, Justice Prevails
Last year I wrote an article / newsletter warning consumers about body wraps, abdominal belts and abdominal electrical muscle stimulation for weight loss. 700,000 ab belts and $16 million later, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [...]
FTC Orders Makers Of Xenadrine To Pay Retribution After Making False And Unsubstantiated Claims
8/8/2007 – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Monday that it will be accepting refund requests from consumers who feel they were defrauded by miselading advertising claims and falsifying before and after photos. This [...]
Oolong Tea And Green Tea Scam Warning!
You’ve probably seen the advertisements: “Drink oolong tea and lose a jeans size every 7 days!”… “Burn 20 lbs of fat in 30 days with green tea!” … Maybe you even watched Oprah a few [...]
Listen To Maintainers, Not To Losers
I have very little interest these days in all the media-hyped stories of dramatic, rapid losses of body weight. That doesn’t impress me, for numerous reasons. For example,weight is not fat. “weight” could be composed [...]
Foods That Burn Fat – The Top 10 Lists
In a previous Burn the Fat Blog post, I wrote about the “skinny fat” phenomenon, and this obviously struck a nerve as many burn the fat readers chimed in with their opinion about how real [...]