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Why I Don’t Trust Nutrition Scientists
Nutrition science is a young science. Over the course of the last hundred years, every major nutrient has been vilified both by scientists and public opinion.
In my own short life, Ive seen fat and carbohydrates take significant hits. You wont be surprised to learn that before the anti-fat craze of the 70s and 80s, popular nutrition science was anti-protein.
It all began with John Harvey Kellogg, the man behind Kelloggs breakfast cereals. He was a surgeon and chief medical officer of Battle Creek Sanitarium.
Feds now back morning-after pills for all girls
NEW YORK After setting off a storm of criticism from abortion rights groups upset that a Democratic president had sided with social conservatives, the Obama administration said it will comply with a judge’s order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions.
But in doing so, at least one opponent of easy access to the contraception thinks the president is buckling to political pressure, rather than making the health of girls a priority.
The Justice Department notified U.S. District Judge Edward Korman on Monday that it will submit a plan for compliance.
Frevo, a musical Brazilian churrascaria experience
Frevo is a Brazilian range of colorful dancing styles that are associated with Brazilian carnivals. This is also the name of a traditional Brazilian restaurant in Dubai. It is known for the mouthwatering Brazilian meats served on swords. Frevo has a set menu of all you can eat from their 13 different kinds of meat cuts. They also offer a menu for vegetarians.
The grill restaurant is located in the lobby level of Fairmont Resort at the Palm Jumeirah. You can hear the festive music before you even enter the restaurant. It comes from a live band singing original South American music and the people singing along while enjoying their food.
Body-weight training works to promote strength and growth
I was having a good discussion with one of my clients the other day about whether it’s possible to build muscle or increase strength when you don’t have a gym full of strength-training gear at your disposal. I definitely believe this is possible, because I’ve done it myself.
The thing many fitness enthusiasts forget is that training isn’t about completing a certain number of repetitions, or performing a list of exercises.
When body-appearance obsession becomes a disorder
A disfiguring bump on the nose that seems to scream for plastic surgery; eyebrows that appear to get thicker and thicker, requiring constant plucking; bodybuilding that never seems to build enough muscle to satisfy — the obsessions that come with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) can take many forms. To the rest of the world, that bump, the eyebrows, the not-buff-enough muscles or other perceived imperfections appear, at worst, unremarkable. But for a person who suffers from BDD, the preoccupation with a feature he or she believes to be grotesque or defective can take a heavy toll, demanding hours of fussing or agonizing. Read full post…