diet

Sorry for the blank first post - my computer was not co-operating. I'll try again. A topic I've been puzzling over for awhile now, and I've read various opinions on vegetarian ethics groups in regards to "ethical" diets. I look forward to some interesting opinions from the delightful, diverse...

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Hey guys, a friend of mine's mom has just gotten on a diet involving injections of somthing called "human Chorio-Gonadotropin". Apparently this is not approved for weight reduction by the FDA, and the AMA also recommends against it (apparently it's been around since the 70's). She (the...

I have an acquaintance (I won't say friend, since I really can't handle his preaching), who is a raw-foodist. He thinks that the goverment should advocate a diet consisting solely of greens, 'green superfood' (some sort of algae mixture), and regular colonics and detoxes. He justifies the price...

A couple weeks ago, there was a segment on 20/20 or Dateline or something about people who eat only 1200 calories worth of food a day. Anyone heard of this?

I'm good at coming up with the strangest things. Here's one more: Two says ago, my newspaper got soaking wet. Literally. I had to put it over something ontop my heater to dry it out. When it dried out completely the next morning, I lifted the paper off the stand-rig that I made. The paper felt...

I keep seeing this commercial on catv and wonder how many suckers fall for this one. Interesting strategy - charge a ridiculous price and maybe people will think it actually works. Was it PT Barnum (or Hitler?) that said if you're going to lie make it a big one? Also curious as to how they came...

Why is 'diet culture' popular? Why are we in the WEST especially obsessed with diet? I was reading a recent study of chickens in which their sublte social behaviour had been analysed. Apparently females will flock round the honest and brave males because they will clearly help them find food...

Chewing the fad A couple of choice quotes.. How's it going Wile E. Coyote? ( corrected name spelling.. :) )

Hey all. I was reasearching fruitarianism and came across this site: http://hem.fyristorg.com/fruitarian/ . Feel free to take a look, although I quote what is important below. I thought it looked like bunk, so I send the email to the author below asking and got this reply. When will people learn...

As we have seen, some pretty sensational headlines and scoop teasers have been lobbed out of local and some national media outlets regarding the JAMA article that studied Mevacor vs. a diet heavy in plant sterols, soy, and almonds. And of course, like the reporter who was sorely disappointed...

Okay, 2 questions really. 1st: What is the science behind it. 2nd: Is it for real/does it work?

Offered without comment, in the thought that when one can't say something nice . . . http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/038549324X http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0785265198 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0785265678 I am trying so hard not to comment...

I know there has already been a lot of discussion about this in other threads, but I just wanted to relate my personal experience and perhaps get some other personal accounts. I have been on the diet for two weeks now and here are a couple of the things I have noticed: 1. I have perhaps 1/2...

I have a friend who has recently been following a "blood type diet". He lost a lot of weight doing it. My uneducated guess was that no matter what your blood type is, the diet you are given will be healthy and moderate but I don't have any proof. One thought I had was, if you take a random...

Link:"http://www.anorex.com/ There's a new product called "Leptoprin" which is the "generic" name for "Ano-rex" Now, here's the pitch: It's not for the slightly overweight, no. They can't have it 'cuz you wouldn't wanna spend that much money. No, it's for the SERIOUSLY overweight. I can't...