Monthly Archives: April 2007

Shrek is a Fat Ogre

Back in October '06, I wrote an entry basically skewering Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt for a really stupid press release put out by his department. Click on the link if you missed it. Anyway, Mike and the geniuses at HHS have come up with some more brilliance.This ...

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Go Fish

I take an essential fatty acid supplement every day, because like most Americans, I probably don't eat enough fish to get an adequate supply. (Okay, forget probably. I don't eat enough fish.) The American Heart Association recommends eating fish (particularly fatty fish) at least two times per week. Fatty ...

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CortiStupid

So I'm listening to the radio on my way to the training studio this morning. Don't you hate when you hit it just right so that no matter how many stations you have preset on your dial, not one of them is playing music? I was in the middle of one ...

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Mother’s Little Helper, part 2

Regular readers will remember a post a little while back where I explained exactly what supplements I take, and why. I also included a comment that I thought most of the stuff in your typical GNC or other similar store was junk. I believe that even more today. My clients know ...

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Why You May Need To Eat More Protein

I find most clients who come to me looking for weight loss are generally not eating very much protein (unless they are Atkins victims, but that's a whole other post). Most people that I work with have been getting the vast majority of their calories from carbohydrates, and often get little to no protein ...

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