Big Food’s Insane Weight Loss Program

A post today on Bruce Bradley’s blog entitled ‘Big Food’s Insane Weight Loss Program’ does a great job of outlining just how far off base the billion dollar diet industry really is. Even more unfortunate is that we, as a society, are buying it. He reviews three weight loss brands which have, sadly, become one […]

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The “Fat Trap” Article in the NY Times…Really?

An article printed last week in the NY Times discusses what the author refers to as a ‘Fat Trap’, and shares her own difficulties with being able to lose fat and keep it off. With phrases such as “that the biological cards were stacked against me from the start” and “a genetic predisposition for obesity”, […]

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Doctors Endorse a Weight-Loss Program, But It’s All Wrong

I’m angry.  It’s not often that I feel perturbed after reading something, but an article in yesterday’s New  York Times did the trick. In the business section, aptly positioned, was a piece about how Medicare is set to begin reimbursing doctors for obesity treatment in the new year.  A quote in the third paragraph cuts […]

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