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Anorexic behavior, binge eating, obsessive compulsive behaviors, extreme exercising, purging, abusing diet pills and laxatives--it sounds like a summary of the shameful secrets of characters on Gossip Girl or Desperate Housewives, not life as usual for 65 percent of American women. And yet, so it... Read More »
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I am honored and delighted to know some pretty
awesome people and one of them is the amazing and brilliant Dr. La
Wade, who pens Phat Science and knows of which she speaks, as she's
spent a lot of her professional white coat-wearing experience studying
the effects of obesity and Type II... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (27) | Blog
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We just started reading the new book Bonk by Mary Roach. So far, we dig it. We'll post soon with a full book report. In the meantime, check out Slate's video-interview with her, in which she discusses doing it with her husband under the microscope, as it were, in the name of science... Read More »
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The truth is, all of our modern conveniences like email and microwave ovens and Johnny Depp (what?) mean that we're trying to cram that many more things into our day, having the cake, eating it too, working it off and then watching Rachael Ray make a better cake than the cake you just ate,... Read More »
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It's looking like it might actually get up to the 70's today as
predicted since it is already 50 out right now. The morning walk is so
much more enjoyable when you can just throw on a light coat and go -
hopefully the hat & gloves can be packed away for good as we seem
to be turning... Read More »
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Oh those wacky scientists! This week, they've decided that maybe you don't need to drink as much water as they originally thought. In fact, two kidney experts insist that if you're drinking water when you're not thirsty, you might even be doing some bodily harm. Great, after my... Read More »
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Does this mean men will maybe get to stop apologizing? Because I think that will be the greatest of all outcomes of this study, which says the optimal amount of time for penetrative intercourse ranges between seven and thirteen minutes. They're not measuring the entire time you're in bed... Read More »
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Do you like doughnuts? Wait, that's a no
brainer, because who doesn't like a doughnut! Let me rephrase: do you
have a difficult time resisting taking one, two, fourteen doughnuts off
the filing cabinet at work? Well, hey, it's not your fault! It doesn't
make you a weak person;... Read More »
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