We’re Number…One? New CDC Fat Maps Are Out And The U.S. Is Still As Obese As Ever

We’re Number…One? New CDC Fat Maps Are Out And The U.S. Is Still As Obese As Ever
I’m Not Fat, I’m Big-Boned: The New CDC Numbers For Obesity Rates Is Out–And It Isn’t Good News “I’m not fat! I’m big-boned!” That’s one of many catch-phrases belonging to Cartman, the loveable/hateable character on South Park, the long-running, cutting-edge cartoon about the lives of four foul-mouthed third-graders in Colorado. Despite being a cartoon ostensibly about children, the show does a tremendous job of parodying modern life and culture, skewering everything ranging from politics to religion.… Read the rest

‘Beige’ Fat Cells: New Japanese Study Shows That Adding More Good Fat To Diet Can Help The Body Burn Off The Bad Fat

‘Beige’ Fat Cells: New Japanese Study Shows That Adding More Good Fat To Diet Can Help The Body Burn Off The Bad Fat
Adding Omega-3s To The Diet Can Help The Body Attack And Burn Off Bad Fat, Says New Japanese Study Looking at Beige Fat Cells There have been so many diet fads over the years–and in this age of instantaneous 24/7 information, the fads change month to month or even week to week–that it is difficult to keep up sometimes. From Weight Watchers to The South Beach Diet to the Atkins Diet to the Paleo Diet–to probably some thousand more “miracle cure” diets that you or I have never heard of, it seems like modern humans can’t give up on the notion that if only we cut out or restrict some particular food from diet, we will wake up one day with the svelte body of a 20-year-old model.… Read the rest