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3 Goofy Fitness Gadgets Every Woman Needs?

I admire entrepreneurs, yet at the same time I grimace at some of the intriguing products that come to market. Fitness and weight loss attract more than their fair share of gimmicks.

Here are three fitness products that gave me a chuckle over the last few months.

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8 comments · January 25, 2010

Chinese Engineers Build Great Wall ... Of Chocolate

If you're a secret chocoholic, this news will have you salivating: a ten-metre long replica of the Great Wall of China has been build - out of chocolate.

Chinese engineers constructed the wall from dark chocolate bricks, and used white chocolate to stick them together.

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6 comments · January 19, 2010

Easter Eggs Already On Sale to Brits

Brits shopping in two big grocery chains, Tesco and Somerfield, have already found chocolate Easter Eggs on the shelves ... just days after Christmas.

If, like me, you have enough Christmas chocolates to last until 2011, you're probably wondering why we're already being encouraged to buy more holiday candy.

One puzzled shopper explained why the early sale of Easter chocolates seemed particularly odd:

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4 comments · January 5, 2010

Anti-Cancer Drugs in French Fries: Good Idea?

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Health Canada is proposing a strange solution to combat the potentially carcinogenic effects of acrylamide found in French fries and chips -- lace them with the antidote, anti-cancer drugs.

Is this a good idea? Bad idea? Is it the ultimate act in "waving the white flag"?

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6 comments · December 23, 2009

Santa Too Fat to Be a Role Model

The Grinch has left his lair above Whoville and, apparently, moved to Australia, where a team of researchers has determined that Santa is an unhealthy role model for children.

Proving their hearts (which true, may be healthy) are three sizes too small, the team from Australia's Monash University, deduced that countries whose children are encouraged to believe in Santa are also those with higher rates of childhood obesity.

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13 comments · December 21, 2009

University Says You're Too Fat to Graduate

Lincoln University

Military, law enforcement, lifeguards, and firemen, all have weight requirements. It's hard to protect and serve with "cankles" and cellulite.

But to graduate college? Yes, college too.

Lincoln University in Pennsylvania will not allow "fat" students to graduate until they have completed a course on fitness.

Let the anger and outrage begin...

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6 comments · December 12, 2009

10 Reasons to Overeat

Instant gratification saves time
Aren't we supposed to end world hunger?
Why cut pork when the government won't?
Grow the economy and yourself.
The U.S.A. can still be No. 1 in something!
Excess is a normal American trait.
It is good exercise for your jaw.
You won't have to fight temptation.
Overeaters get a lot of attention.
It sure does taste good.

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9 comments · November 24, 2009

Fear of Vegetables: Do You Suffer From It?

Vicki Larrieux, a 22-year-old student, claims she is unable to keep to a healthy diet because she is frightened of vegetables. Now I know what you're thinking "Isn't that most of the Western world?" Incredibly enough, Larrieux suffers from a "legitimate" condition called lachanophobia - a fear of vegetables.

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15 comments · November 16, 2009

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