J. Foster

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• Posted 400 Calorie Fix to Diet Blog
  Prevention Editor-in-Chief Liz Vaccariello (remember the Flat Belly Diet?) is back with the 400 Calorie Fix. If you read Prevention you are probably aware of the 400 Calorie column - which focuses on menus and meals that total up to 400 Calories....
• Posted 5 Factor World Diet to Diet Blog
  Looking for a new diet? Diet season is almost upon us, and as silly as it seems, January is the month where people go and buy diet books. Publishers know this and hold back releases until January. The 5 Factor World Diet is on its way. It follows on from 5 Factor Fitness and the 5 Factor Diet (I...
• Commented on Lola: The Weight Loss Chocolate
  Looks to be 70% cocoa....
• Posted Quick Giveaway: Powerhouse Weight Loss Game to Diet Blog
  Powerhouse Performance Coaching have offered a free game (worth $19.99). Hit the Deck is a simple game that uses a timer and cards: "Set the timer, draw your first card, and do as many repetitions as you can. When the timer beeps, draw your next card." The length of your workout will be determined by how many cards you...
• Commented on Lola: The Weight Loss Chocolate
  That was a quick response. I only put the post up an hour ago! Do you have any research to back up the claims of appetite suppression?...
• Commented on Anti-Theft Lunch Bag
  What happens when you put your name on the food? Or is there truly no respect for rotten food?...
• Commented on Lola: The Weight Loss Chocolate
  If there is enough interest they may bring it to the UK....
• Posted Lola: The Weight Loss Chocolate to Diet Blog
  Weight loss chocolate Lola was unveiled at a European chocolate show (wish I'd had an invite to that). The makers Cocoa Bio claim the consumer will "immediately feel a sensation of pleasure and will detect that we have eaten an appetite satisfying food thus reducing the feeling of hunger and making us feel better" (note this is an English translation)....
• Posted Anti-Theft Lunch Bag to Diet Blog
  Forget the $5 lunches. Make your own. Then wrap it up in this:...
• Commented on Plus-Sized Nightclubs: Rattle and Rolls?
  Are you trying to be ironic here or calling Chloe "fatty"?...
• Commented on Obesity Liver Damage Worse Than Alcohol?
  Yeah and they taste good too....
• Commented on Help Needed: How do we Change our Eating Habits?
  Apologies Angie - it seems they triggered a spam. Perhaps you could just paste in a few of the best....
• Commented on Diet Websites and Google Ads
  Hi Ali. Thanks for your question. Most of it is answered on our terms page here. Advertising allows us to pay our writers and run the site. Google Ads are only shown on older posts, and are generated contextually -...
• Commented on My Husband Wants Me To Gain Weight
  To me the priorities are mental/emotional and physical health. In those whom I love, their health is far more important to me than how 'hot' they are. Let's face it - gravity ALWAYS wins in the end. In the end,...
• Commented on Do You Try New Comfort Foods When Times Are Tough?
  A dirty great big burger n fries is my comfort food of choice....
• Commented on Wake Up To The Calorie Content In Your Coffee
  This is good, but we did quite a detailed investigation of this here: How Many Calories in Coffee"....
• Commented on How Many Calories Do I Need?
  We have a calorie calculator here....
• Commented on Drinking Beetroot Juice May Improve Stamina
  A warning about beetroot juice: It has an amazing ability to make everything red -- including erm... human waste (if you know what I mean)....
• Commented on U.K. Shoppers Don't Follow Portion Sizes
  Who really follows a "suggested serving" or recommended portion? People eat for any number of reasons - and accurately consuming a certain amount because the package says so is rarely one of those reasons....
• Commented on Stress May Give You a Belly and Heart Disease
  People react to stress differently - some gain weight, some lose weight due to a loss in appetite. What's disturbing is the realization that the fat accumulates around the gut....
• Commented on UK Government Advised to Change Alcohol Guidelines
  Other countries such as New Zealand are also reviewing alcohol policy and legislation, and how the ease of accessibility and low-cost is leading to some unwanted social outcomes. I'm sure the breweries have some pretty strong lobbying power....
• Commented on Diet Delivery Services: Put to the Test
  Yes binging (bingeing?) and overeating are two completely different things. In popular vernacular however binging tends to imply overeating. Anyways, the point of this piece is that - yes - there are some great diet delivery services out there if...
• Commented on Fructose Gives Rats Memory and Heart Troubles
  That drug spam is difficult to track because it doesn't link anywhere... strange....
• Favorited Struggling to Stay on Track on Share
• Posted The Shake Weight: Absurd or Inspired? to Diet Blog
  "The Shake Weight™ is a unique fitness device that effectively and dramatically sculpts arms, a major problem area for many women, while burning calories." That's what the PR says. In reality? I'll leave you to be the judge of this $20 product - and I'll keep my comments to myself....
• Commented on Smart Kids Start the Day With a Good Breakfast
  That's the weirdest spam I've seen......
• Posted Video Interview: Brook Shields to Diet Blog
  Fitz talks to actress Brooke Shields about diet and exercise. Fitness Brooke suggests moderation in all things: "You don't have to be crazy and you don't have to be like an athlete... to be more fit". She goes onto talk about how going to extremes, setting unrealistic goals proved to be counterproductive. "Find something you enjoy and stick with it."...
• Commented on HALT! Your Emotional Eating Habits
  Fair call. Maybe there should only be pictures of really un-enticing food....
• Commented on Dogs: Man's Best Fitness Friend
  Getting paid to walk a dog is a great idea. Maybe a bonus fee for each poo pickup?...
• Posted How Do Those TV People Get So Freaking Skinny? to Diet Blog
  Flickr: Aaronescobar A recent post on our Share forums: "i'm 17 years old. i'm very cute and everything. but just too fat. you ever wonder how those people in the t.v get so freaking skinny. i need help. and a LOT of it."...