Archives: April 2005
Thu Apr 28, 2005
The Sword Is Mightier Than The Pen
On the eve of the publication of my book Life Between Meals: The Truth About Losing Weight From People Who Know, it is humbling to consider what a tiny percentage of our population is moved by the printed word. I'll give you an example. In the bathroom of my office above the pass-through box a very large sign reads, "PUT URINE SAMPLES HERE". Yet fully 60% of the patients asked to give a sample come walking out with the cup of urine in their hands asking what to do with it. More...
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Fri Apr 22, 2005
McDonald's Bait and Switch
During the span of time from August 2002 to August 2004 when the media was telling the truth about nutrition, the McDonald's company grabbed a public relations advantage by announcing they were changing their cooking oil to a form with less trans fatty acids. Trans fatty acids or TFAs cause heart disease. In fact, quietly, McDonald's never changed the oil used to cook their french fries and hash browns, and with the abandonment of obesity by the media, there has been no pressure on McDonald's to follow through with their promise. More...
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Wed Apr 20, 2005
The New Government Food Pyramid
Ha, ha, ha. Life is fun, isn't it? Yesterday Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns presented the new USDA food pyramid. Confronted by competing commercial interests and unwilling to view actual evidence or think for themselves, the USDA produced a compromise pyramid with vertical stripes that does not clearly show which food groups should be consumed in which quantities. Instead, they declared that the decision has to be personalized for each individual . . . as though . . . (get this) . . . no general principles could be stated. More...
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Mon Apr 11, 2005
The Cherry Blossoms
On Saturday my wife and I went to see the cherry trees along the tidal basin in downtown Washington DC. The blossoms were especially gorgeous this year. I was happy to see such a small crowd perambulating among the trees, but my pleasure turned to disgust when I saw the vast sea of people, across the mall, waiting in long lines for hot dogs and tacos. Really, people. Get a life. Go look at the trees! More...
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Tue Apr 05, 2005
Why I haven't seen the movie 'Supersize Me'
Many people have asked why I won't see the movie Supersize Me. One of my hobbies is writing stage and screen plays. Why haven't I written a play about obese people, since I know so much about them. More...
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