Tag Archives: Sit

Rosehips for rosy hips? An adventure in PR and churnalism.

Avid readers of this humble blog should know by now the sort of fodder that boils up a Thinking Is Dangerous blogpost – dodgy quack medicines being touted as wonderdrugs, newspapers taking no notice of integrity and printing anything that pops into their inbox, the rubber-toothed fight by the Advertising Standards Authority to keep things in check, that sort of thing. Once in a while, a story pops up which presses all the buttons, and with only a whisper of fat-fingered googling, I can sit in a Continue reading

Need To Lose Weight Fast?

Every day we are exposed to new “miracle diets”, the latest lose weight “while you sit down” abdominal equipment and the Hollywood diets in the magazines. Continue reading

Top 5 Weight Loss Products Reviewed

Every day you are being exposed to new miracle diets, the latest lose weight while you sit abdominal equipment and the Hollywood diets in the magazines. How the heck are you supposed to separate a diet that will work from one that won’t? Continue reading

Posture, leg-length discrepancies, musculoskeletal pain, and organ function

I discussed in another post how our function determines our posture (habitually sit in a slouched position and our posture hardens into having rounded shoulders and a forward head), and today I want to discuss the other direction – how our posture determines our function (how well our body works.) Advertisement: read more Continue reading

Nibbles: Council votes to halt fast food growth, plus big budgets for junk food ads and casual restaurants victims of economy

Unanimous vote must still go before mayor The Los Angeles City Council voted to put a moratorium on new fast food restaurants in a portion of the city, a first-of-its-kind move that aims to slow the rate of obesity in the area. The major must still approve the measure, which will put new fast food outlets on hold for a year in the hope of attracting healthier, sit-down options. Fast food chains say they’re being unfairly targeted and there are healthy options at fast food joints. The California Continue reading