August 1st, 2008
Krispy Kreme bacon cheddar cheeseburgersOriginally uploaded by ccaviness
Oh my god, Krispy Kreme cheeseburgers! I pondered this for a minute to answer the question asked in the title. I came up with “so wrong it’s right” because I would totally try one of these things. Of course at least one very articulate person in the [...]
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July 31st, 2008
I’m suspicious, in general, of nutrition information provided by restaurants. The lowfat ice cream cone at McDonald’s is supposedly 150 calories, but I’ve had them hand me a cone that was piled so high with swirls that it was about to tip over, the dairy equivalent of a game of Jenga. I know full [...]
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July 17th, 2008
How do these two things connect to each other? Well, I’m heading off to start the BlogHer fun this evening, and this morning I had a new Starbucks Vivanno Chocolate-Banana-Espresso smoothie. So, they kind of don’t connect at all. Maybe we should also talk about Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog, so this can be truly random. [...]
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June 30th, 2008
Over the weekend, I was thinking about traditionally “healthy” or “unhealthy” foods. You know, the old “good” and “bad” foods, if we were assigning morality to food, which we totally are not doing. I was thinking about the “healthy” foods I love and those I hate, and the “unhealthy” foods I love and [...]
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June 19th, 2008
Or “tastants,” as they are being called in the world of science. We all know that the senses of smell and taste are linked; what I didn’t know was that the olfactory nerve is in part what governs our feeling of satiety. (Also, according to this article, people who lose their senses of smell [...]
Filed under: Food, Science, Weight Loss | 27 Comments »
June 9th, 2008
Quiconque e-mailed me to alert me to a Subway commercial, which she blogged about, that implies that people who eat fast food get automatically fat and that, among other things, this means they smell bad. I know, I almost can’t believe it either. (As soon as I or anyone else finds the video, I’ll add [...]
Filed under: Advertising, Fatism, Feel Good Friday, Feminism, Food, TV, Video | 54 Comments »
June 4th, 2008
It was only a matter of time before fat people were being blamed for people who are starving, as if we could send all our Big Macs and Oreo cookies directly to them.
UN food agency chief Jacques Diouf said today that billions of dollars are being wasted on feeding obese people in the West while [...]
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May 21st, 2008
Taking it one step beyond “eat a sandwich,” Starbucks baristas tried to combat the Olsen twins’ skinniness by secretly substituting full-fat milk for nonfat in their lattes.
The Olsen’s rep responded to the latte lunacy saying, “This is ridiculous.” Yes, it is, but one fellow latte-lover close to the Olsens (who requested anonymity) said that she [...]
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May 1st, 2008
I’m fried at work today and I spent the morning at the dentist, so here’s a random post off the top of my head. I always love hearing what Jane Espenson is having for lunch, so let’s find out what’s on the menu for the rest of us today!
I don’t even have a great [...]
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April 20th, 2008
A socialite who was once chubby has lost some weight. And what perspective she has on the whole issue! So inspiring!
I do have a battle to fight every day I wake up, so sometimes I give off that impression. But guys, I’m at a normal, healthy weight. And If I don’t watch every piece of [...]
Filed under: Food, Gossip, Media, Weight Loss | 34 Comments »
April 17th, 2008
Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian (I am really sad that I know who either of these people is) and The Evil (hint: a food), all together in one news tidbit. Apparently, on a Vegas radio show, Paris said of Kim:
“I would not want [Kim's butt] — it’s gross! It reminds me of [the evil] [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Fatism, Feminism, Food, Humor, Magazines, Paris Hilton, Tidbit | 17 Comments »
March 13th, 2008
Apart from times when I’ve been tracking Weight Watchers points, I haven’t really been in the habit of tracking my eating. And I found myself becoming curious about exactly what I was eating—how many calories, how many grams of protein, vitamins, etc. So I signed up for a free account on FitDay, a site [...]
Filed under: Food, Health, Meta, Personal, Science | 59 Comments »
February 14th, 2008
Weetabix: how are the Action Items coming along?
me: pretty good, I think
I need to write a BFD post for tomorrow
Weetabix: do you have an idea for the BFD post?
me: maybe “Alton Brown sucks”
Weetabix: does he?
I have a crush on him
me: oh, then I hate to tell you this…
Weetabix: does he hate fat people?
oh no
tell [...]
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February 4th, 2008
So, you may have heard about the ridiculous bill being proposed in Mississippi that would weigh people at the doors of restaurants and then refuse service to the obese. Because fat people should be prohibited from eating entirely, obviously. GREAT IDEA!
A suggestion has now been made to modify the bill and apply it only [...]
Filed under: Eating Disorders, Fatism, Food, Kids | 27 Comments »
January 17th, 2008
…or anywhere else, actually. What diet, you ask? Why, a little something called the Tapeworm Diet. Where, presumably, YOU SWALLOW A FUCKING TAPEWORM.
Now I have provided this very short and rudimentary background to helminth therapy to create the idea of “good” worms versus “bad” worms… The beef tapeworm, in addition to immunoregulatory properties, [...]
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January 15th, 2008
Another sciency study, this time looking at a part of the brain (the left posterior amygdala, or LPA as I like to call it) that registers fullness. Scientists found that the higher the subject’s BMI, the less active the LPA was. Hopefully you can look past the headline and enjoy the science part:
Each study [...]
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January 12th, 2008
According to Wired magazine, chewing too much gum can have a laxative effect and cause dramatic weight loss.
Given that most weight-loss drugs have a difficult time producing one-pound per week weight loss, you might think the scientists would trumpet these findings as a prelude to the newest blockbuster pharmaceutical. But sadly, the drop in pounds [...]
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January 8th, 2008
Today, Kristen brought this article to my attention, and it’s good news for those of us who believe in trying to be healthy at every size.
Taking exercise, not drinking too much alcohol, eating enough fruit and vegetables and not smoking can add up to 14 years to your life, a study says…The findings [...]
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January 6th, 2008
Two guys in Louisiana were overcharged for eating too much at an All You Can Eat buffet, insulted for being fat and then banned from the restaurant when they balked. The worst part of this whole kerfluffle is the fact that some Slashfood readers think the issue is justifiable due to the customers’ size rather [...]
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January 2nd, 2008
As a follow up to our post about Starbucks and their new “skinny” drinks, one barista refuses to use the new terminology, in part because it is not PC.
It is politically incorrect. Should we start calling drinks with 2% or whole milk and regular syrups “Fat” or “Obese?” Consider what customers on line waiting for [...]
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