I am starting to see a big push for Wheaties Fuel, a new version of Wheaties geared to men. Ads featuring Peyton Manning and other sports stars are starting to air. As someone who is big on nutrition and an obsessive label-reader, one thing is obvious: Wheaties Fuel is basically Wheaties with more fat and [...]
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‘650 Pound Virgin’ has true reality stars
Over the holidays I got to watch a reality show most definitely worth watching, and with a couple lead characters truly worth cheering for. 650-Pound Virgin features David Smith who was, just a couple years ago, 650 pounds. While people that large are told their only hope is stomach surgery, David did it by changing [...]
Losing those holiday pounds
If you’re like me, you’ve spent much of the last month stuffing your face with Christmas cookies, cake and egg nog. And now you’re looking to shed the 2, 5, 10 pounds you’ve packed in since Thanksgiving dinner rolled around. I’ve noticed the gym as packed as I’ve ever seen it over the last few [...]
Worst foods in America 2009
Men’s Health is out with its list of worst foods in America, and just reading the list made me sick. The winner for worst goes to. …
Baskin Robbins Large Chocolate Oreo Shake
2,600 calories
135 g fat (59 g saturated fat, 2.5 g trans fats)
263 g sugars
1,700 mg sodium
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Fitness model loses job after steroid admission
Fitness model Christian Boeving lost his gig as an endorser for a supplement company after saying in a documentary that he has used anabolic steroids since he was 16, the New York Times reports.
Boeving was among the athletes featured in the sensational documentary “Bigger, Faster, Stronger” that looks at America’s win-at-all-costs culture and the role [...]
America’s unhealthiest drink
This being a sports blog, I figure at least some readers are into health and fitness. If so, I present what Men’s Health calls “America’s Unhealiest Drink.”
Baskin Robbin’s Large Heath Bar Shake (32 oz)
2,310 calories
266 g sugar
108 g fat (64 g saturated)
73: The number of ingredients that go into this milkshake.
66: The number of teaspoons [...]
