Officials removed DMX, or Earl Simmons, from Tent City Jail in Phoenix on Sunday for allegedly threatening officers.
lockdown status for threatening to assault Sheriff’s Detention Officers.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio ordered that Simmons be placed on a special diet that is a form of bread and water, according to authorities.
Simmons allegedly refused to report for work when called upon by detention officers and became verbally abusive stating, “I already Read the rest of this entry »
By Larry Marsh, Kansas City Star Midwest Voices columnist 2009
Don’t try this without your doctor’s approval, but this might be “just what the doctor ordered.”
The objective of the No-Eat-Day-Diet is to never have a no-eat day.
Here’s how it works. You set a maximum weight you don’t want to exceed. You then weigh yourself every morning. If your weight exceeds your maximum, then it’s a no-eat day.
On a no-eat day, you eat nothing Read the rest of this entry »
CHICAGO, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Users of Alli, the first
weight-loss drug approved for sale over-the-counter in the
United States, are finding what they likely suspected all
along: pills are no magic substitute for diet and exercise.
Yet as Americans engage in the New Year’s tradition of
resolving to shed pounds, the market for diet aids is expected
to remain firm, even as the economy is mired in recession.
Americans spend $30 billion a year on weight-loss Read the rest of this entry »
DURHAM, N.C.
Celebrity dieters have long flocked to Durham, nicknamed the “Diet Capital of the World.” But while other diet programs have gotten national publicity, Structure House has been operating quietly for over 30 years. Until now.
In January, Structure House and its weight loss plan were named the nation’s healthiest diet by Health magazine. Despite the honor, founder Dr. Gerard Musante resists using the dreaded four-letter word.
“When Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Cutting calories could do more than just slim down your waistline.
Researchers from the University of Munster in Germany found reducing what you eat by a third may improve memory, the BBC reported Tuesday.
They analyzed three groups of volunteers on different diets, who had an average age of 60.
Three months later, they were given memory tests.
The first group ate a balanced diet containing the normal number of Read the rest of this entry »
Washington (IANS): Offsprings of both lean and obese primate mothers being fed a high-fat diet showed an increased risk of developing non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
If such monkeys were reverted to a low-fat diet during a subsequent pregnancy, this second offspring exhibited fewer signs of NAFLD.
This finding contradicts the thinking that a mother’s obesity during pregnancy is contributing to the rising incidence of obese children Read the rest of this entry »
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as a “fitness diary,” which paints a very accurate picture of what the iPhone and iPod touch app delivers. With an extensive database of food types and nutritional items along with a large variety of exercise types and styles, Absolute Fitness will allow you to track you nutritional intake and exercise levels on a day-to-day basis.
While not the easiest application to get around in, Absolute Fitness certainly delivers value in terms of Read the rest of this entry »
Eating more fruits and vegetables, cutting down on calories and carbohydrates and increasing exercise are all-important parts of any healthy diet. But according to new research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, a low-carbohydrate diet burns more excess liver fat than a low-calorie diet.
Researchers in the small clinical study found that people on low-carbohydrate diets are more dependent on the oxidation of fat in the Read the rest of this entry »
January 12, 2009 08:59 am
Who says eating corndogs three meals a day isn’t “nutritionally adequate?” You got your two food groups — bread and meat — right there on a handy stick. Slap a little ketchup on it, and you’ve got your veggie serving for the day.
Y’all, I could have saved all that money I just spent on NutriSystem — it would have been much cheaper to go on the Morgan County Jail Weight Read the rest of this entry »
Maddona embarks on a new retox diet.
In 2009, instead of detoxing, pop star Madonna has decided to retox, reports Mirror.co.uk. The 50-year-old singer has decided to counteract the aging process by introducing more salmon into her diet.
The new retox means she has got a more cardio-intensive gym regime and a diet overhaul. She will also be eating a lot more salmon as its got age-defying properties, a source told the website. Her aim Read the rest of this entry »