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Muscles. Hot or not?
UCLA professor David Frederick and colleagues have asked: Why is Muscularity Sexy? Conclusion:
[...] these studies suggest that menâ??s physical features are related not only to womenâ??s expressed preferences for mates but also to menâ??s and womenâ??s past mate choices and sex behaviors.
NOTE: Despite the many media reports - we need to [...]
Posted in Diet on July 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Investigators in China are looking the marketing tactics of a company making weight loss patches. This comes at a time when food safety scares are beginning to affect Chinese exports.
The sellers of the weight loss patch claim that Chelsea Clinton “lost 12 kg (26.5 lb) in under a month”:
Customers are instructed to stick the patch [...]
Posted in Recipes on July 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Lobstersquad. You know with a name like that the website behind it has to be fun. Lobstersquad is the lively creation of Ximena Maier, a graphic illustrator in Madrid, Spain. Each post is playfully and skillfully illustrated. Delicious recipes pepper the site, though you do have to look for them. [...]
Posted in Fitness on July 11th, 2007 No Comments »
I’m a huge believer in working out to develop “functional” fitness and strength. This can only happen if forget about weight machines and focus instead on bodyweight movements as well as free weight exercises. Here’s a great article about functional exercise that goes into more detail…
Functional Exercise That Makes Sense
By Ben Greenfield
Many people spend the [...]