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    May 4, 2012

    Toni Monroe Is a Big Beautiful Rapper

    See also: Top Ten Sexiest Fat Chicks in Music Toni Monroe is beautiful. She has a powerful stage presence, and doesn't need a hype man. But yet, she's something of a hard sell. For one thing, she's white. For another, as her press release says, she is rap's "biggest" new artist -- a reference to he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Food Myths Busted with Mensa Member JJ Virgin

    JJ Virgin (shortened due to the unfortunate pronunciation of Julie while living in Japan) is smarter than you. She's a member of Mensa, and seems to have an addiction to academia. After graduating from UCLA, she went on to graduate school for biomechanics, then sports medicine, then took doctorate-l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Chocolate Cake for Breakfast: It's Good for You

    Remember Bill Cosby's classic 1982 routine about feeding his kids chocolate cake for breakfast? It went like this: "The child wanted chocolate cake for breakfast! How ridiculous! ... And someone in my brain looked under chocolate cake and saw the ingredients: eggs! Eggs are in chocolate cake! And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    SlenderPops, Skinny Beach Sticks for Summer Slimdown

    S. Bonar​ Ask any women's magazine, and they will tell you with sadistic glee that it is "bikini season." But fortunately, companies have come up with a plethora of food-like products that claim to help you lose weight without all that tiresome dieting and exercising. One item, called Skinny B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Jennifer Hudson Will Write a Book to Feed Our National Obsession, Weight Loss

    Watch her do it with no hands​Jennifer Hudson is writing a memoir. No, it's not about her struggle as a singer breaking beyond the American Idol stereotype. Nor about dealing with the triple tragedy that struck her family in 2008. Neither is it about her triumphs as an actor. Nope, all we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    New Study: Eating a Giant Breakfast Does Not Make You Skinny

    N. GalutenSurprise! This breakfast won't help you lose weight.​There has been a prevailing notion that if you eat a large breakfast, it will help you to consume less calories overall throughout the day. But a new study from German scientists, published in Nutrition Journal, has shown that info ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2010

    Less Jeff, More Green

    N. GalutenSurprise! This breakfast won't help you lose weight.​There has been a prevailing notion that if you eat a large breakfast, it will help you to consume less calories overall throughout the day. But a new study from German scientists, published in Nutrition Journal, has shown that info ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    List of the Worst Fad Diets To Avoid in 2010: No Elvis Sandwiches For You

    If you're contemplating a fad diet to work off some of the excesses of the holiday season, you can forget about the Cabbage Soup Diet, the Maple Syrup Diet, and, yes, the Blood Group Diet (not making this up). The British Dietetic Association, the professional association for registered dietitians i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009

    "BENINCASA" IS A FUNNY NAME FOR AN AGORAPHOBIC

    If you're contemplating a fad diet to work off some of the excesses of the holiday season, you can forget about the Cabbage Soup Diet, the Maple Syrup Diet, and, yes, the Blood Group Diet (not making this up). The British Dietetic Association, the professional association for registered dietitians i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Aussie Radio Star Canned Over L.A. Holocaust Crack

    Some people come to Los Angeles to reinvent themselves, but Australian radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands came here to get fired. That is, according to the Jewish Telegraph Agency, what might happen after he did a show from Los Angeles in which he suggested that a Jewish actress in his home country co ... More >>

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Our Bodies, Their Solutions

    The rise and fall of one more fad diet

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Fat & Fucked Up

    The rise and fall of one more fad diet

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Hey, Fatso

    The rise and fall of one more fad diet

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