Category: Lets Get Real – A Rant!

Nov 2

Class-action suit sought against Dr. Phil diet

LOS ANGELES — Three unhappy customers suing TV psychologist “Dr. Phil” McGraw over his now discontinued Shape Up! diet plan have asked that the case be given national class-action status to include thousands of potential plaintiffs. The Superior Court suit was filed last year claiming McGraw defrauded fans with his yearlong venture into the diet [...]

Oct 30

McDonalds Want You to Rap the Mac, But There’s a New Catch Phrase in Town… Nutrient Rich!

The new phrase is Nutrient Rich anyway! For all you rappers it’s a better rap tune anyway. You can run a play on words, talking about “bling” and better food at the same time!

Oct 29

Adding Nutritional Labels on McDonalds Food?

Ok idea, but will it change behavior? Of course not, that’s like putting a label on cocaine that says addicting as hell. But if you are eating it, you won’t even want to eat or carry on with your life, because all you will care about is getting your next hit of this substance. And when [...]

Oct 6

It’s no wonder the WHO sees a “global Epidemic of Chronic Disease!

I’m a little confused as to why the WHO refers to the concentrations of chronic disease in "developing nations", because last time I checked the UK, the US and Finland weren’t doing so good on the obesity and chronic disease front… check out www.nutrientrich.com/obesitytrends. Here’s what they said… "Developing countries can tackle a "global epidemic" [...]

Sep 22

Is this normal and natural? Start asking this question

Today…. access, culture and stress are driving our eating habits as much as the quality of food we eat. The question we need to start asking ourselves is this… Is what I’m doing normal and natural? I’m not talking common, I said normal and natural. If not ideally, (not idealistically) at least remotely? Somewhat? If [...]

Sep 6

The Ultimate Diet Trap: why we are overweight…

Why are we overweight? … We are eating “nutrient poor” food! This is the ultimate diet trap and virtually all dieting methods are born becuase of nutrient poor food; foods that do not serve our needs. Yes, there are other reasons, like less activity and a host of reasons that are causing that that need [...]

Aug 30

Alchemy for the dinner table…

Science has a quest for tasty, fat-free, life-preserving additives. Imagine eating low fat fried chicken. It sounds like a contradiction doesn’t it? Well that’s what being produced. The processed food industry is all about enabling you to have your cake and eat it too. There is nothing wrong with eating Nutrient Rich cake, but eating [...]

Aug 2

A true diet revolution doesn’t go bankrupt: Atkins

“NEW YORK (Aug. 1) – The company behind the Atkins Diet, standard bearer for the low-carbohydrate diet craze that put some bakeries and pasta makers out of business in its heyday, has itself filed for bankruptcy as U.S. consumers have tired of the once-sizzling fad. Atkins Nutritionals Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on [...]

Jun 7

Are you crazy, eating Nutrient Poor?

You know there are only a few times when I’ll use a typically sarcastic phrase in a serious way, and this is one of them. It’s crazy to eat a nutrient poor diet. Temporarily convenient perhaps, but crazy nonetheless. You do not have to be a brain surgeon to figure out that eating nutrient deficient [...]

May 25

Change your NEAT?

Researchers at the Mayo Clnic have discovered that fidgety people burn up to 350 more calories per day than calm people, and that can translate into a difference of 30-40 pounds per year. And they’ve determined that activity level determines weight, not the other way around. There’s a “fidget gene,” they assert, that determines our [...]