Is It Too Late For You? Beginning Athletic Training at 77.

"You're just getting old," is second only to the favorite "it's just in your mind" as a medical cop out.

New Weight Loss Plan: Get Enough Sleep.

now we've got some evidence that even young women need to watch not what they eat but how much they sleep

This Just In: Diets Don’t Matter, Lifestyles Do.

In a new twist, an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association now says that you can do any diet you want, but it won't make much difference

Dr. Oz’s Five Weight Loss Tips for Women Over 40.

nothing for over forty, and nothing directly to do with hormones. But I could be wrong, so let's break this down tip by tip.

Can Dr. Oz Whittle Away My Waist In One Minute A Day?

If young males can't shrink their bellies after twelve weeks, imagine how much harder it would be for an older, less hormonally responsive person to do so.

Can A Miracle Exercise Really Take Off 7″ of Your Waist In Seven Days?

It's the same game those more risque magazines play with all their "50,000 Things He Really Wants." Yeah, good luck with most of those unless you happen to be a double-jointed Orangutan gymnast.

Biggest Loser Loses Weight Eating Carbs Before Noon. Really?

Nibbling is a pleasing notion. Look for me at parties, perched on a chair, nibbling something like a squirrel.

Mayo Clinic Still Isn’t Treating Weight Loss Correctly.

I like the Mayo Clinic. They do good complicated lab work, and they do it from a "satellite" Mayo clinic down in Massachusetts. Generally medically they are considered some of the best and the brightest. So when they address weight loss with the following, I get a little depressed.

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Obesogens: It’s Not The Food Making You Fat. It’s the Additives.

Based on the simple-to-the-point-of-being-totally-wrong calories in/calories out model, they should have lost a bit of weight. Instead, they've increased weight dramatically.

P90X: How the Fit become Fitter.

for anyone with physical issues (like bad knees) the whole focus on working through the pain can be a ticket to rehab, not toned abs.