There are reports on the BBC today about a Japanese study that has linked obesity with the speed at which you eat. This is how the BBC report. They found that people who eat quickly tend to be overweight.
This fits in quite well with idea that the key to controlling your weight is keeping your [...]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/oct/18/ann-summers-melamine-contamination
I was expecting melamine to turn up in some personal care products sooner rather than later, and this news story from the Guardian unfortunately fulfills my prediction.
It seems that Ann Summers have detected high levels of melamine in a lickable chocolate flavoured product that they sell, that they get from China.
Sorry to lower the [...]
Losing weight is very easy if you have a lot of will power. Perform some vigorous exercise. The body will burn your fat and you will weigh less. No problem. Well there is a bit of a problem. Your body has evolved over millions of years to make you hungry when you have burnt fat. [...]
Slimming is a bit outside my area of expertise as a cosmetic scientist, but a product that could slim in a selective area does sound very appealing. What could do this?
The xanthine family of chemicals springs straight the scientist’s mind – the best known of which is caffeine. This can be shown to increase blood [...]
My heart goes out to the parents of the children in China who have discovered that the milk they have fed to their kids contains melamine. The gruesome aspect of this business is how widespread it is. Melamine isn’t all that toxic - it is about as dangerous as salt. But when it comes to [...]
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