Picture this: A West LA Whole Foods. Two days ago. Me, cereal aisle, contemplating new grains to replace morning oatmeal.
A woman arrives and picks up a box of Buckwheat Cream of Wheat. I ask her about it, and she tells me that unlike oatmeal, it’s gluten-free so won’t make me fat. Something sounds fishy about […]

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Before I get to the vegan Mac ‘n Cheese, a quick shout-out for PS I LOVE YOU: I saw this yesterday, worried it would be corny. The premise — dead husband leaves widow a series of letters for her to open post-mortem — is kind of corny. The movie is NOT, and I’m worried it […]

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I once wrote a screenplay about a con artist/diet doctor who puts a Texas town — “the fattest town in America” — on a diet. OK, I wouldn’t call it art but it was kinda cute.
Now the mayor of Oklahoma City has announced his town is going on a diet, to lose a collective one […]

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Steph at Back in Skinny Jeans floored me with her cliffhanger post yesterday. Today’s was equally raw, honest, and emotional. It was also inspirational.
One thing I find interesting about Steph’s story about overcoming bulimia is that she feels Western medicine failed her. Help came from holistic docs. What’s also important to learn from her story […]

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I am interrupting our usually positive programming to, well, complain for a minute. This article on “Orthorexia nervosa,” what some researchers are calling a new eating disorder, frustrates me.
Yes, the researchers are describing a troubling new trend in behavior, the result of individuals reacting to social trends in extreme, potentially destructive ways. And I […]

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The Flying Trapeze is on hiatus until Wednesday, January 2, 2008, for seasonal merriments and troublemaking. Happy holidays to all!!

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It’s official: Diet as a marketing buzzword has gone the way of atomic, that catch-all adjective from the ’50s that signified something was bright and shiny and of the future – until we started worrying about the small but nagging possibility of accidentally blowing the planet up.
Bye bye, diet!

The South Beach Diet will be repackaged […]

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If this study is right, too much sitting is a real problem for weight loss. I know you’re calling duh! on me, but it’s not just for the reason that you’d expect (all day sitting = negligible calorie burn). Apparently, sitting for 3-4 hours at a stretch may actually shut down your body’s ability to […]

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Some Yale professors are raising the stakes of weight loss, literally: They’re starting a company that invites people to bet on their weight loss. If they forfeit their “commitment bond” by failing to lose, the money goes to charity.
Hey profs! Yoohoo, are you listening? The Flying Trapeze has an idea for you, if you really […]

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Did you catch the hilarious personal-trainer/gym sendup that was last night’s How I Married Your Mother? If you’re not watching this show every darn Monday night, you should be! But lucky you, you can still stream “The Yips” episode online (and read Barney’s blog - who knew?!).
Snifflers: ‘Tis the season for saline irrigation?
The Grail of […]

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