That’s the quote from the Power Balance website. The product of which they speak is a rubber bracelet with two mylar holograms on it. The claim is that wearing this thing helps improve balance, strength, and flexibility.

Well MY claim is that this product is a pile of horsecrap. There is absolutely no solid scientific reason why this piece of junk would have any effect other than that of a placebo.

If you have $20 burning a hole in your pocket, do yourself a favor and pick up a couple of these instead.

The premise seems airtight to me, so I’m puzzled as to why this pilot for “Velvet” never took off.

Thanks, Mike, for the link!

For men, the peak heart rate is 220 – age. That means a 40-year-old man should have a peak heart rate of 180 beats per minute. Women, however, should instead use the formula 206 – 88% of age, so a woman of the same age should have a peak heart rate of 171 beats per minute.

This changes a few very important things. One’s peak heart rate is used to calculate the recommended healthy range of heart rates (65% to 85% of peak) to stay within while working out. Furthermore, using the new formula specific to women, researchers are now able to better predict a woman’s risk of heart-related death.

Thanks to Barbara for the link.

Found on topcultured.com.

How about indulging in a Cold Stone PB&C shake? It’s what Men’s Health calls “The Worst Beverage in America.” If you choose to inhale one of these, get ready for a day’s worth of calories, over three times the daily recommended allowance of saturated fat, and an amount of sugar equivalent to that found in 30 Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies… all in one giant cup.

Thanks to Dave for the reference.

People 100 years ago did, because someone this large back then was considered an oddity.

Meet the late Chauncy Morlan, a circus “fat man.” Had Chauncy lived today, he certainly wouldn’t have had the same shock value. In fact, he probably wouldn’t even be noticed.

Very telling of how our impression of a healthy body weight has changed over the past century.

Until now, we’ve been led to believe that a sandwich, by definition, is two slices of bread with some kind of filling in between. How foolish we’ve been!

Leave it to KFC to think outside the box and bring us the Double Down, the first fast-food sandwich to use slabs of fried chicken as buns.

Inside the “buns”: Bacon and mayonnaise. Nutritionally, it clocks in at 540 calories, 32 grams of fat, and 1380 mg of sodium. How does it taste? The consensus, at least among discerning palates, is that it’s an overly moist, overly salty mess.

Although it isn’t health food by any stretch, it’s also important to realize that the Double Down is nowhere near the worst the fast-food industry has offered. It’s no worse, for example, than a Quarter Pounder with Cheese from McDonald’s.

My guess is that it’s good as new.