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Birth Month Related to Ailments Later in Life

A new study suggests that the reason for the discrepancy in ailments amongst spring born babies and fall babies may be linked to the mother's prenatal exposure to vitamin D, the "sunshine vitamin". This study supports and elaborates on previous U.S. studies which found that those born in the autumn months live an average of 160 days longer than those born in the spring time.

As a March baby, the charts are embarrassingly accurate for myself.

Kinda depressing.

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Obesity Is So Complicated When You're Reading HuffPo

This is becoming extremely annoying watching people write article after article about how complicated weight loss is, and what our next excuse is for being fat. Some of the more recent, laughable pieces; Blame The Workplace For American Obesity, Obesity in America: Are Factory Farms, Big Pharma and Big Food to Blame?, Combating Obesity: How and How Come, Are Chefs To Blame For Obesity?, Why is our Food Making us Fat?, Obesity: Character Flaw, or Neurochemical Disease?, and finally; Why We Get Fat.

I am ready to begin arguing that its articles such as these that are contributing to obesity by obscuring the readers' understanding of obesity, while offering them excuses for their girth, blaming genetics and diseases. These articles forgive the overweight reader, suggesting that not being obese is very difficult and complicated. The last thing people who are overweight need is for the issue of weight loss to be translated into Greek. We need to educate people on the simple facts, which require no special diet book sold on Amazon for $18.75, with the option of the "Extreme Weight Loss Guide" for and additional $8.85 (plus separate shipping and handling).

Obesity is simple. It is the result of consuming more calories than you've used. Weight loss is simple. Use more calories than you consume. The average person only requires 1,500 to 2,500 calories per day. For every extra pound of body fat you have, that means that you consumed 3,500 calories more than what your body requires in order to function. You can easily lose 1 pound of body fat in just over 3 days, by simply creating a calorie deficit of 500 calories per day (there are many online tools that can be used to calculate your required caloric intake, so you know how many calories to be taking in in order to maintain the deficit).

      For your 500 calorie per day deficit, you can either create the entire deficit by adding exercise, or by reducing calorie consumption. The best way, is to do a combination; 250 less calories consumed, and 250 calories burned with exercise. A twenty ounce soda contains around 250 calories, so simply replace your afternoon Coke with a Diet Coke, or better yet, water (also, you should get in the habit of always reading nutrition labels when they are available to you). Spend 30 minutes on an Elliptical Trainer to burn the other 250 calories.
       Do this correctly, and you will lose two pounds of body fat per week. Actual weight may not decrease, as you may be building muscle. A good way to monitor your results is to take measurements around your waist, arms, and thighs. Be patient, and stick with it. If this is not effective, I suggest you see your doctor (who will most likely say that there is nothing wrong with you, you are simply cheating on your diet) because you may have a medical condition.
      Its just that simple.

My Big Brain Does It Agian

Just another example of my big ol' brain, hard at work. Righting wrongs, and calling out those who are less informed.

I read an article at The Frisky about how singer, Adele hates paying her taxes, quoting her as saying,“Trains are always late, most state schools are s**t and I’ve gotta give you like four million quid. Are you having a laugh? When I got my tax bill in from [her first album] 19, I was ready to go and buy a gun and randomly open fire.”

This is disturbing on a number of levels, but here is what happened when I commented (whilst biting my tongue and deciding not to mention her apparent homicidal wills).

Comments

DelPumpkin
She sounds like a republican to me. I wish that sometimes, celebrities would just keep their mouthes shut. After you realize that you don't respect that person, its difficult to look past that, and appreciate their art.
camille905
Like a republican how? Everyone I know (regardless of how much money they make) bitches about paying taxes. I'm sure it was a surprise to her how much she had to pay assuming that prior to her commercial success she was just a working stiff like the rest of us (or me anyway).

And I'm sorry but most of the republicans I know aren't buying houses for their parents or setting up trust funds for family members- they're trying to keep as much as they can for themselves.

Dislike.
DelPumpkin
"Like a republican how?"? Like a republican because she's making enough money that she can buy houses for family members, provide all the comfort and luxury for herself, and bitches about helping to support the trains and schools, which she apparently finds to be inadequate (not realizing that the reason for their inadequacy is lack of funding).

The reason "most republicans" aren't buying houses for their parents is because "most republicans" are "working stiffs" who lack the education to understand that higher taxes on the wealthiest 1% of the population actually decreases their own tax burden, and helps to better their own quality of life by providing better public transit, schools, access to health care and community programs.

The reason the republicans you know aren't buying houses and setting up trust funds is because the republicans that you know are not wealthy enough to benefit from being a republican, and they should probably reconsider their political stance.

-You're welcome

Activism At It's Finest

Animal rights activists are easily the sexiest of all activist groups, and here's why;

   That said, they are also one of the more pushy and judgmental groups of activists.   Having been a vegan for four years, and still remaining a vegetarian (another four years), I've had my fair share of exposure to the types that propagate these sort of acts.

     The vegan community, I have noticed, often have a strong feeling of superiority over those meat eaters (who they seem to think, lack self control and morale). This group is pushy, and bossy. As a vegetarian (and former vegan), I would like to take a moment to assure meat eaters and leather/fur wearers that I really don't give a shit what you do. I make my own lifestyle choices for my own reasons, and its none of my business whether or not you had bacon for breakfast.

     Animal rights is a touchy subject, but those activists should be reminded that humans have been surviving off of the meat and hides of animals for thousands of years. It was actually the addition of meat to the human diet which allowed us the extra nutrients for our brains to evolve into the modern human brain.

     The aspect of making animal farms and slaughter houses more humane is admirable, but don't tell people what they should and shouldn't eat based on your own moral values.

MTV Hits A New Moral And Entertainment Low

From the genius minds behind the scenes at MTV comes the newest craptastic reality show featuring soulless shells of human beings, Electric Barbarellas. The group has been described as "talentless", which is no surprise. And it goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway, they are far less aesthetically pleasing than their predecessors, the Pussycat Dolls and the Spice Girls.

   The first hurdle to watching the show is surviving the theme song in the beginning.   The song, obviously sung by the Electric Barbarellas, touts that "nobody does it better".

   The band features five members, one specially designed for each main demographic.

    Missy Marie, the alternative white chick with ink and attitude to boot!

Raven Elise, for those with a penchant for the Kardashians.

Chelsea Costa, the stand-in, until they can find an Asian.

Gynger Fluellen, the black chick.

Heather Naylor, the blonde Barbie doll ring leader.

The atrocious music is, unfortunately, not the most offensive noise coming from these bimbos. Every time they open their mouths, I pray that something completely retarded doesn't come out, but I am consistently disappointed.

I can only assume that someone important at MTV is either doing a favor for a relative, or is making amends for sexual misconduct by agreeing to air this garbage. Wow, this is crap!

Episodes can be seen at mtv.com

Idiots Turn Harmless Advetisement Into A Big Effing Deal

In the last week or so, this Dove ad has taken a lot of heat. Its unclear who exactly it is that's apparently offended by this advertisement, but I imagine that the real reason this story is getting so much press is because of the absurdity that one would interpret this to be offensive or racist.

The claim is that the ad implies that the body wash will lighten your skin... Because the black woman is standing in front of the before picture, and the white woman is standing in front of the after picture, some doofus took this to mean that the black woman is "before", and the white woman is the "after" (rather than understanding that the images they are standing in front of, clearly labeled "Before" and "After", are depictions of the expected results). Some people have too much time on their hands. Damn conspiracy theorists...

Michael Ian Black Entertains Me To No End

Michael Ian Black brought much joy into the hearts of his Twitter followers today when he began tweeting every move of the Asian man sitting next to him on his cross country flight today.