Fads Archive

Big, Fat Lies: 6 Experts Weigh In


As you may have guessed by now, our purpose in creating this blog is to give you straight talk about not just Podfitness, but about succeeding in your weight loss and fitness plan.
A lot of people believe the diet industry is conspiring to keep us fat, so that we keep buying weight loss products. This [...]

Don’t just sit there!


You may want to stand up before reading this. Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia found that sitting shuts off enzymes required for burning fat (1). Not only do these enzymes play an important role in fat burning, but they are also involved in controlling cholesterol, triglyceride levels, and other metabolic risk factors. To explore [...]

Eat less and exercise more aka The boring diet that gets results


The New York Times had an interesting article about how we as a nation are inundated with diet fads, books and other worthless weight loss propaganda around this time of the year. And let’s face it, we all want to believe that the next flash in the pan weight loss solution is going to [...]

Vibrating Platforms: Fat-Buster or Fiction?


Yesterday, That’s Fit posted a story about researchers dismissing the use of vibrating platforms for health reasons.
We have an iTonic vibrating platform in our “Test Lab” gym, and I have to say, it isn’t my cup of tea. However, there is recent research that has me taking a second look.
Our resident research wonk/genius Bryan Haycock [...]