DietMotion

Do you feel the urge to eat chocolate whenever you are upset or anxious, even though you are not hungry? It may not be your fault after all. The scientists are giving you a new excuse now: your chocolate craving may be determined by the bacteria in your stomach.

Sure, everyone has a vast number of microbes in their gut, but people who have a daily cravings for chocolate show signs of having different colonies of (more…)

It looks like a regular flipflop to me, but they (Darren James and Dr David Cook, the developers) call it The Fitflop.
There is a footwear phenomenon in the last years that promises far more than just comfort and style. I don’t know what happened to Fitness, Pilates or weight lifting, but it seems like now all you have to do is change your shoes.

The most recent sensation is the FitFlop, whose producers try to convince the public that it gives you longer and leaner-looking legs. (more…)

It looks like the nightmare both for men and women is finally over. No more bloating, cramps or feeling nervous, or at least that’s what I hope for.
SmartChocolate PMS Bar from Jamieson Laboratories is a premium rice crisp chocolate bar that is fused with natural botanicals to help relieve both the physical and the emotional symptoms of PMS.

White willow bark is often referred to as “herbal aspirin” and it can help to ease menstrual cramps by reducing levels of hormone-like compounds that cause pain and inflammation in the body. (more…)

Ontario residents with questions about healthy eating and nutrition can now seek out free answers online or by telephone.

Health Promotion Minister Jim Watson has launched the free EatRight Ontario telephone service to provide what he calls “credible information”.

Watson says the service will connect people directly with registered dieticians to discuss healthy food choices and explain diet-related health risk factors. (more…)

Many though of using the energy produced in fitness centers, but a few have done it. California Fitness Gym from Hong Kong is the first gym that actually stores and uses the energy.

The California Fitness Gym is more efficient and it is reducing the impact on the environment by using the energy created during the exercises into light and heat.

The consoles of the exercise machines themselves were already powered by human energy. But about 90 percent of the energy produced during workouts was dissipated as heat. (more…)

AndrewAndrew, a design firm, has created this cookie whose nutrition facts are printed right on it’s body, in edible ink.

This is the real cookie with the real nutritional facts printed on it and you can literally see the calories you eat.

Too bad not all cookies are like this one. If they were, maybe people might think twice about it before eating an entire box.

This particular one contains 35 grams of carb, which is the equivalent of almost a quarter of a cup of pure sugar and its calorie number (260) is equal to my breakfast’ calorie number. (more…)

Shower Shock is an all vegetable based glycerine soap which does not contain any harsh ingredients like ethanol, diethanolamine, polyethylene glycol or cocyl isethionate. So it’s gentle but it’s also scented with peppermint oil and infused with caffeine anhydrous.

Each bar of Shower Shock contains approximately 12 servings/showers per 4 ounce bar with 200 milligrams of caffeine per serving (more than a cup of coffee). (more…)

Yes, you heard it right: you can lose weight and play video games. There are several companies that offer you this possibility, you just have to have the necessary urge.

If you’ve ever played video games, you know how addicting they can be. You can play for hours without realizing where the time went. Now imagine how even a half an hour a day of working out with your game system can give you a good workout, but chances are you will keep playing once you get started. Unlike walking the treadmill, you won’t be bored or watching the clock. (more…)

Consumers searching the grocery aisles for authentic whole grain foods now have a new “search tool” – the Whole Grain Stamp

There are 2 versions and they are helping consumers identify foods made with whole grains.

The stamp to the left means that the product contains half a serving, about 8g of whole grain. The number “8g” on this stamp is just an example. The number will be different depending on the product.

This label to the right means that the product is made with (more…)

Scientists at Leeds University in England have created a scientific formula for making the perfect bacon sandwich based on numerous variables.

Researchers spent more than 1,000 hours testing 700 variants on bacon sandwiches. Some of the volunteer tasters sampled up to six variations of bacon sandwiches a day for three or four days, with such elements as thickness of bacon and bread, fattiness of the bacon, crispiness, cooking method and other factors altered. (more…)