Month: October 2018

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Weight Loss Exercise

Fast Food Nation – The Movie

Fast Food Nation is a movie coming out, or is out depending on where you live, that looks at the dark side of the fast food industry.

Apparently 1 in 8 adults in America have at one point received a paycheck from a fast food chain and this is a real problem, you will buy what you know, and the food is terrible for you as we all know.

One of the horrible things about the fast food chains though is the way that the supply train for the companies treat the workers all the way from the slaughtering plants to the stores.

The movie Fast Food Nation is based on the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

Fast Food Nation is getting some great reviews and I have found the sysnopis of the movie from the fast food nation site:

FAST FOOD NATION traces the birth of an everyday, ordinary burger through a chain of riveting, Fast Food Nation - The Movieinterlocked human stories – from a hopeful, young immigrant couple who cross the border to work in a perilous meat-packing plant, to a teen clerk who dreams of life beyond the counter; to the corporate marketing whiz who is shocked to discover that his latest burger invention – “The Big One” – is literally full of manure.

As the film traverses from pristine barbeque smoke labs to the volatile U.S.-Mexican border, it unveils a provocative portrait of all the yearning, ambition, corruption and hope that lies inside what America is biting into.

I am looking forward to this movie a lot.

I remember how excited I was about Supersize Me when it came out and showed how bad eating McDonalds is to eat non stop for a month and I am hoping for just as big of things from this movie as well.

The more pressure that we can put on fast food companies to improve the quality of their food and working conditions the faster these changes will be made.

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Weight Loss Products

Does the Thrive Patch Work for Weight Loss? Fact vs Fiction

No studies have assessed the effectiveness of the Thrive Patch for weight loss.

However, three of the ingredients in the Thrive Patch have been studied in this regard.

ForsLean

The effects of the herb Coleus forskohlii on weight has been studied in two small randomized, double-blind, controlled studies — one in men and one in women.

In women, it had no effect on weight, but the herb was noted to have a small effect on body composition in men and resulted in a 4% reduction in body fat (2, 3).

However, the results in the men’s study were variable and the effect on body weight insignificant.

Green Coffee Bean Extract

Green coffee beans are unroasted. They’re a source of chlorogenic acid, a carbohydrate blocker that aids weight loss by blocking the absorption of carbs.

One 12-week study found that participants drinking coffee enriched with chlorogenic acid lost an average of 11.9 pounds (5.4 kg), compared to 3.8 pounds (1.7 kg) for the control group that received regular coffee (4).

However, another study on coffee bean extract found that it had no significant effect on weight (5).

Garcinia Cambogia

Garcinia cambogia is a popular weight loss supplement. It’s said to aid weight loss by increasing fat burning and reducing appetite.

Results of weight loss studies have been mixed, with the positive studies only showing marginal effects (6).

For example, in one 12-week study, participants taking the supplement only lost 1.94 pounds (0.88 kg) more than the control group (7).

Effectiveness of the Patch’s Technology

Overall, research to support that any of the active ingredients in the Thrive Patch are effective for weight loss is currently insufficient.

Additionally, it’s unclear how much of the active ingredients are in the patch and whether they’re present in sufficient amounts to have any effect.

Dermal fusion technology (DFT) — the technology used to deliver the ingredients — has also not been studied, and it’s impossible to know how effective it is at delivering the active ingredients from the patch through your skin.

This means that in addition to a lack of evidence for the effectiveness of the ingredients within the patch, it’s currently unclear whether the patches are even able to increase your blood levels of these active ingredients.

Summary Research to back up claims that the Thrive Patch or its individual ingredients aid weight loss is currently lacking. The technology used to deliver active ingredients through the skin has also not been studied.

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Weight Loss Exercise

Fast Food Nation – The Movie

Fast Food Nation is a movie coming out, or is out depending on where you live, that looks at the dark side of the fast food industry.

Apparently 1 in 8 adults in America have at one point received a paycheck from a fast food chain and this is a real problem, you will buy what you know, and the food is terrible for you as we all know.

One of the horrible things about the fast food chains though is the way that the supply train for the companies treat the workers all the way from the slaughtering plants to the stores.

The movie Fast Food Nation is based on the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

Fast Food Nation is getting some great reviews and I have found the sysnopis of the movie from the fast food nation site:

FAST FOOD NATION traces the birth of an everyday, ordinary burger through a chain of riveting, Fast Food Nation - The Movieinterlocked human stories – from a hopeful, young immigrant couple who cross the border to work in a perilous meat-packing plant, to a teen clerk who dreams of life beyond the counter; to the corporate marketing whiz who is shocked to discover that his latest burger invention – “The Big One” – is literally full of manure.

As the film traverses from pristine barbeque smoke labs to the volatile U.S.-Mexican border, it unveils a provocative portrait of all the yearning, ambition, corruption and hope that lies inside what America is biting into.

I am looking forward to this movie a lot.

I remember how excited I was about Supersize Me when it came out and showed how bad eating McDonalds is to eat non stop for a month and I am hoping for just as big of things from this movie as well.

The more pressure that we can put on fast food companies to improve the quality of their food and working conditions the faster these changes will be made.