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Public pressure forced breast-milk drinking dad to wean.
Curtis has weaned.
After a storm of criticism last week, the California father who decided to work his way through a freezer full of breast milk ended his stunt and, along with his wife, took down their blog “Don’t Have a Cow, Man.” Instead of seeing how long the 6’4″ and 185-pound “Curtis” could survive on the excess breast milk, he and his wife, who went by the pseudonym “Katie,” found a different way to use up the stuff. Continue reading »
Curtis and Katie, producer and consumer
Folks, this is Curtis.
Curtis is a grown man, 6’4″ and 185 pounds to be exact. He has three children and some digestive issues, which is relevant. Sit tight.
This is also Curtis’s wife, Katie, a doula, childbirth educator, lactation educator and prolific, prolific milk producer.
Curtis and Katie own a couple of deep freezers, which are filled … and I mean FILLED … with Katie’s breast milk.
This is a picture of one of their freezers: Continue reading »
Dads make a big difference in healthy eating
Who makes the mealtime decisions in your house? According to new research, moms are on average more strict about food, while dads tend to be the more influential wild card. Whether they take food seriously, or throw in for Big Macs and other fun time treats, is what sets the nutritional tone in the house.
A study in The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior tells us that dads play a bigger role than moms when it comes to how often their kids eat at fast food restaurants — which is then linked to more weight gain in those children.
Good time dad, bad time mom? Do we really have that paradigm when it comes to the family table — with mom laying down the nutritional law and dad sneaking off to treat the kids to fries? Continue reading »
Dr. Oz should live long, indeed.
Yesterday, Dr. Oz was kind enough to share six factors on his show which impact life expectancy. Two things immediately came to mind. First, I can’t believe I missed the chance to go by the moniker “Dr. Oz”. And second, as a parent, the thing I want most for my children is for them to live a long, happy life.
So maybe if I were in on these six influential factors, I can figure out a way to make my kids hip to them. I mean, I’m already telling them what they’re gonna have for dinner (spoiler alert, nutrition is obviously one of them), as well as what time to go to bed, right? So, why don’t I just tell them the six factors which will make them live long and healthy? Or at least show them these factors.
That’s a good place to start, but before I do that, I suppose I have to know what they are, first.
Moms of young kids weigh more than childless women, says a new study in the journal Pediatrics. Perhaps you’ve noticed this yourself in your own anecdotal studies on the playground? It’s not earth-shattering news. What is new here are some theories about what might be causing these weight differences between mothers and childless women. When we talk about mothers’ bodies, it’s often about how hard it is to lose the leftover baby weight. But it turns out those lingering pregnancy pounds may not be the only factor. According to this study, mothers of young children consume over 300 calories a day more than their peers who don’t have kids, and more empty ones. They’re also less likely to exercise regularly. This last part was true for both mothers and fathers.
Here’s how moms stacked up: Continue reading »
A six pack in a bottle
Kendra Wilkinson became a household name with the success of the E! reality series “Girls Next Door,” where she lived at the Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner and his other two Playboy bunny girlfriends. Kendra’s popularity earned her her own self-titled reality series, where it’s been no secret to her fans that she’s struggled to lose the 60-pounds she gained when pregnant with her baby, Hank Baskett IV.
Kendra is happy to announce that she’s lost all 60 pounds of the baby weight that plagued her Playboy bunny bod. She looks fabulous. And she’s chalking it up to what is quickly becoming another new household name: Ab Cuts.
In a recent interview with FOX 411’s Pop Tarts, Kendra says:
“Within the last couple of months I’ve been focusing on my metabolism with the health supplement Ab Cuts and it has been amazing, my magic potion! It’s the metabolism booster I needed.”
Here’s the skinny on Ab Cuts.
Read this blog and lose weight!
After Carolyn posted yesterday about Dr. Oz’s interview with Joe Mercola on the benefits of the supplement astaxanthin, there’s been a hot debate in the comments about whether Mercola is the modern-day equivalent of a snake-oil salesman. Babble readers have been quick to point out how drug companies, businesses, the media, and the medical community have essentially been shoving quick-fixes down people’s throats for years. Here’s a perfect example: Starting today, you can see a display at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. featuring diet books and diet advertisements through the ages, promising women that they will get fit and trim if they simply:
(Drumroll, please…)
• Eat bile beans (Yum!)
• Wear a girdle (Flatten that bulge, through thick and thin!)
• Listen to a record (Play this record daily and watch the pounds melt away!)
• Wear an electric massage belt (Shake off those pounds!)
• Use an obesity soap (Used like ordinary soap – absolutely harmless, never fails to reduce flesh when directions are followed!)
• Wear “Dissolvene” rubber garments (How society women are reducing flesh!)
• Reduce your weight by bathing (Use reduction salts and wash away your fat!)
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