Sensual & Superyoung

Sugar-Free, Fat-Free Body Wars

Research | Diet Sodas Again Tied to Obesity & Weight Gain AOC BBC

Karl Lagerfeld, the absolute leader of the size 0 movement in fashion, thinks we all want to look like him. And the new Pepsi Skinny can reminds us that thin is the way to go for fashionable women.

No ultra-thin, body image debates today. Let’s examine the health statistics among diet-beverage drinkers. If drinking diet soda really makes us fat, I suggest we just have an old-fashioned Boston Tea Party and throw the rogues in the river.

Annie Liebovitz Shoots Nike Women’s Ad

Annie Leibovitz has teamed up with NIKE to shoot the ‘Make Yourself’ campaign. Maria Sharapova , Li Na, Allyson Felix, Perri Shakes-Drayton, Hope Solo, Sofia Boutella, and Laura Enever will be featured in individual portraits and group shoots for the campaign and will be wearing the Nike Victory Bra collection.

Health News

Fidgeting Your Way to Fitness Science Daily Science Daily

American business wants us to take fewer trips to the watercooler, but science suggests there’s an added health benefit to incidental activity of 30 minutes a day for cardiovascular fitness and long-term health. Because so many Canadians don’t engage in regular exercise, Ashlee McGuire, the study’s lead researcher and a graduate student in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, examined the health of people, based on their daily routines, down to a minute level.

Activity levels were gauged using an accelerometer, which measures the duration and intensity of movement. Participants wore the accelerometer for a week and also took part in a test to measure their cardiorespiratory fitness.