Dr. Who Easter Eggs in Good Omens

You needn’t be a Whovian to know that Dr. Who lore plays an outsized role in Amazon’s new series Good Omens.  You’d be entirely correct to conclude that there’s no coincidence int the fact that: …

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Deconstructing Detox Diet Scams

Detox:  you constantly see it mentioned but what does it mean?  Actually — nothing;  it’s a nebulous term used by snake oil-salesmen to sell products cloaked in pseudoscientific babble on late night television and throughout …

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SCAM ALERT: Venus Factor Abuses Women Dieters

Venus Factor is one of a number of so-called diets peddled on the Internet, except that it specifically targets women.   Like other Internet scams, this one offers significant weight-loss or body-shaping results, but don’t believe …

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Water Fasting: Is It Good For You?

Fasting.   It’s all the rage.   From the 5:2 diet and intermittent to more extreme fasting methods, people are now talking about ketosis and fasting like they used to talk about sports.   Even Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are …

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