This is exactly my point from yesterday's post. The public health campaigns to get people to eat more fruits and vegs are not working. "Despite campaigns and slogans, Americans have not increased their consumption, with 28% and 32% meeting USDA guidelines for fruits and vegetables, respectively, and less than 11% meeting the current USDA guidelines for both fruits and vegetables."  Honestly, I think that

Wow. In my last post, I said that Katie Holmes’ thousand-calorie diet was the Worst Diet Ever, but I was so very wrong that I feel I should formally apologize. So, here goes: I’m sorry. Because when I said that about Katie’s diet, I had no idea Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie would be working as counselors at a fat camp.

The Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a new campaign today. They're the ones responsible for the campaign that no one seems to care about---the 5-A-Day campaign. Not that I think having loads of fruits and veggies are a bad idea. They're great tasting and with fantastic health benefits, just take a look at my Wonder Fruits investigation and Wonder Vegetables Investigation. The problem is these government messages miss the point. Well, I have some semi-good news--they've just launched a new campaign:  Fruits & Veggies - More Matters. Is it great? No, but it is certainly a better than 5-A-Day.

I just think we could come up with better public health campaigns – more engaging and entertaining. Has anyone seen the movie Thank You For Smoking? Of course it’s a satire--and just a movie--but it sheds light on a few concepts. It shows about how big tobacco has influenced our society to smoke, and to keep smoking. Why can’t we use some of those same efforts to get our society to start eating fruit and vegetables. Maybe have celebs start making fruit and vegetables "cool" in movies. I bet, back-in-the-day, the mere fact that Popeye ate spinach to have super human powers really helped to get people (especially kids) to eat it.  Think about Brad Pitt eating an apple right after he has sex with Catherine Zeta Jones. Now maybe that would have an impact. All I know is that what we're currently doing is not working so well. Anyway, take a look below for more information about the new program and check out the web site. It has some interesting information like how many fruits and vegetables are in one cup (the common measurement in calorie guides).

After low-carb weight loss, Mary Smith is as active as ever!

Guess who's back in the news again promoting and advocating the low-carb lifestyle as the way she lost over 125 pounds--MARY SMITH!

The media darling of low-carb dieting in 2007, Mary has already shared her amazing low-carb weight loss success story with the world appearing on the front cover of People magazine and then again having her achievement chronicled in her local hometown newspaper The Albuquerque (NM) Tribune in January 2007.

Now she's back again with yet another positive story about her Atkins/Kimkins triumph appearing in The Albuquerque Journal this time (and rumor has it Mary may be on the front cover of another major magazine in the not-too-distant future...STAY TUNED!).