The Great Ganesha

What are YOU looking at? Oh, my clone? In that case, it’s fine. Keep on looking.
The FDA (after a few years of debate) says that food from cloned animals and their progeny is safe to eat. Looks like this thing has been on the back-burner for a while (pun intended, I apologize, I couldn’t resist).
“This [...]

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If relations between your friends have sunk to a new low because you’re blaming them for your obesity, listen up. Just because you’re fat, it doesn’t mean you’re unfit. Particularly, if you’re a biker.
…cycling is a lot more forgiving of body type and age than running. The best cyclists going up hills are those with [...]

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You better watch out. An article in today’s Times talks about a study that showed that obesity is contagious.
Obesity can spread from person to person, much like a virus, researchers are reporting today. When a person gains weight, close friends tend to gain weight, too.
Their study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, [...]

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If Elvis were Indian, he’d definitely go for this. I mean, there’s a reason why the pan-fried, peanut butter, bacon and honey sandwich is called The Elvis.
A company called (aptly) P.B. Loco has come out with Peanut Butter - the Asian Curry Spice edition.

Incidentally, if you go to About.com’s “Elvis Presley’s Favorite Foods” page [...]

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Heh! I bet the title caught your eye, eh? [Wink wink, nudge nudge] Sort of like the last time I blogged about Britney Spears being nude in NYC! Well, all the various national interest groups with ‘Family’ in their name can rest easy. I’m not talking about all the bonking that went on between Hugh [...]

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Being a regular tea-drinker (one cup in the afternoon of some fine home-brewed masala chai, everyday), an article in today’s BBC News caught my eye.
They say that tea is much more beneficial to one’s health than was previously thought. Of course, these days almost everything either causes cancer or a heart attack. Everything except butter, [...]

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