Some people may look at the picture above and say, Well, DUH! Everything is retouched these days! But how much photoshopping really goes on never ceases to amaze me. And the industry’s excuse?  Images in magazines are not supposed to look realistic .

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Currently Reading:

• Scientific American – Pesticides May Block Male Hormones – Multiple pesticides in use may be feminizing us all. Regulation on this stuff is really quite pathetic (IMO).
• Wall Street Journal Health Blog – Study: Teens, Parents Notice Calorie Counts But Don’t Drop Fries – I love that this study is getting headlines. I think it is more evidence that the problems with American’s food choices go beyond just being informed. The issue is complicated.
• DailySpark – Another Reason to Avoid Trans Fat: Depression – Hmmm.. More bad news for artificial foodstuffs.
• Weighty Matters – Exercise Won’t Prevent Obesity in 8-year-olds – Empirical data to show some of the idiocy behind the Let’s Move campaign.
• Hollywood Life – Bethenny Frankel’s Battle To Be Thin: I Spent My Life Binging & Starving Myself - Bethenny is a good example of some of the detrimental effects of our society’s being obsessed with thinness.