The Jay Leno Diet
People eat more when they watch TV – we all know that. But according to a new study by Dr. Alan Hirsch, neurological director of Chicago’s Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation, it seems that who you tune into late-night can impact not only your belly laughing, but your actual belly.
Hirsch set out to explore the impact of television on eating behaviors by measuring potato chip consumption during the evening talk shows. What he found: volunteers munched through an average of 44 percent more chips while watching David Letterman’s monologue and 42 percent more during Jay Leno’s, versus watching no TV at all.
Personally, Leno gives me the heeby-jeebies, so this is just one more reason to not tune in. But Dave? Say it ain’t so! Maybe I’ll have to switch to Conan.
(BTW, Dr. Hirsch is the same expert who told the world that the scents of lavender mixed with pumpkin pie produces the greatest sexual arousal in males. For women, it’s Good & Plenty plus cucumbers…this offers up so many potential jokes, I won’t even go there.)
In other “battle of the bulge” news, ePocrates has announced the results of their “2007 Obesity Report” - a nationwide survey of physicians which revealed doctors consider obesity to be the single largest public health crisis in the nation. (ePocrates develops mobile and web-based patient safety products for doctors.) This isn’t a huge shock – obesity has so many ties to diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and more that it’s bound to be a top priority – but I found some of the additional survey highlights really interesting, like the fact that 88% of physicians surveyed feel that more than 30% of their peers are clinically overweight, even when each understands the consequences; and 93% of physicians ranked Weight Watchers® as the best weight loss program, followed by The South Beach Diet™.
So I guess today’s take-home messages are: Lock up the chips, skip the Leno monologue, pick a doctor who’s in good health him/herself and, if you’re hungry for a little lovin’, hide a pumpkin pie under your pillow, spritz on some lavender sheet spray and get busy.
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That is probably the most entertaining thing I've heard all morning. Also, a show that makes me hungrier than all get out is Hell's Kitchen, PLUS, Chef Ramsy is smokin' hot!
OMG, Ramsey is hot! I would totally whip the man with a spatula and then make him cook me something delicious, like crepes.
My husband loves anything with cinnamon on it. The scent of it perks him right up. But, I do have to admit that we eat our dinner watching tv most nights. We're just lazy!
We just donated our dining set (it was poorly made) and went shopping this weekend for a new one. He was so funny, going from table to table, saying "This one's not 'sturdy' enough and this one's too high" I was really hoping the entire family that was shopping behind us didn't notice that in reality he was picking out another sex prop. I just want big comfy chairs and for us to try and learn a new habit of eating at the dinner table instead of the couch.
um...it sounds like I'm going to have to start watching this chef...although "Gordon" isn't the SEXIEST name I've ever heard of. "Ramsey," on the other hand, has a certain je ne sais qoi to it ;-)
um...it sounds like I'm going to have to start watching this chef...although "Gordon" isn't the SEXIEST name I've ever heard of. "Ramsey," on the other hand, has a certain je ne sais qoi to it ;-)
Well...I don't think it's necessarily his looks, he is pretty wrinkly (you'd think by working in a kitchen with all the steam would be nice for his pores, but who knew) it's more his 'go-eff-yourself' attitude that's really funny to watch and I love me a funny man. Rawr! He seems really cool when he's not in the kitchen, screaming and cursing at the contestants, but some of those people are real idiots and deserve it. One girl, I think it was last season, thought that cold water boiled faster than hot! ROFL!
Did the study find that the people that watched Jay Leno ate Doritos? I would figure the Jay Leno diet would include 10w40 motoroil.
Back to the topic of Chef Ramsey, it's probably his personality that's most appealing. He looks like he was hot in his prime, but he's a bit wrinked, I agree. From talking to other people, they assume that he would be a jerk because of the way he is on the show, but it's his reputation on the line. Who wouldn't be picky? Anyways....everyone should try the cheddar crisy minis. They're amazing with some Tim Horton's coffee. mmm
Just seeing the topic, I thought the Jay Leno diet was eating as much food per meal as he could put on his chin...go figure!
ohhhh, such Leno bashing. I love him and don't know what I'll turn to when he retires in 5 yrs. I only watch Conan due to insomnia. But if only Ellen could take Leno's job--she makes me laugh. As far as the eating problem, you shouldn't eat anything after 7pm and certainly no crunchy stuff in bed. I guess I need a short course on aphrodisiacs
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