Health Watch: More Reasons Not to Smoke: A new study has found a correlation between smoking and belly fat. I hope this convinces my neighbors to finally quit smoking, so that I will not have to come home to find my apartment stinking from the smoke that has seeped through the ventilation.

Salon also has an article on why not to by the best selling book "Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About" or anything else sold by the author. The fact that he sells them via infomercials would be a clue anyway, but the article also talks about why he can get away with what he does.

I also wanted to note that when I talked to my dad (a physician and nutrition researcher) about the Fish Oil Supplements, he said to be careful which ones you take, as some are contaminated with heavy metals, etc. To find out which ones are safe, he directed me to ConsumerLab.com. I'm still trying to figure out how to access the information and if it is available for free. (If you figure it out, please let me know)