You know those blurbs at the end of pharmaceuticals commercials on TV? “If you can’t afford your medication, Prescott Pharmaceuticals may be able to help.” Who is the intended audience for those blurbs?
According to DailyKos commenter Ralphdog (a rural family-practice physician), those programs involve a LOT of paperwork for the doctor - so much so that some doctors won’t fill out that paperwork without charging the patient (who can’t afford their medications, remember) a paperwork fee. So the pharmaceutical companies don’t seem to be knocking themselves out to make these medicines available to low-income patients.
OTOH, people with reasonable insurance will probably hear those blurbs at the end of the commercials and think, “Well, that’s good. If the pharmaceutical companies are helping out, I guess I don’t need to be concerned.” This is straight out of psychological studies of “Social Proof.” Robert Cialdini writes about this in connection with the Kitty Genovese case, IIRC.
Getting Fit With 2 Bits of Help - actual usage reviews of the Fitbit and DirectLife calorie monitoring systems.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/technology/personaltech/17pogue.html
With this routine, you’ll immediately follow intense iron work with explosive exercises like pushups and box jumps. By combining both in a back-to-back sequence, you’ll improve your overall athleticism, and speed the fat-burning process.
Weight work and plyometrics will build fast-twitch muscle, but they won’t burn fat. Slow-twitch muscles burn fat - fast-twitch muscles burn carbohydrates and creatine phosphate. The only way the above workout would enhance fat-burning is by raising the heart rate, like low-to-moderate intensity cardio exercise. Once the heart rate is back down to the resting level, metabolism drops as well.
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