The Cure for Anything

I've been reading The Cure for Everything by Timothy Caulfield, in which he examines myths about health and fitness and debunks a fair few of them.  I am enjoying it.  If you are knee deep in the blogosphere and the various research then not much will be new to you, but the guy writes well.  The establishment position - although not yet what is hitting the media - is pretty settled:

• You need to do resistance training
• High Intensity Interval Training is efficient and effecting
• Fat loss is about a calorie deficit

I liked this quote:

You should assess every fitness claim - whether it is about a new form of exercise or an amazing new product - by first asking yourself this question: does anyone benefit financially from creating the perception that this works? If the answer is yes, adopt an attitude of healthy scepticism.