Marlene Koch's Fave Splenda Diet Recipes. John Bigg's CES CrunchGear Report . And Dr Alvy's Positive Parenting Tips

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On tonight's show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy get the skinny about recipes that are reduced in sugar, fat and calories so you can enjoy all the foods and sweet treats you love – and still eat healthfully from Marlene Koch.

Marlene Koch, RD, is the author of the best-selling cookbook series including Unbelievable Desserts and Fantastic Food with Splenda and the recently released Marlene Koch’s 375 Sensational Splenda Recipes. She is a registered dietitian and culinary nutritionist that specializes in delicious food for healthy lifestyles.

As a nutrition educator Marlene’s energetic and consumer friendly style has made her a seasoned and popular food and nutrition speaker for health groups such as the American Diabetes Association. she and Dr Fitness went at it over the healthfulness of Splenda. Dr Fitness is not a big fan of any artificial sweetener. Marlene obviously feels the benefits of Splenda especially for people with diabetes out weighs any health risks. Which she says has been none. She even said that the CSPI gives Splenda a thumbs up. Listen to them debate and go to Marlene's website www.marlenekoch.com for all her books and lots of great recipes and information. There is no denying her ability to make low calorie delicious desserts, drinks and meals.

We also had on one of our favorite regulars John Biggs editor of CrunchGear. He just got back from CES and reported his findings to us. there weren't that many fitness gadgets to share. But he told us some great Las Vegas trade show stories and that's always fun. Some gadgets he did mention were: Garmin's 405 ForeRunner and Yamaha's BodyBeat. And he had a tip for iTunes users about sorting your music by beats per minute. Check out his blog at www.crunchgear.com

We also got to learn all about positive parenting from Dr Kerby Alvy

Dr. Alvy is a clinical child psychologist and internationally respected authority on parenting and parent training. He is the Executive Director and Founder of the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring which is famous for creating model parent training programs. He is also the Founder and a Founding Board Member of the National Effective Parenting Initiative. Dr. Alvy is a prolific author of books and articles on parenting, parent training, child development, and child abuse prevention, as well as authoring and co-authoring parenting education programs and seminars. Tonight he talked about the topic of childhood obesity form his his book The Positive Parent. Raising Healthy, Happy and Successful Children Birth- Adolescence. Dr. Alvy said that dealing with a child struggling with being overweight or obesity usually requires some professional help. And that the parent has to deal with their own feelings regarding weight and their child's weight in order to be successful. And he emphasized the importance of the parents role modeling a physically active lifestyle and healthy eating. His segment was filled with parenting tips and advice about losing weight and also eating disorders. Please go to his website for more information and all his books www.kirbya.com

Then we had Rachael the Intern who scoured the internet to find these cutting edge workout classes. First she talked about the Circus Workout. Then she told us all about the Bride Workout. And she ended with the Fat Guy's favorite Swing Set Fitness class. Rachael has been a great help with our MySpace and Facebook pages. So check us out there and please be our friends.

Amazingly the Fat Guy is being followed by close to 3 dozen people who are interested in what he eats each day. Who would have thought?  Anyone can follow the Fat Guy's eating exploits on Twitter.  Food journals are great ways to lose weight and the Fat Guy is always trying anything in order to lose those last 20 pounds. So take a peek into his food diary. You never know what he'll write. Somehow he can stay compliant to writing on Twitter but he can't fit in exercise each day. That's right, moments after he eats something the Fat Guy Twitters about it and you can follow him so that one day if you try real hard you too can look like the Fat Guy. Please go to www.twitter.com/fatguy

Hot mom, Kathie Larkin was back in the studio lending her thoughts and laughter. She even started a new segment where she asks Dr Fitness a tough question about something in the news. Tonight she asked him what he thought about eating cloned meat. You know Kathie as the host of Real Savvy Moms.  Real Savvy Moms is a great show for hot moms, fat moms, all kinds of moms and is available on most PBS' around the US and online and now on in Atlanta. So be sure to look out for that. Remember Kathie is one of the top feet and legs model's out there... she is so hot she got to be a body double for Alyssa Milano in that Veet commercial that is on TV 24 hours a day. Be sure to check out Kathie's website www.getkathie.com. Also check out her hosting skills on www.RealSavvyMoms.com.

Remember we are now on every morning in Michigan. On radio station WKNW. They asked us to create a Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy "Wellness Minute." So now a new Wellness Minute runs on that station each morning at around 7:40. Each Wellness Minute features the doctor and I going over 5 of his best tips on a given wellness subject like: losing weight, getting in shape, living a healthy lifestyle, etc. We're working on ways to make those tips available to all our listeners. If you have a favorite radio station that you think would benefit from our Wellness Minutes send them an email telling them about it and who knows maybe you can hear us everyday too.

Also once again, I need you to please do me a favor. My kid Max has been doing a radio show called "Kid Power Radio" for awhile now and you should check it out. Tiffany from The Daily Candy called his family friendly radio show "Hilarious!" This is a great show for your kids. It is kind of like a kids version of David Spade's "Showbiz Show" on Comedy Central or Entertainment Tonight mixed in with a little Wayne's World. Max recaps the week in entertainment and gives his take and review of what he liked and didn't like on TV, at the movies, video games, in books and in music and even restaurant reviews. Please go to his site and download the show for your kid. He had a big show recently he interviewed Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. And if your kid sends Max an email he'll read it on the air next week. The show can be found at www.kidpowerradio.com and you can email Max at RadioStarMax at Yahoo.com. He has gotten emails from kids from England, Australia, China and even the US. Your encouragement is greatly appreciated.  Thanks to you his show is rocketing up the charts!!!

As always, more laughs, more info and more fun than any other health, fitness, weight loss podcast out there. Click the podcast button and check out the entire show right now. Don't forget to check out the Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy blog at www.drfitnessblog.com for more tips about weight loss and Dr. Shafran's analysis of all things health and fitness. Also check out our brand new redesigned website www.drfitnessandthefatguy.com to subscribe to our FREE weekly healthy living newsletter and enjoy all the benefits of our online weight loss program and community. You can also email Dr. Fitness there with your specific questions and he will personally answer each one. Promise!! Please blog about our show. Our show grows when our listeners tell their friends about us. We need your help to grow our listener base so if you enjoy Dr Fitness and the Fat guy please forward this podcast to a friend and put links to our website and show on blogs and message boards you enjoy. Thanks!