All Entries Tagged With: "Weight"
Best Weight Loss Pills For Men
We know ephedra helps people lose weight. We also know it isn’t for everybody, which is why the warning labels told people with high blood pressure, heart disease, and other health problems to stay away. But when Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect Steve Bechler died after using ephedra — even though he ignored warnings that were [...]
Vitamin D and Weight Loss: Are They Connected?
A recent study from the University of Minnesota, found that vitamin D levels may actually be a factor in a persons ability to lose weight. Lead researcher, Dr. Shalamar Sibley, suggests that when people start out with an inadequate vitamin D level, it’s possible that this might inhibit or impede their ability to lose weight [...]
Why Eating Nuts Helps With Weight Loss
Many people leave nuts out of their eating plan when trying to lose weight, because they think they are too high in calories. However, this is a big mistake. It’s obvious nuts are high in calories, but studies show that those who eat nuts regularly tend to have a lower BMI in comparison to those [...]
Dangers of Reality Weight Loss Shows
There’s no denying obesity has become an overriding cultural obsession, seen clearly from our insatiable desire for programmes such as The Biggest Loser, I Used to Be Fat, and other such nonsense. When The Biggest Loser first started airing on our TV screens, I must admit I thought it could be a great way to [...]
Targeting Parents Leads to Children’s Weight Loss
Common sense would dictate that parents are the first line of defence when it comes to preventing obesity in children. Now there’s a study to back up what most people suspect – approaches that specifically target parents can result in significant weight loss in moderately obese prepubertal children. 0 Comments | Continue reading…
Does “The Pill” Cause Weight Gain?
Far be it from me to claim any expertise on this subject, but a recent study casts doubts on the long-held belief that the birth control pill causes weight gain. There is a small catch, however as this was a primate study. Half the rhesus monkeys were of normal weight at the start of the [...]
Obese Man Gains Weight to Qualify For Surgery
Fans of “The Simpsons” may recall the episode (circa mid-90′s) when Homer decides to put on weight so he can go on disability. Well, a man in the UK is attempting a similar feat to qualify for weight loss surgery. Darin McCloud weighs 127kg (279 lbs), but local health authorities will only consider him for [...]
Lose Weight With NLP
With the vast array of diets on the market these days, you probably feel like you’ve seen it all. However, “losing weight with NLP” is likely to be something a little different from the norm. The original founders of NLP, or Neuro-linguistic Programming, Richard Bandler and John Grinder, claimed that, NLP would be instrumental in [...]
Big Breakfasts Don’t Help Weight Loss
Somewhere down the line you may have heard that the key to weight loss is to; “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper”. But, if you do eat like a king for breakfast, you may be royally ticked at your lack of progress, according to a study in [...]
Poll: Is HCG Weight Loss A Scam?
Dr. David Katz, the director of Yale University’s Prevent Research Center thinks so. He has researched all of the data regarding the recently resurrected HCG diet and found there to be no supporting evidence of it’s success. He describes HCG diet marketers as nothing more than “snake oil” salesmen. 0 Comments | Continue reading…
Journaling For Weight Loss Success
Experts have been telling us for years that keeping a food diary can aid weight loss. And, it’s excellent advice. In fact, I’d go as far as saying if you want to be successful in losing weight in 2011, you’d be better off ditching those weighing scales, and replacing them with a food diary… the [...]
Drew Carey’s Weight Loss Diet
If you’ve been watching The Price is Right, you would have noticed that funny guy Drew Carey is a shadow of his former self. More specifically, between January and September 2010 he lost 85 pounds. His alteration was one of the more noticeable public weight loss stories of 2010. How did he do it? 0 [...]
7 Top Weight Loss Gadgets for Pets
With an estimated 171 million overweight dogs and cats, it should come as no surprise that the weight loss/pet industry was scratching for what looks like a very lucrative industry. In a world where dogs can get there hair done (not “clipped,” I’m talking coloured, straightened, streaked, etc), massages and other spa treatments, it’s no [...]
Alpha-Lipoic Acid Ramps Up Weight Loss
A new study just published in The American Journal of Medicine showed that Alpha-Lipoic Acid (ALA) supplements helped obese participants lose more weight. The research was conducted at the Korea Health Industry Development Institute and was a follow up to a previous study conducted on rats which also showed ALA’s ability to aid in weight [...]
Stress Only Slightly Impacts Weight Gain
I hate stress. And I’m a mental case, so I don’t handle it very well. Lots of junk food, yelling at people, and watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles on loop. Stress can wreak havoc on your body. Common symptoms of chronic stress include headache, insomnia, depression, high blood pressure, irritability, and I’ve always thought weight-gain [...]
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