Weight Loss

New Drug Helps Overweight Monkeys Lose Weight – Could We Be Next?

March 14, 2012

In a recent trial conducted at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, scientists have found that Adipotide – a new drug designed to attack excess body fat – has helped obese monkeys lose weight, according to a study published in the Science Translational Medicine Journal. Although questions still exist regarding the drug’s effectiveness [...]

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Women Who Gain Weight After Pregnancy At Higher Risk for Diabetes

February 23, 2012

A recent study by the Division of Research at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, shows increasing evidence that women who gain weight after their first pregnancy are at an increased risk for developing pregnancy-related diabetes, which is also known as gestational diabetes, during their second pregnancy. The study also found that if the women lost [...]

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Brown Fat Could Be Key to Weight Loss

February 2, 2012

By now we’ve all heard that eating right plus exercising will lead to weight loss, but the specific reasons why and how this happens often remain elusive, even within the medical community. Thanks to a new study published by Nature and conducted by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in conjunction with Harvard Medical School, however, it [...]

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PX90 Exceeds Fitness Standards for Weight Loss, Study Finds

November 26, 2011

The first-ever scientific study of its kind was conducted recently on the popular PX90 weight loss and fitness program by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) with the help of the University of Wisconsin’s La Crosse program. The study was led by John Porcari, Ph.D. and Joel Woldy, M.S., who are both researchers with the [...]

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Global Weight Watchers Study Shows Increased Weight Loss

November 24, 2011

Overweight and obese dieters who participated in a new global study lost more than two times as much weight by following the Weight Watchers program, as compared to others who only received weight-loss counseling from medical professionals. Published initially in The Lancet, the study was the first of its kind and resulted from a unique [...]

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Why Is Diet Soda Bad For You?

November 15, 2011
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We all know that the one of the worst things about drinking regular soda is the sugar, so sugar free diet soda seems like a logical alternative right? Maybe not. Over the past few years there have been quite a few studies that imply that that diet soda is actually bad for us over the [...]

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Do Bigger Plates Equal Bigger Portions?

August 7, 2011

So I’m reading this article about Ways To Combat Mindless Eating on WebMD and one of the tips they recommend is to use smaller plates and bowls with every meal. The psychologists interviewed say that we eat until we are full, so if we have a bigger plate, bowl, box or whatever, we will continue [...]

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How to Lose 10 Pounds In a Week

June 20, 2010

Far too often we weight to the last minute to lose weight. We have a wedding to go to, maybe a class reunion, or a vacation coming up and then we do everything we can to drop a bunch of weight as quickly as possible. Unfortunately unlike college you can’t pull an all-nighter and “cram” [...]

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Healthy Weight Loss

September 12, 2009

A lot of us are overweight, and we are always looking for easy weight loss methods, but how can we lose weight quickly and still be healthy? We all want the secret to lose pounds with no effort in just a few days. If someone told you that you could make millions of dollars in [...]

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Medical Weight Loss Review: Gastric Bypass Surgery

July 25, 2009

There are many weight loss medical treatments you can choose. One most popular choice is gastric bypass surgery. what’s it? How is it done? What are the risks? And how can it help you lose your weight? Our series on diet reviews takes a brief look at gastric bypass surgery. In simple term, gastric bypass [...]

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Five Reasons You Can’t Lose Weight

September 28, 2008

We are all trying to lose weight quickly but most of us struggle to drop pounds. Don’t waste your time with a fast weight loss diet unless you are sure you are doing it the right way. Here are five reasons you may be struggling to lose weight now. 1. Your Diet Is Unsustainable Too [...]

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Healthy Fast Food – Subway Subs

August 22, 2008

Unless you live in a cave, you have heard of Subway spokesman Jared Fogle. At 425 pounds, Jared ate nothing but Subway sandwiches every day and lost over 240 pounds. Certainly an astonishing success story, but are Subway subs really a healthy fast food choice like their commercials make them out to seem? Subway offers [...]

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Healthy Fast Food – Quiznos Subs

August 22, 2008

Not to be out capitalized in the healthy fast food arena by Subway’s low fat menu, Quiznos has been touting their own menu of low calorie small subs, all with 420 calories or less, but unlike Subway, the Quiznos calorie totals include the recommended dressings, but no cheese. While the Quiznos subs have a greater [...]

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How To Lose Weight Fast

August 15, 2008

Most of us eat poorly and rarely exercise but when it comes time to get in shape we all want to lose weight fast. There are many popular diets floating around now and some diets work faster than others, so the amount of weight you lose and finding the fastest way to lose weight depends [...]

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