One of the best ways to lose weight is to count calories.  However, is this something you can continue doing safely?  Obviously, the answer depends largely on the person, their body-type and personal weight loss goal. (Read full article here)

What would you say if I told you about a not-so-secret elixir that requires no prescription from a physician, comes with zero side-effects and is real cheap to obtain?  Now, what would you say if I told you that taking this ‘medicine’ before every meal you could win the battle of the bulge permanently?  Would [...]

If you have been thinking about weight training, more currently known as strength training, but have procrastinated, there are some ways to get you on course to a stronger, leaner body. (Read full article here)

Just when you finally decide to lose some weight and go on the proverbial ‘diet’, up pops the issue as to whether the diet food choices are really healthy or not!  Who would have thought that, in order to drop some pounds in order to get healthy, the diet you are about to embark on [...]

So far, in the first two installments (here) and (here), we have discovered some misconceptions as to what the cause of obesity and other related illnesses is.  We referred to a recent study conducted that gave credence to the possibility that the wide-spread addition of high fructose corn syrup into the food chain is not [...]

In part one, we discovered a correlation between the consumption of fructose found within many food products and weight gain.  We revealed that the two entities that influence both our being hungry and feeling full are compromised by the introduction of fructose into the digestive system.  As a result, we not only don’t feel full, [...]

No matter where you look, there is always someone trying to lose weight.  If this describes you, I can relate.  I have been searching high and low for the perfect diet that will enable me to accomplish my goal.  Here is the frustrating part of this search: (Read full article here)

One of the central focal points when embarking on any weight loss plan is calorie counting.  Along with regular exercise, the number of calories consumed will have a great impact on weight loss.  However, if the number of calories is reduced beyond a certain point, the potential of it doing more harm than good exists. [...]

The issue of weight loss is quite possibly the ‘third rail’ that needs to be addressed but not pointed out for fear of offending someone.   Especially in our looks are everything society, sensitivity to not having that Hollywood figure factors prominently in both men and women looking for ways to drop some pounds.  One of [...]

Without a doubt, everyone picks up a bad habit here and there.  As it is with most bad habits, we pick them up over a period of time.  And, because of this, we often don’t realize that it has become a bad habit until it begins to affect our life in a negative way.  Especially [...]

If you keep in mind that you didn’t put on the pounds overnight, you will better understand that it won’t come off overnight either.  No one has come up with a pill or shot that can take off the weight quickly.  In fact, short of surgery, the only way to get in shape is to [...]

Do you find yourself overweight and out of shape?  Have you made up your mind to lose those extra pounds and get back into shape once and for all?  In this image conscious world, many find themselves both carrying a little extra weight and being out of shape.  However, dropping the extra pounds and the [...]

One of the ways in which people try to lose weight is through a low carb diet plan.  Even though many refer to this as a fad diet, it is not.  However, as it should be with any diet plan, we need to go into a low carb diet plan with our eyes wide open.  [...]

When it comes to gaining proper nutrients for our diet today, many are beginning to take a look at supplements as one way to ensure we get all the vitamins necessary to lead a healthy life.  Even though this approach has met with some resistance within the medical science community, many see the taking of [...]

Among all of the so-called ‘fad diets‘ out there today, the low carb diet is one of them.  Even though varying forms of low carb diet plans have been around for hundreds of years, they have only recently become popular throughout the industrialized world, including the United States of America.  In the last few years [...]

Finding yourself a bit overweight?  If so, it is likely you want to drop a few pounds.  Since summer is coming on or that vacation is just around the corner, being able to fit into that new swim suit is just the motivation you need to lose some weight. However, in this image-based world we [...]

Even though the word ‘diet’ can bring up some uncomfortable images of either eating like a rabbit or hardly anything at all, it actually refers more to the types of food that you eat.  It is often a combination of both protein and carbohydrates eaten together to stoke your metabolism and thus help you drop [...]

Taking a cue from the title of a book written by Mike Huckabee “Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife And Fork!”, the title of today’s article is all by itself a very good question.  Here in America, where for nearly all of us food is found in abundance, we find it not as disconcerting [...]