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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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:
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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In part one we began an in-depth look at social interaction and the role it often plays in defeating someone’s heart-felt desire to lose weight.  Here in part two we will consider the second head of the beast that not only sets the stage for health issues later in life but [...]

Regardless of how you look at it, when someone in the family desires to lose weight, it is much more likely they will succeed when others in the family join in.  Specifically for this article we will take a look at gastric bypass surgery as an example of this being true.
Although we [...]

Just as it can be for someone who wants to quit smoking or drinking, losing weight can be a real struggle for someone who has fought the “battle of the bulge” for a long period of time.  It just isn’t all that easy to lose the weight.  No matter what the habit has been, [...]

No one will argue the fact that, as we grow older our body changes.  Some have compared our changing bodies to an hour glass figure that has seen the sand shifting to new locations!  Well, maybe this is true but that doesn’t mean we give up.  Remember, it is a war defined [...]