Hollywood’s Hottest Diets
Hollywood celebs are pro’s at diet, excersise and image. In a industry where how you look dictates how much you earn it is a safe bet that these players have figured a thing or two out. Take a look at some of Hollywood’s strangest and smartest diet plans. Trust us, their are some S-T-R-A-N-G-E ones. Though this [...]
Continue reading...29. December 2008
300 Pound Man Looses Weight to Get Divorced
Employer intensives are a great way to get people on the road to wellness. John Brown’s company Caterpillar Inc. challenged their employees to get fit with a “Biggest Loser” style competition. The reward was a cash prize. Brown needed the dough to hire a divorce lawyer, so he was amply motivated. Brown started by carrying a [...]
Continue reading...5. November 2008
Weight Loss Coach on Your Cell Phone
A new study was published in the November/December issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion addressing a study performed at Brigham Young University. The study tracked the benefits of weight loss coaching via telephone on a group of 120 women and men over a 17 week period. The participants lost an average of 11 [...]
Continue reading...5. November 2008
Fat Mice Get All the Good Diet Drugs
More drugs for fat mice. French scientists at the University of Louis Pasteur have developed a drug that kicks the metabolism of mice into fat burning mode. Fat burning mode? Well you may have left that back in your childhood, but yes it is possible. The body, when working in proper conditions, turns on metabolic “fat [...]
Continue reading...4. November 2008
Need to Lose 100 Pounds or More?
Losing 100 pounds or more may not seem possible to you. It is an overwhelming thought for many obese individuals who have tried every diet in the book and failed. Well friends it is a realistic goal for almost any person. The 100 pound mark is reachable if you are willing to do what it [...]
Continue reading...4. November 2008
Calorie Restrictive Diet - How to Live Longer
Popular trends in eating habits combined with exercise and often other less conventional methods have been a part of human life for thousands of years. Even the Romans purged themselves after gluttonous binging. But one lifestyle diet has continually proven to maintain healthy weight and increase longevity. A calorie restrictive diet in which an individual ingests [...]
Continue reading...3. November 2008
10 Diet Myths Exposed
CBS and WebMD posted an interesting rundown debunking the top 10 diet myths. Some myths included–”don’t eat late at night,” “drinking lots of water helps you lose weight,” and “sea salt is better than table salt.” There are dozens more out there that need to be seriously vetted by the pros. At least here is [...]
Continue reading...3. November 2008
5K 5K - Run for your Money
The New Year’s resolution process has started already. Every year we come up with things that we would like to do or changes we need to make in our lives. You may be a goal setter naturally and even better you may actually accomplish the goals you set. However, if you are like us and [...]
Continue reading...3. November 2008
No Cut Weight Loss Surgery
In an effort to develop less invasive methods for gastric surgery, a team in New York operated on a 25-year-old graduate student without making a cut. Using new tools developed specifically for this procedure, the patients stomach was accessed via her throat. The procedure is part of a trend to make surgery less painful and invasive, [...]
Continue reading...29. October 2008
Man Looses 265 Pounds
Have you ever stepped onto the scale and been emotionally broken by the number displayed? That was the reaction Jeremy Blahnik had in 2005 when he tipped the scales at 489 pounds. “I nearly broke down,” Blahnik said, “and the nurse nearly broke down, too” when she saw his reaction to his weight. He said he didn’t [...]
Continue reading...28. October 2008
Watch a Lap-Band Weight Loss Surgery Live Online
You may be one of the millions of obese Americans that have considered a form of bariatric surgery as a weight loss solution. Each year, around 200,000 people in the U.S. alone undergo a gastric procedure. Unity Hospital in Fridley, Minnesota will be performing the Lap-Band procedure live online at 4:00 PM EDT on Thursday, Oct. 30. [...]
Continue reading...27. October 2008
Diet Pill Doubles Weight Loss (Tesofensine)
A new drug trial, coming out of the University of Copenhagen, studying the effects of Tesofensine as a weight loss pill shows a measurable success rate when compared to other drugs on the market. The study included 203 obese patients over a six month period. In addition to Tesofensine, the participants upped their physical activity [...]
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29. December 2008
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