Top 5 Foods to Skip during the Holidays

The holidays are a time for celebration and merriment, but the large meals in which we indulge can be costly in terms of calories and fat. Making healthy selections at the dinner table will make your New Year’s resolution to get in shape easier and keep you from having to loosen your belt or enter [...]

Can Neuron Transplants Cure Obesity?

With over one billion adults in the world now considered to be obese, this disease has become an epidemic that has sufferers and medical professionals alike worried for very good reason. Diet and exercise alone doesn’t seem to be work as 95% of dieters regain all or more of their lost weight back. Some obese [...]

Water – The Weight Loss Elixir?

Reports about water are as solid as water itself. Some reports extol the value of water as an important weight loss strategy. In the last decade, people have been led to believe that they do not drink enough water. At the same time, other reports are saying consumers should not worry about their daily water [...]

The Nutrition News Puzzle

With so many conflicting reports on the news about food and what is good for you, it can be hard to believe any of them. Something that is reported as terrible for you today can end up a miracle food in just a few months according to a different study. This happens because of the [...]

Taxes — Not Subsidies — Key to Healthier Choices

The United States, along with much of the developed world, faces an obesity crisis. Obesity is at the root of many physical and psychological illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, and depression. What can be done about this serious health problem? We could all take responsibility for ourselves and begin exercising and eating more healthily. [...]

Don’t Give Up the Wine, Ladies

When trying to lose weight, alcohol is one of the first things that people cut out of their diet. Up until recently, consumers heard that alcohol offers nothing more than empty calories. Most people believe that alcohol is a dangerous depressant that stimulates weight gain, lowers immune system function, and causes high blood pressure. Fortunately, [...]

Low Fat Diet, Not Just Weight Loss, Cuts Diabetes Risk

A recent study, published online May 18 in the American Journal of Clinic Nutrition, states those on a lower-fat diet reduced their risk factors for Type-2 Diabetes even if they did not lose weight. This gives overweight individuals an even greater reason to stick to a low-fat diet. Obesity is a strong risk factor for [...]

Fooling Your Body with Sugar Substitutes Can Make You Gain Weight

What exactly is a sugar substitute? Sugar substitutes are food additives that duplicate the sugar in taste, but have fewer calories. Artificial sweeteners are usually synthetic, meaning not natural, although some substitutes contain natural products. High Intensity Sweeteners These compounds are sweeter than common table sugar, also known as sucrose. Only six intensely sweet sugar [...]

FDA Urged to Ban Weight-loss Pills

FDA Urged to Ban Weight-loss Pills The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is being urged to ban 2 popular weight-loss drugs. According to the consumer advocacy group, Public Citizen, Alli and Xenical have been found to cause serious health risks including liver failure, acute pancreatitis and even death. They have filed a petition with the [...]

Lowfatdietplan.org Makes Weight Loss Fun With A Pivotal BMI Calculator

Lowfatdietplan.org with its ever-changing blog, has now launched their very first weight loss tool, a BMI calculator to assist their audience in making weight loss simple and fun. This is the first of many weight loss tools and calculators coming to low fat as they are promising even more calculators in the future. Owner of [...]