The Science of Weight Loss
Calories. You count them, cut them, obsess about them – but do you know what they actually are? Nutritionally speaking, calories are a measurement of energy. This energy, present in foods and beverages, is...
Category: Weight Loss
Fruity Ways to Lose Weight
Most of us have memories of mothers, teachers and elders coaxing us into having fruits while we were growing up. Though some of us are fruit lovers, (with a list of our favourite fruits),...
Eat Your Way Thin
A few French fries can’t hurt, right? Actually, wrong! A surprising new study shows that eating just a bit more of some popular foods can really pack on the pounds. For several decades now,...
Keys for Weight Loss
• Remove all irresistible foods from the house, including cookies, chips, and ice cream. • Drink two quarts of filtered or bottled water every day. It is best to drink two 8-ounce glasses thirty...
Why the Weight?
It’s hard enough to drop extra pounds. But stealth causes, such as fatigue or stress, can make it even more challenging. If your waistline has expanded unexpectedly — or your efforts to lose are...
Stay Trim Live Longer
The 1990, U.S. Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines said it was all right for people over the age of 35 to be heavier than younger adults. Some health experts disagreed. The debate led the...
Coup Detox?
From the Master Cleanse to the Fruit Flush, advertised options for removing your body’s residue are endless. But are they legit… and what are the health concerns? The premise of detoxification advocates is that...
Add Weight to Lose Weight
Add weights to your workouts, and you’ll lose more. Research shows that strength training speeds up metabolism, which means you’ll burn more calories even at rest. One study found that participants who pumped iron...
Steroid Helps Patients Regain Weight
An anabolic steroid show success helping seriously ill and injured people gain weight and restore muscle mass. Two studies presented at CHEST 2002, the 68th annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians,...
Drug Treatment for Liver Disease
A drug traditionally used to treat diabetes could reverse the symptoms of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis — a type of liver disease. Recent research reveals pioglitazone (Actos) effectively reduces fats and inflammation in the liver. Fifty-five...
The Truth Is in the Tummy
Countless infomercials advertise trendy products and pills promising to transform your stomach from soft to svelte. But what’s the real cause of belly bulge… and the “secret” to slimming down? Unfortunately, no magic concoction...
How do I prevent long-term cubicle weight gain?
Do you worry about the long-term effects of sitting at your desk for eight to 10 hours a day? A sedentary job can make your fat-loss efforts challenging and with regular office birthday cakes...
Safer Surgical Weight Loss
(Ivanhoe News 2000) — Can’t lose weight? You’re not alone! Experts say obesity is at an all time high. Nearly 55 percent of Americans are overweight. While surgery is not the best option for...
Options for Lose Weight
There are three main ways in which your doctor is likely to suggest you lose weight. The first is by suggesting that you diet. Then, if the problem is severe, he or she may...
What Causes Weight Gain
It’s easy to think that weight gain is controlled only by the mechanism of calories in and energy out. Although this is mostly the case, and you certainly won’t lose weight unless you burn...
Optimizing Your Weight
Millions of women follow diets, visit diet clubs, read weight-loss books, and look for low-calorie and low-fat foods when they visit the supermarket. We seem to be preoccupied with weight loss. Why do we...
Bulimia Risk
You’ve heard about anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder marked by starvation, but what about its counterpart bulimia nervosa? More than eight million Americans have eating disorders, and one in 20 of those are bulimic....
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that arises from a person’s intense fear of being overweight. There are many ways that anorexic people control their weight, including starvation, obsessive exercising, purging, and taking diuretics....
Weight loss saboteurs and how to defeat them
Late night snacking. Sleep doesn’t burn many calories, so late night foods don’t get burned away. Make a point to stop eating 2-3 hours before bedtime. Impulse eating. Plan your meals and snacks, and...
Weights and Measures
Take a shower for low back pain Never underestimate the power of hot (but tolerable), surging water. If your pain is the sudden result of a wrenching strain, then wait 24 hours before applying...
Insulin and Muscle Building
Before we jump to conclusions and assume all insulin is bad we need to take a step back. Insulin itself is not bad; it is insulin resistance that is the problem. Insulin is key...
Insulin and Fat Storage
Many people refer to insulin as the fat storing hormone, but it is important to understand where this comes from. Remember, insulin’s primary job is to lower blood sugar and get it into the...
Insulin Metabolism
Insulin is perhaps the most well-known of all hormones, and in the halls of health, fitness and fat loss it is mostly maligned and drastically misunderstood. As with many things in health and fitness...
Fight the future: Juvenile obesity
Kids grow fast these days. For the under-20 age group, overweight and obesity growth rates are disturbing. From 1974 to 2004, the prevalence of overweight kids 6 to 11 years old grew from 4%...
Weight-Loss Surgery
Sleeve gastrectomy Sleeve gastrectomy procedure (mostly performed laparoscopically) removes approximately 70% – 80% of the stomach, leaving a sleeve in place. The big benefit of this approach is that even though the volume is...
Bariatric Surgery: Without Some Pain, Weight Gain
Weight-loss surgery has to historically maintained a negative stigma due to the complications and deaths reported in the small number of cases being performed. Healthcare providers have been frustrated by the non-compliant nature of...
Bariatric Treatment: A Buffet of Options in Development
Individuals who approach and exceed 40% over their ideal weight seem to no longer have the physiological feedback of satiety. This makes it nearly impossible to stay on a diet because their lifestyle revolves...
Anti-Obesity Drugs
Everyone is searching for the magic pill that still lets them eat excessively and lead sedentary lives. In the past decade, there have been a number of drug products on the market that either...
Current Non-Surgical Treatment Options for Obesity
Obesity is the second-most preventable death group with 400,000 preventable deaths annually, behind only tobacco-related deaths. But does the fact that it is preventable make it avoidable? Less than 5% of the morbidly obese...
Quantifying the prevalence and risk of obesity co-morbidities
Figure below shows the prevalence of co-morbidities in men and women of varying BMI ranges. Notice that for men with a BMI from 30-34.9, the prevalence of heart disease is 16.1%. This is nearly...