How To Burn Fat Without Cardio Or Dieting
(Submitted by: Matt Marshall)
I hate cardio.I hate treadmills, exercise bikes and elliptical machines. I hate exercising for hours at a time, just to burn off a few measly calories.Luckily, I recently discovered a way to burn NINE TIMES more fat without wasting ... Read article
Review The South Beach Diet Plan
(Submitted by: James Ellison)
If you have been living beneath a rock for the past one or two years, then you have not heard of The South Beach Diet. For some reason, you have not yet tested it. Perhaps you are concerned that it is a low carb or no carb diet plan, or perhaps ... Read article
Fad Diets and Quick Fixes Vs. Proper Eating Habits
(Submitted by: Lauren Robertson)
Americans spend around 30-50 billion dollars each year on fad diets, quick fixes, and gimmicks. While spending only a small amount each on proper dieting methods like eating healthier foods and exercising regularly. Why is it that we spend so ... Read article
Top Internet Dieting Resources
(Submitted by: Madison Lockwood)
Dieting is a principal health topic in the U.S. and rightfully so. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, almost two thirds of American adults (age 20 years and older) qualify as overweight. That's slightly over 127 million ... Read article
Cellulite Diets
(Submitted by: Peter Emerson)
Cellulite diets may be termed as healthy eating rather than dieting. There are two steps involved - eating healthy foods and avoiding certain types of foods. This type of dieting is more commonly known as detoxification diet. Detoxification diet ... Read article
How Safe Are Low Carb Diets?
(Submitted by: Eddie Tobey)
Low carb diets have become popular due to the fact that they help reduce weight within a short period. Many dieticians advocate reduction in the intake of carbohydrates in order to reduce body weight. Though low carb diets are widely followed, ... Read article
An Easy User Friendly Diet
(Submitted by: Patricia Zelkovsky)
Get out a pencil and notebook, and begin your diet by recording everything you eat; when; and how much. No, this is not a substitute for weight watchers or any other diet plan. There are no rules to follow; no special menus; just you and your ... Read article
Are You Aware of These Negative Results of High Protein Diets?
(Submitted by: Foras Aje)
It will be preaching to the choir to say that we all need a certain amount of protein everyday to remain healthy. However, based on misinformation to this effect, several people view the daily consumption of a high-protein diet as beneficial, ... Read article
Here are Some Effective Diet Techniques
(Submitted by: Foras Aje)
Finesse, skill and common-sense are some of the components needed to succeed at doing anything, going on a diet included.Therefore to avoid the results of most diet trends and excessive calorie-counter dieting suffice it to say anyone ... Read article
Can I Just Exercise Alone to Lose Weight without Dieting?
(Submitted by: Foras Aje)
Well, thats an interesting albeit understandable concept; to just do exercise without worrying about what one eats to lose the pounds.I mean when one considers the problems with most diets today, especially with world being filled with ... Read article
Obesity Drives US Surgical Procedure Volumes Higher
Millennium Research Group (MRG) has conducted a detailed analysis of surgical procedures in its US Surgical Procedure Volumes 2007 report. The report finds that over 11 million Americans are considered morbidly obese, and by 2011, over 13 million will be- driving the volume of surgical procedures in the US throughout the next five years. [click link for full article]
Red Pepper: Hot Stuff For Fighting Fat?
Food scientists in Taiwan are reporting new evidence from laboratory experiments that capsaicin - the natural compound that gives red pepper that spicy hot kick - can reduce the growth of fat cells. The study is scheduled for the March 21 issue of the ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication. [click link for full article]
Do You Pursue an Hourglass Figure?
Forgive the double entendre. When it comes to the hourglass figure - many women pursue it, and it seems that men pursue women with it. Psychologists at the University of Texas (obviously with way too much time on their hands) have reviewed hundreds of years worth of literature and concluded: Men lust after slender-waisted women. Apparently it all comes down...
Obesity At The Time Of Prostate-Cancer Diagnosis Dramatically Increases The Risk Of Dying From The Disease
Obese men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer have more than two-and-a-half times the risk of dying from the disease as compared to men of normal weight at the time of diagnosis, according to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The findings by senior author Alan Kristal, Dr.P.H., and colleagues appear online and will be published in the March 15 print edition of the journal Cancer. [click link for full article]
Spain Removes Skinny Mannequins From Stores
Last year during Fashion Week, Spain banned models with a BMI under 18 from participating. This year, the Health Ministry in Spain is charging ahead with a new program that will prevent mannequins under a size 6 (a Spanish 38) from being displayed in store windows. Womens' sizes are also being standardized. 85,000 women across Spain, ages 12 to...