PH Miracle Diet Basics
(Submitted by: Lisa Sequera)
The pH Miracle diet is the newest phenomenon to strike the dieting world. Health experts have noticed that popular diets seem to go in waves. While the 90s were marked by the low-fat diet craze, the last six to seven years have been focused on ... Read article
Dieting - 3 Easy Tips That Will Ensure The Success of Your Diet Goals
(Submitted by: James Hegarty)
There is no end to the amount of people who want to loose weight at any given time. It is a real desire among people because it is so easy to add those extra pounds. While it may be easy to add on that extra weight it much harder to get rid of. ... Read article
Important Information About a Green Tea Diet Plan
(Submitted by: Morgan Buchanan)
Everyone keeps telling us that green tea is one of those products that is really good for us. We often start to glaze over and lose interest since we just dont know why this is the case and they go into a long scientific spiel.Fairly ... Read article
The Three Day Diet - How Does It Work?
(Submitted by: Dean Iggo)
The come in several numbers and in different thoughts. The three day diet. It is dieters favorite term, their perfect option before a big event (i.e; dance, wedding, special event) and it is the easy way out of the usual standard of hard core ... Read article
The Atkins Diet Can Work for You - Here''s How
(Submitted by: Andy Bowen)
If you don't know what the Atkins Diet is, where have you been for the last 10 years? The Atkins Diet is a low carb diet developed over twenty years ago by Dr Robert Atkins, an American heart specialist. It is one of the most popular low carb ... Read article
Diet Horoscope - An Easy Diet Plan By Zodiac Signs
(Submitted by: Elaine Fung)
Diet Weight Loss program which Use Horoscope Zodiac Signs to Tell the Best Times to Lose the Most Weight with the Least EffortAstrologers themselves found that the planets, sun and moon exert certain physical stresses on the earth. ... Read article
What You Need To Know When Dieting
(Submitted by: David Fishman)
There is no better way to lose weight than to eat right and exercise regularly. Weight loss pills are not a good solution to the overweight problem, nor are they proposed as replacement for the conventional weight loss and management methods such ... Read article
Gout Diet
(Submitted by: Colleen Redman)
Can diet alone cure gout? It would seem so, since the cause of gout is related to faulty purine metabolism, then it would seem logical that cutting down, or out altogether foods high in purines, gout would be eliminated.The pain of gout ... Read article
What You Should Know Before Starting A Weight Loss Diet Plan
(Submitted by: Jed Baguio)
Before looking for weight loss diet plan. These tips that might help you take off a few pounds in a healthy way:- Consult a physician? A dietician can formulate a right weight loss diet plan for your health condition.- Water therapy ... Read article
Are You On A Diet?
(Submitted by: Beverley Clement)
You might tell me that is obvious I am overweight and need to lose the excess weight. Ah! But wait have you ever been on a diet before?I can imagine many of you saying yes I have been on and off diets for so long I cant remember when I ... Read article
Obesity Surgery Can Lead To Memory Loss And Movement Problems
A new US study suggests that obesity surgery such as gastric bypasses can cause vitamin deficiency that leads to memory loss, confusion, co-ordination, and other neurological problems.The study is published in the journal Neurology.A neurological sydrome called Wernicke encephalopathy occurs mostly in patients who vomit a lot after they have had weight loss surgery (also known as bariatric surgery). [click link for full article]
How to Display a Picture in Your Comments
I've finally enabled avatars / pictures for commenters. Here's how you do it. Go to a site called Gravatar. Follow the instructions by entering your email (make sure it is the same email address that you use for your diet-blog.com comments!). Once registered you can upload a picture. From then on your picture will display next to your comment (see...
Philips 598: The Phone For Weight-Conscious Women
Philips are releasing a cell phone targeted towards women. What's intriguing about the phone is the feature set. The features include both a Body Mass Index calculator and a Basal Metabolic Rate feature. Apparently women need to be able to calculate their BMI anywhere anytime....
Obesity High Among Baltimore's Homeless, Johns Hopkins Researchers Say
A small but telling study from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center reveals an ominous trend: more than expected, obesity shadows Baltimore's homeless children and their caregivers, putting them at high risk for heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, among other conditions."Not long ago, homeless people were undernourished. [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...
Research In Childhood Obesity In Children Highlights Physical Activity Levels
A British study, involving 5,500 children and published in the latest issue of PLoS Medicine, used accurate methods to measure the 'fat mass' of the children and the amount of physical activity they were taking. The researchers, based at the University of Bristol, concluded that low levels of activity, particularly moderate and vigorous activity, play an important role in the development of obesity. [click link for full article]
Rochester Study Connects Common Chemicals To Rising Obesity Rates
Exposure to phthalates, a common chemical found in everything from plastics to soaps, already has been connected to reproductive problems and now, for the first time, is linked to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in adult males, according to a study by the University of Rochester Medical Center. [click link for full article]
Fruit Juice: Making Kids Fat?
Research from Australia has concluded that children who drink 2 cups of fruit juice or fruit drinks per day were more likely to be overweight or obese than those who did not. It seems that the more fruit juice consumed, the more chance of being overweight: "Children who drank more than three glasses of soft drink - three quarters...
Americans Still Not Eating Enough Fruits And Vegetables, According To Two Recent Studies
"Eat your vegetables" has been heard at the dinner tables of America for a long time. Has the message gotten through? Since 1990 the Dietary Guidelines for Americans has recommended consuming at least two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables daily. However, two studies published in the April issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine clearly show that Americans are not meeting the mark. [click link for full article]
First UK Study To Determine How General Practice Professionals Can Tackle Adolescent Obesity
Academics at the University of Hertfordshire are conducting the first UK study to investigate how health professionals based in general practice can help adolescents who are obese to lose weight. [click link for full article]