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
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]
In Obesity, Brain Becomes 'Unaware' Of Fat
Critical portions of the brain in those who are obese don't really know they are overweight, researchers have reported in the March issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press. These findings in obese mice show that a sensor in the brain that normally detects a critical fat hormone - causing a cascade of events that keeps energy balance in check - fails to engage. Meanwhile, the rest of the metabolic pathway remains ready to respond. [click link for full 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]
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...
Modern Imaging Unravels Causes Of Addictive Behaviour - A Possible Basis For New Therapies?
What can radiology contribute to the treatment of obesity (adipositas)? Evidently a great deal, as was made clear at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2007) at Austria Center Vienna. [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]
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...
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The Carrot Diet A woman eats carrots every 15 minutes for 3 months in order to cure her infertility. The solution seemed to work as she became pregnant. A tabloid special Active kids say slim "Children who did 15 minutes a day of moderate exercise -- equivalent to a brisk walk -- were 50 percent less likely than inactive...