Weight Loss, Diet and Fitness
Dieting Makes you Fat - July 20,
2008 The weight-loss industry is swelling as quickly as our
waistlines at the moment, which seems something of a paradox. If
body-conscious consumers are so happy to buy dieting products, why
are we facing an obesity crisis? The truth is, no calorie-controlled
diet works; if it did, dieting professionals could kiss repeat
business goodbye. Even worse: Restricting what you eat will make you
fat. Worse still: Yo-yo dieting can cause depression, high blood
pressure and high cholesterol levels. Frequent dieters are 60
percent more likely to die from heart disease than people who don't
starve themselves.
Big,
Well-Balanced Breakfast Aids Weight Loss - June 19, 2008
Starting your day with a large
meal packed with both carbohydrates and lean protein, and even a small piece of
chocolate, can help lessen cravings and hunger the rest of the day, which can
lead to significant weight loss, new research suggests.
Handling
the 'Weighty' Issues - May
27, 2008
If
you starve yourself in the morning, the signal that your body gets is that food
supplies are low and whatever meal comes in next has to be stored as fat Fruits
contain fibre that is essential for the metabolic process.
"The normal BMR range is 1,200-1,300 for women and 1,400-1,600 for men. People
with a sluggish metabolism may find it difficult to lose weight," adds Dr
Krishnan.
Smoke-free
and smothered by obesity cost - November 30, 2007
By some expert analysis, obesity now imposes
more than twice the public health risks of smoking. Will the public
health vigilantes therefore put twice the heat on food that they
have put on tobacco.
Fat-Fighter
Diet about more than shedding pounds - November 29, 2007
Bruce Krahn wants to make one thing
clear: there is a big difference between weight loss and fat loss.
Glaxo
looks to launch anti-obesity drug in Europe -
October 2, 2007
The
UK
could get its first ever approved over-the-counter weight loss drug after
GlaxoSmithKline said today it had applied for a licence to sell a
non-prescription version of the anti-obesity drug Orlistat in
Europe.
Your Metabolism: Speed it Up for Weight Loss -
October 3, 2007
Can
you speed up your metabolism naturally and at the same time increase or boost
your metabolism. As you are going to see there are many pills, fads, programs
and more that promise that you can increase your metabolism. As the old saying
goes "buyer beware."
Skinny gene' could lead to weight-loss pill -
September 4, 2007
A
skinny gene that may pave the way for a fat-burning pill has been pinpointed by
scientists.
The
gene governs whether the body piles on pounds or burns them off, researchers
found
Experts warn diet-conscious parents
are depriving their children of fat vital for growth -
August 16, 2007
PARENTS
should not restrict their children to low-fat diets despite concerns about
obesity, experts said today.
Most American adults don't exercise enough, but updated national guidelines for
physical fitness allow for flexibility and will make it easier to determine how
much is enough to maintain good health, according to Health Fitness Corporation
(HFC), a national leader in worksite health management.
Study: Obesity is Socially Contagious -
July 25
A new study finds that when the
scale reads "obese" for one individual, the odds that their friends will become
obese increase by more than 50 percent.
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