Archive for September, 2010
The Gastric Mind Band – Weight Loss Without The Surgery
Gastric banding or stomach stapling and a variety of bariatric surgeries have become common place in today’s obese world, but for those who are reluctant to go under the knife for whatever reason, here is another option – The Gastric Mind Band. This is a treatment that now has a 6 month waiting list and [...]
What Is Contrave And What Could It Mean For Weight Loss?
Contrave is a possible treatment for obesity that is still in the experimental stages – and has now reached Stage 3 of the clinical trials. Contrave is being developed as a combination of two drugs bupropion and naltrexone, which are prescribed as anti depressants and for those people who want to recover from an addiction. [...]
Technology To Aid Your Weight Loss Goals
Today we have the benefit of technological aids, the like of which mankind has not had access to at any point in our history and it would be a shame not to use those to achieve our weight loss and health goals: Smart phone applications can give you access to recipes and information, help create [...]
The Drew Carey Weight Loss Story – Losing 80 Pounds, 10 Sizes And Diabetes As Well
The TV actor who has kept us all in splits with The Drew Carey Show and with his inimitable style of compeering the TV game show Whose line is it Anyway, has lost not just weight, but also 10 clothing sizes along with it. The icing on the cake is the fact that he has [...]
Eat Less, Feel Full – How? Part 2
If only we could eat just a little and feel full – we often feel – this would be the solution to our weight loss goals. To this end a number of pharmaceutical products are available – that will make you feel full and make you eat less. However before tying out the pharma solutions, [...]
Are You Guilty Of Snack-Bribing Your Child?
Imagine this very typical scenario – you are taking a road trip or even just stuck in traffic with a child strapped in the back who is either asking when you will reach wherever it is you’re going, or just driving you crazy with random whining. So in the interests of letting yourself concentrate on [...]
Top 5 Most Promising Weight Loss Procedures
With weight loss being impermanent for many who lose weight and with weight loss surgery becoming ever more popular, here are the best new surgical and non surgical weight loss procedures to treat obesity: 1. Sleeve Gastrectomy or Gastric Sleeve is among the most recent surgical options, wherein the stomach size is reduced to the [...]
Eat Less, Feel Full – How? Part 1
It is the amount of food as much as the kind of food that determines how much weight you put on and how difficult it is to shed. One of the ways to lose weight of course, is to create a caloric deficit – quite simply to eat less. This however is easier said than [...]
Only Surgery Will Help And Not Diet, Says Weight Loss Expert
According to Professor Nick Finer, professor of obesity medicine at University College London, the only solution to severe weight problems is surgery; that dieting is of no real use. The professor explains why it is that our body ‘accepts’ extra weight that we put on. It counters any losses by quickly re-compensating this loss with [...]
“The End Of Overeating” Sheds Light On Why We Overeat
Dr David Aaron Kessler, pediatrician, lawyer, author, administrator and former FDA Commissioner spent seven years researching and zeroing in on why we eat the way we do. He formed a considered opinion on the way that food manufacturers and advertisers manage to make such an impression on our brains, that it changes our brain circuitry [...]
