Author Archive for pnreddy1
Taxes And Weight Loss – What’s The Connection?
Now as the mayor of New York city goes to work trying to correct the budget deficit by taxing soda, a relevant question has come to the fore: Can junk food taxes lead to weight loss? And somewhat equivocal is the answer; Maybe it can.
A study conducted over 20 years has tried to suggest risk [...]
6 Weight Loss Tips Without Dieting Or Too Much Exercise
Here are some interesting and amusing weight loss tips that could well work for you without having to work so very hard for them:
Hot soup before every meal. This is a time honored trick to make you feel full and satiated before to start your actual meal. Also hot soup means you cannot eat fast, [...]
Genetic Testing Could Tell What Is The Best Diet For You
Haven’t you often wondered why a particular diet will work spectacularly well for one person and then fail just as spectacularly for another?
Well this study talks about exactly why and attempts to demystify the whole low-carb versus low-fat debate.
The fact is that each of us is genetically programmed differently so that a different kind of [...]
Childhood Obesity Could Increase Risk Of Heart Disease
As the country’s first lady works tirelessly to do something about reducing childhood obesity, there is more and more attention being given to possible future problems that could be caused by being overweight early in life.
According to the new study, overweight children as young as three years of age displayed the kind of inflammatory response [...]
‘Shame’ Yourself Into Weight Loss – Here’s How
The Freakonomics (the hidden side of everything) column of the New York Times detailed a creative, amusing way to keep to the straight and narrow for those trying to keep to a diet.
Most of us have those little ‘treats’ or the ‘cheat snacks’ that are not part of the healthy diet one is trying to [...]
Some Healthy Snacks Ideas
Many of us who have been doing a good job controlling portions and eating healthy at mealtimes may still feel that nagging snack craving in between meal times.
For this there are some useful recommendations here to help you get by the periods of peckishness:
Popcorn which bears no resemblance to the kind offered at the movies. [...]
Fruit Fly Tongue To Offer Clues To Fight Obesity
A new study speaks about a rather unusual factor that has now entered into the fight against obesity; the tongue of the common fruit fly.
What, one may well ask, does the fruit fly’s tongue have to do with fighting obesity?
Well researchers have now examined the taste organs on the tongue of the fruit fly, which [...]
Male Weight Loss Programs – It’s Not Just About Bodybuilding Anymore
This article raises a very valid point about weight loss among men and the changing focus of male weight loss.
Earlier it wasn’t really manly or macho to care about one’s looks, or to worry about how good or bad a guy looked without his shirt on.
If the men went to the gym it was to [...]
Checking Obesity – A Doctor’s Role
Though medical intervention is seen to be very effective in affecting weight loss among those whose health is threatened by obesity, there are challenges posed.
Limited time for visits and inadequate remuneration for the services offered are some of the problems that come in the way of intensive intervention that is seen to be so effective [...]
Jamie Oliver’s Anti Obesity Movement Wins TED Prize
This is a fun, non-didactic and easily accessible philosophy of healthy eating that one may wish for; and it is in the shape of the ‘Naked Chef’ Jamie Oliver, internationally known chef and food educationist.
Now his efforts to put cooking and healthy eating at the center of people’s personal as well as the national agenda [...]