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Want To Lose Weight? Turn Off The Lights
We all know that eating junk food and not exercising are some of the key factors contributing to obesity. But now fresh research is showing another factor that may be responsible for weight gain; which is light. A link between weight gain and light at night was seen in a study conducted by Laura Fonken, [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Can Weight Loss Be Toxic?
Korean researchers are claiming that losing weight may have the result of releasing toxic substances into the body. In a study that was published in the International Journal of Obesity, it was claimed that weight loss may release organic pollutants into the body that could end up causing damage to the internal organs of the [...]
Busting Some Myths about Dieting
Fitness and weight loss fads have always blamed one or other food group for being the villain and have advised that entire food groups be cut out of a person’s diet in order to achieve weight loss. But nutritionists tell us that a balanced diet is necessary for good health and even effective weight loss. [...]
