All Entries in the "WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS" Category
Lap Bands – Are They Worth the Risk?
The lap band surgery, i.e. laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery (LAGB) is among the most popular weight loss surgeries for obese people. However a new study suggests that this weight loss surgery may not be without several pitfalls. The study examined the effect of lap band surgery on people 12 years later. It was found [...]
Acupuncture for Weight Loss – Does it Really Work?
It can certainly be an attractive proposition to use acupuncture for weight loss – inserting needles at certain specific points in the body and the weight falling away as a result – an attractive proposition indeed, requiring no real effort or difficult diet control! However, to some of us, acupuncture for weight loss can sound [...]
Yoga for Weight Loss and More
The concept of yoga for weight loss is not a very clearly understood one – yoga tends to be equated more with toning, mind body control, meditation, improved flexibility and balance, and so on. However it has to be understood that there are different types of yoga and you can make use of yoga for [...]
Health Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar Weight Loss
Apple cider vinegar weight loss has been used by Asian women for several decades. There must be some benefits to it that makes modern women use it as well. You can also include apple cider in your diet and benefit from its fat-burning properties. Apple cider is made from a very complex process that involves [...]
Cash Bribes Work for Weight Loss, Says Research
The NHS Weight loss Reward schemes may have stirred up lots of controversy; however scientists are putting their weight behind them, saying that cash prizes are effective incentives to help the obese lose weight. So people can be induced to slim down if they have sufficient cash incentives, but the sad part is that when [...]
Try Acupuncture for Weight Loss if Everything Else Has Failed
If you’ve tried almost everything from one diet pill to another, different exercise programs, fad diet programs and even miracle supplements, and yet failed to achieve your ideal weight, then you may want to try acupuncture for weight loss. Today, in the age of alternative medicine even conventional experts have seen the benefits of acupuncture [...]
Weight Watchers New Program ProPoints to Help Lose Weight
Weight watchers has been one of the more effective and successful weight loss programs around, and its radical new program has just made it better – the famous Points system is now replaced with the new program ProPoints, that will help people lose weight even more effectively. Whereas earlier points were calculated based on a [...]
Overall Benefits of Yoga for Weight Loss
The basic principle of any weight loss program is to decrease daily caloric intake and increase the activity to burn more fats. This is the general objective of exercises like aerobics, Tae boxing, belly dancing, step exercises and many others. These exercises are upbeat and fast because it is the speed of the movement that [...]
Meal Replacements Do Not Help Teens Lose Weight
Meal replacements such as shakes and prepackaged food may seem like a convenient and effective way to lose weight, since the packaged meals claim to be low calorie and where all the thinking and planning is done for you. However new research shows that these meal replacements are not an effective weight loss tool. According [...]
Losing Weight and Keeping It off – We May Be Doing Better than We Think
Losing weight and then putting it all back on – it seems rather hopeless for a lot of us; and it seems to be the same for so many others as well. However a recent study published in the International Journal of Obesity, shows that people may be better at keeping off the weight than [...]
