Weight loss rip offs!!


Women are never happy with their weight. Go to any all-female group and they’ll be discussing weight-loss. Come on girls admit it. We’ve all tried gimmicky diets, potions, lotions, pills and gadgets, lured by fantastic claims of magical weight-loss. It’s a minefield of choices: body-wraps, Sauna-suits, heating pads, not eating salt, special massages, soaps, oils, cellulite-creams, vibrator-belts, rolling-machines, slimming-belts, lymph-drainage, therapies, fasting, spirulina injections, diuretics, laxatives, starch and fat blockers, Vitamin B6, kelp, lecithin, diet powders, liquids and biscuits, stomach stapling, liposuction, jaw-wiring… hello!! [more]






Weight loss gains support as workplace perk

Weight Watchers at Work promotes healthy lifestyle


Instead of noontime shopping outings, Cathy Pawis spends her lunch hours dealing with more weighty issues.


She's the company rep for Weight Watchers at Work at the Etobicoke Civic Centre where she works in human resources. [more]





Study Points To Portions For Weight Loss, But What's Missing?


Cornell University food consumer researcher Brian Wansink conducted an experiment with 85 food and nutrition experts by inviting them to an ice cream social and randomly distributing one of two sizes of bowls (17-ounce or 34-ounce) and one of two sizes of serving scoops (2-ounce or 3-ounce). [more]






Fishy answer to weight loss

Swallowing fish oil as part of an exercise regime helps shed kilograms faster, new research shows.


An Adelaide study has found that overweight people on a modest exercise plan lose more weight if they also take daily doses of tuna oil rich in Omega 3 fatty acids.


The polyunsaturated fats, found in oily fish and some grains, nuts and vegetables, have cardiovascular benefits but little is known about their contribution to weight loss. [more]






Weight loss surgery poses risks


Four of every 10 patients who undergo weight-loss surgery develop complications within six months, the federal government says.


Though the increasingly popular surgeries are viewed by doctors as a potential salvation in the war against obesity, many of the post-op complications were so serious that patients were readmitted to hospitals or visited emergency rooms within six months. [more]







Whole food recipes for natural weight loss


I receive many texts and mails on this issue. So here is a little assistance, straight from your kitchen: Pound ginger and mix with one cup of hot water. Leave for a few minutes. Take it every day with one teaspoon of honey. [more]

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Finding A Weight Loss Buddy Just Got Easier


There's a new web site I want to tell you about that could be just the thing you have been looking for to help you progress even further as you are livin' la vida low-carb. I often talk about how important it is for you to have a strong support system around you while you are losing weight for comfort, motivation, encouragement, and accountability. [more]







Inspiring weight loss success stories, one page at a time


Plenty of people struggle with weight issues, and there are plenty of diets out there that do more damage than they do to help.


However, one man is taking his inspirational weight loss story to the streets to encourage people that they can do it. [more]






Curry can help weight loss


CURRY and tea could help people to slim, a study has claimed.


Spices were found to aid a natural process of burning fat to create body heat.


Green and black teas also had a similar effect in boosting metabolism. [more]







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