Weight Loss

Beating Obesity, the Old-Fashioned Way

Having trouble fitting into your old favorite jeans? Don’t like the body you see in the mirror? I know it’s painful…

Why Eating a Low-Fat Diet Doesn’t Lead to Weight Loss

Despite the common observation that obesity runs in families, genetic research shows that the habits you inherit from your family are more important than the genes you inherit. Obesity genes account for only 5 percent of all weight problems. Then, we have to wonder, what causes the other 95 percent of weight problems?

Obesity in a Lo-Cal Can

People are still surprised to learn diet sodas don’t give you what they promise. You may drink them because they have no calories. But diet sodas don’t help you drop weight. They make you fat instead. And you can get hooked on them.

Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers

Just how many studies is it going to take for the mainstream to FINALLY give up their sacred “low-fat” cow?

Lose weight -- and kill your liver?

I'm ignoring the bathing suit in the bottom drawer of my dresser.

The Goods on Grapefruit and Medications that Won’t Mix

Dear Pharmacist,

My medication label suddenly warns not to eat grapefruit, but is this a serious interaction? Reason I ask is because I love to eat it, and nothing has happened to me so far.

Study: Quicker is better for weight loss

Every day you drag an oversized butt behind you is one more day you risk stumbling right into a plus-sized grave.

How to Win at Weight Loss

It took me three years of playing tennis to learn the lesson I’m about to share with you, and another two to realize that it was the perfect metaphor for weight loss.

TV is Not a Toddler’s Best Friend

When your two-year old fusses, whines, screams, throws food at the wall, and otherwise acts like Godzilla rampaging through Tokyo, the television may seem to you like the greatest invention since band-aids.

Why You Still Crave Food When You Should Be Full

If you find yourself hungry after you’ve just finished a sumptuous meal or a satisfying snack, you’re probably experiencing the effects of food ingredients that can actually cause you not to recognize that you’re full.


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