Category Archives: Weight Loss

Back in 1999 there was a class action settlement for a diet drug called Fen-Phen. The payout was for $3.5 billion. However, it now seems that many of these claims were bogus. Many of these claims were made by Dr … Continue reading →

It has only been in the last few years that I have actively been paying attention to food labels. In years gone by I had no concept of the amount of calories I should be consuming on a daily basis … Continue reading →

To really fix the weight problems we are encountering in society maybe we should look to the past rather than to the future. If you are to ever look at old films which are based in Italy or Greece you … Continue reading →

How many from the list below to you honestly adhere to. Go through the list and check off the ones that you do, then I’ll  explain below why they are so important. Are you physically active ? Do you eat … Continue reading →

Within three years sales of weight loss and diet products is expected to surpass 40 billion dollars. In 2012 the figure stood at 37 billion dollars, so what is the three percent growth going to come from. Food and drinks, … Continue reading →

For many years people have thought that chewing gum can help people to lose weight but apparently that isn’t the case anymore. The April issue of Eating Behaviours claims that by chewing gum we are more likely to consume candy, … Continue reading →

With the topic of cholesterol constantly appearing in the news it was only a case of time before researchers made an attempt to genetically engineer food that would produce HDL cholesterol which is the good cholesterol. As you probably already … Continue reading →

If you’ve been watching any of the Biggest Loser series since 2004 then you will know that two of the central characters on the show are Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels. They have both been incredibly successful at getting hundreds … Continue reading →

If somebody was to offer me $20 a month would it be a big enough incentive to lose weight ? If I was to be perfectly honest I’d probably say it wasn’t, if it was $50 though I would seriously … Continue reading →

Even countries in the Far East who we would not normally associate with obesity are beginning to take the fitness of their public servants pretty seriously. The police force in Bangkok in Thailand are beginning to be clamped down upon. … Continue reading →