As women resolve to focus on fitness for the New Year, they shouldn’t neglect what they can’t see. Having a strong pelvic floor – the group of muscles located on the underside of the pelvis responsible for bladder control – is vital in helping women stay in control of their bodies and live active lifestyles. [...]
Earlier this month eMaxHealth conducted a weight loss poll asking Do You Think Keeping A Food Diary Could Improve Weight Loss? Out of 553 responders 74 percent believed that yes, writing a food diary can improve weight loss. Now a new study, released by Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research shows that food diary not [...]
The New England Journal of Medicine has just come out with perhaps the most definitive comparison of low-fat, Mediterranean and low-carb diets ever, and the findings dovetail very nicely with what we’ve been discussing here recently about the merits of the Primal Blueprint. I think it also addresses some of the concerns shared about the [...]
Some describe New Year’s as the ‘world championship’ of weight loss, as adults are bombarded with weight-loss claims and promises. For millions of well-intentioned dieters, the chaos can result in confusion, frustration and, ultimately, disappointment. According to a new survey of 2,058 adults, conducted in late November by Harris Interactive on behalf of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer [...]
A research team from Universit Laval’s Faculty of Medicine and Robert-Giffard Hospital has demonstrated that weight gain induced by the use of antipsychotic drugs–which in extreme cases can be as high as 30 kilos in only one month–can be avoided through a specially designed weight control program. The researchers supervised by psychiatrist Marie-Jos e Poulin [...]
Since starting the hcg diet and Dr. Simeon’s protocol, I have eaten all of my meals at home. However, today I was out of town at lunch time and had to decide where I could get the best meal to fit into my hcg diet plan. I would have loved to have Olive Garden! Pasta, [...]
A widely reported Israeli study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, compared three popular weight loss diets – low fat, which was attributed to the American Heart Association, low carbohydrate/high protein based on the Atkins diet, and Mediterranean style. The researchers found that people on the low carbohydrate/high protein diet lost slightly more [...]
If you are planning on losing some pounds, remember that a proper diet and regular exercise are the best way to achieve that weight you have been looking for. If this is your case, you should consider how many calories per day you are taking. A calorie chart is a great tool for this, since [...]
Research by economists at the University of Warwick, Dartmouth College, and the University of Leuven, finds that people are powerfully but subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them. Without being aware of it, the researchers believe, human beings keep up with the weight of the Joneses. For a whole society, this can lead [...]
Overweight people are offered dozens of options and advices on how to loose weight, but it’s still a question which program or advice is the best. This research suggests that the more overweight a women is, the more exercise she needs. The research also says that the current recommendation of 30 minutes a day, or [...]
