The Danger of Diet Pills
By David Bloom

The danger of diet pills lies in the fact that once you stop taking them, your body is left in much worse shape than it was before you started your weight loss regimen. That's why a healthy diet and exercise program is the ideal way to lose weight over the long term.

Obesity is a huge problem across the world, and companies are cashing in on the growing popularity of weight loss pills, powders and supplements. Many of these products are ineffective, especially the supplements, as there is no regulation governing these products, and manufacturers are free to market without having to prove efficacy.

A Smaller Waist Can Be Yours
By Rebecca Kordecki

The Holidays have come and gone, there has been much celebration, quality time spent with families and lots of memorable moments. As we roll into another year filled with hope and determination and a fresh list of New Years goals in our sights, ninety percent of us probably included a goal regarding health and exercise.

Which area do you suppose it is? What is the one area on the body that by making another area larger it looks smaller? Okay I’ll tell you…the waist. By increasing the size of your shoulders and back you can create the illusion of having a smaller waist. Now granted this is fantastic if you are a bodybuilder and don’t mind your latisimus dorsi (back muscles down the sides of your body) looking like Bruce Lee’s. Men may not have an issue with that idea but most women aren’t going for that look. While lifting weights specifically for your back and shoulder muscles will help to give the illusion of a smaller waist, in this article I will address other ways to achieve the goal of reducing your midsection.

Alpha Lipoic Acid For Fat Loss And Anti-Aging
By Brian Lipton

The importance and characteristics of Alpha-Lipoic Acid was first discovered by scientists in the 1950s. Since then it has been the subject of many research projects around the world both human an animal

Some have claimed that its antioxidant properties can prevent or treat many age-related diseases such as heart disease, strokes and cataracts.

In 1999 Berkeley Wellness took a look at this much-touted supplement and concluded that “it might one day prove to be very important but that it was too early to recommend it.” Since that time, though, many more studies have been completed and the benefits of ALA have become well defined.

Your Metabolism is Like a Campfire
By Doug Jackson

The idea of this article about metabolism came to me after several days without power due to Hurricane Wilma's quick and powerful rendezvous with South Florida.

It probably wasn't that smart of me to be standing on my screened porch as I watched trees fly by, but I'm alive.
The lack of power or communication with the outside world (cell phones were out too) reminded me of some of my backpacking and camping trips of years past. It reminded me of times sitting around campfires with the guys and sometimes when I was lucky, girls.

5 Little Tips That Can Help You Lose Weight
By Recardo Gomes

In order to lose weight and become healthier, you will need to plan a diet that you can stick to. Your diet plan is not a crash diet that you will give up after two weeks; it should be a LIFESTYLE change. Your diet changes must be reasonable or you will not be able to stick to them. That's why making a few subtle changes to your eating and exercise habits may help you develop a healthy diet plan that will, in turn, help you lose weight. Sometimes, the littlest things make the biggest difference.
Look at your diet patterns and decide if there are some nasty patterns that you can break. For instance, are there certain times of day when you just have to have a candy bar? Or are there certain times of day when you can't go without that bag of chips? Think about what you can reasonably give up or even better what can you replace with healthier food choices.
Here are some little habits that you might consider changing. The key is, you are breaking a BAD habit and instilling a GOOD habit in its place. This should be a PERMANENT change. Ask yourself, "Can I maintain this change for the rest of my life?"

Thinking Of A Safe Way To Lose Weight? Buy Phentermine
By Joseph Jones

Gaining weight is easy. With some extra calories in your food, you can enter into the unhealthy world of obesity. Most of the people today, are overweight because of their mismanaged lifestyle. These people hardly spare time for their looks. Also they do no pay any attention towards what and how they are eating. Such uncontrolled eating habits make them look like an obese. If you are one among them, do not worry. Buy phentermine because it is a safe and effectual way to loose body weight.

3 Rare Dieting Tips
By Edna Solem

You probably have read and tested all the diets on the market! So have I! I know that I should stop snacking, avoid sugar/chocolate/cookies, whatever tastes so good! I know I should exercise more, but hey, can someone do my chores so I can go to the gym?! If there is a diet, I have tried it. So try these easy tips instead, which are not a diet.

1 - Brush your teeth after every meal to get the peppermint taste in your mouth. Clean, peppermint breath kills the urge of eating. Mixed peppermint and sugar or food tastes bad!

Weight Loss, Body Detox and Anti Aging are all Connected
By Willie Jones

The majority of people that try various diets and exercise to lose weight fail. Why? Because they are missing out on the most important reason that they can’t lose the weight or how to prevent the diet yoyo. The standard line you get is that you need to diet and exercise to get results, and for some people, especially the younger generation, this works. But for a huge number of the population this is just not going to work, try as they may.

My Own Experience in the Weight Loss Battle - I'm Still and Always Will be Battling the Bulge!
By Susan Mercer

My Own Experience

To begin with, I have been on a diet my WHOLE life, and now that I look back on some of my years, I definitely did not necessarily need to lose weight even when I thought I did. Although, I suppose that if I hadn't been watching my weight and dieting, I very well could possibly be much more overweight than I am today.

I am 51 and I am overweight - with possibly another 60 or so pounds still to lose. With my most recent endeavor with Weight Watchers, I have lost 24.4lbs since I actually started DOING the diet on February 24th of this year. (This is the first time that I have attended the meetings weekly, without missing a week, and have had a consistent weight loss each week.) I signed up AGAIN last November, and was back and forth on the scale and even skipped some weeks when I felt I hadn't been “good”. So what made me FINALLY start doing the “plan”? I was visiting my sister in Florida and had been at the beach, so when we started taking pictures of me and my two sisters together - I felt OK - (because, unless we're looking in a mirror or at pictures of ourselves - we look down - and well, we feel that we're OK I guess). Well, I felt ok, until I saw the pictures floating on my sister's computer as a screen saver. I immediately told her to PLEASE delete the photo - I thought it looked disgusting! My arm looked like a THIGH! I was on the verge of tears, and decided that when I got home -THAT WAS IT! I AM DOING THIS NOW!

Weight Loss Surgery: Safer and More Effective than Ever
By Lyne Doxley

In the past, weight loss surgery was always regarded as an extreme course of action for the morbidly obese. Weight loss surgery was mostly a risky proposition often involving slicing into the intestines and re-routing or stapling. Even nowadays, it is true that several types of weight loss surgery are invasive, difficult to reverse and can cause serious complications. But, as more technology becomes available to surgeons, weight loss surgery is now easier and less risky than ever and thus, more common.