All Diets Work if you Count Your Calories and Eat Less

The effectiveness of four major kinds of diets was probed in a recent study, which found that all diets work - they key to success is simply sticking with your diet, and eating less. The Harvard School of Public...

36% of Korean Male Adults Obese

"Thirty-six out of every 100 Korean male adults are obese, according to a report Monday. The consumption of high calorie foods and less physical exercise are responsible for the emergence of the overweight adults, the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. It...

California Fast Food Restaurants to List Calories

California became the first US state to pass a law that requires fast-food restaurants with more than 20 locations to list calorie information on their menus, in an effort to curb the obesity epidemic."Starting...

Looking For The Fountain Of Youth? Cut Your Calories, Research Suggests

Fountain of youth, anyone? In ages, people are always in the lookout for that springwell of eternal youth or immortality.  But can this really be possible? Can it really be solved by cutting out our calorie intake as this research would suggest? Find out -"ScienceDaily...

Red wine compound seen protecting heart from aging

" A natural compound found in red wine may protect the heart against the effects of the aging process, researchers said on Tuesday.In their study, mice were given a diet supplemented with the compound known as...

Eat a lot of bananas to make your baby a boy!

A new discovery for pregnant women has been reveald that if they really want their baby to be a boy, they should eat a lot of bananas!" "We were able to confirm the old wives' tale that eating bananas and sohaving...

Top 10 Reasons Why We Gain Weight

"Are you at risk for creeping weight gain? Knowing is half the battle. 1. Diet. Regularly consuming too many calories, especially from high-fat foods and calorie-laden drinks.2. Physical inactivity. Inactive people are more likely to carry excess body fat.3. Genetics . If one...

New York Restaurants Must Post Calorie Counts

After banning transfats and smoking from New York city bars and restaurants, posting menu nutrition information doesn't seem like it should cause such a huge fuss, but it is being resisted by the fast food...

San Francisco Mayor Proposes Tax on Sugary Drinks

This isn't really such a horrible idea. Considering the amount of health care money going into treating obesity in North America, I think it's time we take a good hard look at what's causing these issues. Corn...

Weekend feasting may be the culprit for yearly weight gain

True or false? The average person gains seven pounds during the holiday season.   The answer is false, at least based on one study in a small sample of about 200 adults that found the average weight gain...

Plate and Cereal Bowl Aid Weight Loss for Obese Diabetics

Canadian study shows that a plate and cereal bowl can help obese diabetics to lose weight as such dishware can provide proper portion sizes. In controlling the amount of food of these diabetics, they can use less of their glucose-controlling medications

No One Has Ever Died From Chocolate

No one has ever died from Chocolate*, which is why this restaurant (which only sells chocolate dishes by the way) is able to be so coy in its name selection. If someone wrote “Death by Nut Allergens”, then there would be some rebranding in order.Upon entering this...

Fast Food Cravings Conquered!

"Fast food is a way of life. The typical American eats three hamburgers and four orders of fries each week. The majority of these visits are spontaneous; we see the fast food sign as we're driving by and before we know it we're munching as we hum the music from the latest...

High-calorie diet fattens U.S. detainees (AP)

" SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A high-calorie diet combined with life in the cell block — almost around the clock in some cases — is making detainees at Guantanamo Bay fat. Meals totaling a whopping 4,200 calories per day are brought to their cells, well above the 2,000...

Recipe for Disaster

No other single food contributes more calories to the teenage diet than sodas.

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