The Chocolate Debate
4/17/2010Researchers found that subjects who eat just a tiny square of chocolate every day lower their risk of heart attack...
Read MoreBlaming Ronald McDonald
4/13/2010A Boston-based group called Corporate Identity International recently issued a report calling for Ronald McDonald to die. Understand the reason...
Read MoreNever Eat Anything Bigger than Your Head
3/27/2010A recent study compared the serving sizes of meals depicted in paintings of the Last Supper to the sizes of...
Read MoreFood Portions & Overeating
3/26/2010Is your size expanding due to the increasing portion sizes? In fact, everything food-related has gotten bigger in the past...
Read MoreDrinking to Gain Less Weight?
3/16/2010Women who drink alcohol moderately gain less weight than women who do not drink at all. Is moderate drinking resulting...
Read MoreGrandparents Make Kids Chubby
2/23/2010Kids brought up by grandparents appear to be overfed, and as a result, their health is at risk but is...
Read MoreGrandparents, Childhood Obesity, & Natural Weight Control
2/19/2010Childhood obesity has been a hot topic in the media lately, but a recent study suggested that children raised by...
Read MoreMale Breast Reductions on Rise
2/18/2010About 40 percent of all men suffer from a condition known as gynecomastia -- male breasts. Discover what can be...
Read MoreCalorie Counts Not Reliable
2/6/2010A recent study out of Tufts University, just published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, found a significant...
Read MoreMetformin for Weight Loss & Diabetes?
2/4/2010Is off label drug use of Metformin for weight loss in diabetic teens proving beneficial? While a 5-10 lb temporary...
Read MoreAbuse Leads to Obesity
1/19/2010Physical abuse and stress in childhood leads to almost three times the risk of obesity and other weight problems in...
Read MoreChildhood Abuse Lead To Obesity?
1/15/2010As obesity rates triple since 1980, researchers are scrambling to find a link to this global epidemic. Now new research...
Read MoreMood, Food, and Low-carb Diets
12/8/2009A just published study found that dieters following high-fat diets such as the Atkins and South Beach were considerably more...
Read MoreEmotions & Natural Weight Loss
12/4/2009Can healthy dieting and natural weight control be linked to your emotional state? Find out why most weight loss programs...
Read MoreCriminal Responsibility for Obese Kids?
11/6/2009Parents are losing their obese kids to foster care, but are they really the ones to blame for growing obesity...
Read MoreObese Kids Taken From Parents
11/3/2009In at least five states, parents have had their children taken away by the government and placed into foster care,...
Read MoreScientists “Discover” Low Self-Esteem Leads to Weight Gain
9/29/2009A new British study involving 6500 people has come to the conclusion that low-self esteem and emotional problems lead people...
Read MoreFat Tax Follies
8/31/2009Jon explains why you should be very concerned about rumblings out of Washington and across the country to tax "fat...
Read MoreToo Depressed to Enjoy Music
8/27/2009A recent study showed that the pleasure centers in the brains of happy people demonstrated far more activity in response...
Read MoreGetting Fat from Exercise
8/18/2009An article in Time magazine says that exercise excites the appetite, which in turn leads to eating, which in turn...
Read MoreMSG (Monosodium Glutamate) Makes You Fat
8/4/2009By definition, MSG is simply processed free glutamic acid combined with sodium to form monosodium glutamate. But it is the...
Read MoreStrenuous Exercise Makes Jane Dumb
7/25/2009A new study out of the University of Toronto found that women who engage in "vigorous" aerobic exercise for decades...
Read MoreAspartame Officially Nasty
7/21/2009Ajinomoto Sweeteners, sued the English supermarket chain Asda, on the grounds that their calling aspartame "nasty" might contribute to the...
Read MoreProbiotics, Body Fat, and Clinical Studies
5/14/2009A new study offers yet another reason to take probiotics - if you're pregnant. The study of 256 expectant women...
Read MoreYoung Vegetarians at Risk
5/2/2009A new study has found that while teens who have chosen to become vegetarians do in fact weigh less and...
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