Diets and Weight Loss
184 Articles & Excerpts
Sleeping Can Make You Slim
 Sleep Away the Pounds: Optimize Your Sleep and Reset Your Metabolism for Maximum Weight Loss
by Cherie Calbom, John Calbom
If you're not sleeping enough, you could be at risk for obesity, diabetes, and a host of other troubles. While you're asleep, your body is restoring your energy, resetting your metabolism, and strengthening your immune system.
A Balanced Diet
 The Jerusalem Diet: The One Day Approach to Reach Your Ideal Weight - and Stay There
by Ted Haggard
The Jerusalem Diet is a remarkably simple and flexible plan that will transform your perspective on food, diets, and health. You'll rediscover how to relax and enjoy life, moving steadily toward your ideal weight while still taking pleasure in the foods
Welcome to Zodiaction! Fitness From the Stars
 Zodiaction: Fat-Burning Fitness Tailored to Your Personal Star Quality
by Barrie Dolnick, Ellen Barrett
Millions of us turn to horoscopes for guidance in our personal lives - but what about our physical lives? Now, for the first time, a fitness maverick and an acclaimed astrologer combine their expertise to show you how the wisdom of the stars can help you
Fat and Blood
by S. Weir Mitchell, M.D.
For some years I have been using with success, in private and in hospital practice, certain methods of renewing the vitality of feeble people by a combination of entire rest and excessive feeding, made possible by passive exercise
Learning to Love Food Again
 Leslie Sansone's Eat Smart, Walk Strong : The Secrets to Effortless Weight Loss
by Leslie Sansone
There are many small ways we sabotage our health without realizing it. By recognizing these bad habits and developing good ones, we can see big results. Using her proven six-week-plan format, Leslie teaches readers how to eat healthier and smarter
Modified Fast: Overweight Problem
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Overweight is a hefty problem in the United States. It's estimated that 24 percent of men and 27 percent of women in this country about 34 million adult Americans are obese. And sometimes it seems that there are 34 million different diets or diet products
Teens: Diet Pills
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A number of products (Cal-Ban 3000, Cal-Lite 1000, Cal-Trim 5000, Perma Slim, Bodi Trim, Dictol 7 Plus, Medi Thin, Nature's Way, and East Indian Guar Gum) were also recalled because they posed serious health risks.
What My Dog Taught Me About Shedding Pounds and Licking Stress
 The Dog Diet
by Patti Lawson
I got up and weighed myself in the middle of the night more times than I care to remember. I kept meticulous records of my meals and intake of calories, fat, protein, fiber and carbohydrates - except for the things I ate standing up, in the car or very
What is Self-Hypnosis?
 Keep It Off: Your Key to Weight Loss for Life
by Brian Alman, Ph.D.
Welcome to the start of a journey to permanent weight loss using the power of self-hypnosis. If you're investigating self-hypnosis for the first time, you should know that you're about to learn how to make dramatic and positive changes in your life.
STOP Procrastinating
 Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle
by Mike Huckabee
It has been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but unquestionably the road to obesity is paved with procrastination. Remember the closing scene in the classic movie Gone With the Wind?
Three Days That Will Change Your Life
 The 3-Day Solution Plan: Jump-start Lasting Weight Loss by Turning Off the Drive to Overeat [BURST:] Lose up to 6 pounds in 3 days!
by Laurel Mellin, M.A., R.D.
Diets don't work for one reason: we can't stay on them. We can't stay on them because the drive to overeat is very powerful. When we really want that luscious dessert, that second plate of pasta, or that late night snack, we're going to get it.
The Origins, Science, and Politics of Weight Gain
 The Nantucket Diet: A Safe and Effective 3-Phase Program for Permanent Weight Loss and a Healthy Lifestyle
by Sol Jacobs, M.D., Jane Conway Caspe
The human body has evolved to store excess calories. Our ancestors lived in an environment that was harsh and unpredictable. Food was a precious commodity not easily obtained. The majority of calories were gathered by women carrying children on their hips
Finding the Right Diet For You
 Dr. Abravanel's Body Type Diet and Lifetime Nutrition Plan
by Elliot D. Abravanel, M.D., Elizabeth King Morrison
More than just a diet, Dr. Abravanel's one-of-a-kind plan is a complete health, fitness, and nutrition program that first teaches you how to determine your body type and then custom-tailors a three-step weight-loss plan and exercise regimen just for you.
Realistic Expectations
 Calorie Queens: Living Thin in a Fat World
by Jackie Scott, Diane Scott Kellum, Brett A. Scott, M.D.
Fed up with trendy diets, a mother and daughter share the self-created down-home diet that helped them shed over 300 pounds. This is not a starvation or a fad diet. It's not really a diet at all. It's about learning how to eat for a lifetime
Introduction
 Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover
by Bob Greene
Twelve weeks to total transformation. If you're familiar with Get With the Program!, Make the Connection, and Basic Training, a program on my Web site www.getwiththeprogram.org, you know that I've always said that it takes time and patience to lose weight
Facts About Liposuction: How Liposuction Works
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Surgery offers a quick fix for fat, but carries certain risks. Patients can protect themselves by asking questions and having realistic expectations. Conceptually, liposuction (or lipoplasty) is a straightforward technique in which excess fatty tissue
Teens: Should You Go On a Diet?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Not all teens who go on diets need to lose weight, but some overweight adolescents have legitimate health concerns. How do you know when going on a diet is a good idea and what's the best way to do it?
Young Faces, Adult Problems
 SuperSized Kids : How to Rescue Your Child from the Obesity Threat
by Walt Larimore, M.D., Sherri Flynt, MPH, RD, LD, Steve Halliday
If you think your children's extra pounds are just 'baby fat' or that they'll 'grow out of it,' we've got some alarming news-chances are they won't. Overweight and obese children tend to grow up to be overweight and obese adults.
Vive L'amérique: The Beginning ... I Am Overweight
 French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure
by Mireille Guiliano
I love my adopted homeland. But first, as an exchange student in Massachusetts, I learned to love chocolate-chip cookies and brownies. And I gained twenty pounds. My love affair with America had begun with my love of the English language; e met at the
My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen
What if there were a land where people lived longer than anywhere else on earth, the obesity rate was the lowest in the developed world, and women in their forties still looked like they were in their twenties?
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