Our weight weighs heavily on our minds, and it should. Approximately 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese says the American Obesity Association. That means two-thirds of Americans are overweight and one-third are obese. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that obesity is responsible for more than 325,000 deaths annually…that’s more than 100 9/11’s every year. The National Institutes of Health estimates obesity costs this country between $75 and $125 billion every year. Obesity is the number one risk factor for many chronic diseases-heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis to name a few.

Americans are not overweight for lack of interest or effort. Weight loss is a multi-billion dollar [ Continue Reading ]

Now that it’s January New Year’s resolutions are on the rise. The biggest resolution is always weight loss. No matter who we are or what we weigh, January always comes with the idea that we need to resolve to lose weight. There are literally hundreds of supplements, diets and lifestyle changes out there that are said to help people lose weight. Most of those fads quickly die out because they simply don’t produce results. Is Lipozene and different? Let’s find out. Here is the skinny on Lipozene.

Lipozene is a dietary supplement sold by The Obesity Research Institute. Glucomannan is the active ingredient in Lipozene. Other names for Glucomannan include: Glucomanna, Konjac, Konjac Fiber and Manna. Glucomannan is a natural soluble fiber. It boasts [ Continue Reading ]

It’s now official. The simple act of fidgeting can mean the
difference between lean and obese. It’s the natural weight loss
diet.

My friend likes to relate a story from time to time about when
he was just a lad. His grandfather called him “Worm”, because he
fidgeted so much. And between you and me, it can get rather
annoying.

But he had the right idea, even if it wasn’t intentional. He’s
5′8″ tall and weighs around 145 lbs.

To my knowledge, he doesn’t work out, jog, or go to the gym. He
fidgets. When we visit, I watch him twist and turn, tap his feet
in the air, get up and down from the chair and walk around. It’s
enough to drive you crazy, but his slim [ Continue Reading ]

Well, well, well. I do believe we finally have a winner: free therapy for the growing number of those with diabetes. It turns out there are few excuses for diabetics — or any of us, for that matter — not to exercise. According to recent reports, nearly any form of exercise benefits the long-term control of blood sugar levels, be it aerobic, weight/resistance training, or both. Both forms in conjunction worked better than either one alone. This is great news for Texas, with more than 1.8 million estimated diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetics.

There were doubts about the safety and efficacy of weight training for those with diabetes until Dr. Ronald Sigal of the University of Calgary and his colleagues from the University of Ottawa decided to question that assumption. [ Continue Reading ]

Worldwide statistics are highlighting the growing problem of obesity; this situation is now affecting children of pre-school age and is a worrying aspect. Eventually a decision to do something about the excess weight must be made and those that are serious about it will finally realize that you cannot use short term methods. Impatience to see results usually means that overweight people can frequently resort to using weight loss drugs to achieve that fast result they crave.

The idea behind the drugs is to quicken each person’s metabolism enabling the weight to be lost much quicker. It was only after scientists discovered that these drugs had side effects and were related to heart valve disease that they were taken off the shelves. More recently, new drugs have been [ Continue Reading ]