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My Secrets on How to Lose Belly Fat

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

how to lose belly fatAre you struggling with the belly fat? Are you going on vacation and don’t know how to lose belly fat fast? Here are my personal tips on how to lose belly fat.

My wedding day was coming up and I still had the belly I detested and struggled to get rid of for ages. The 4 things outlined below helped me to look the way I wanted on my wedding day.

How to Lose 25 Pounds Fast

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

how to lose 25 poundsWould you like to know the secret of how to lose 25 pounds fast? Simple. To lose weight fast, you have to eat fewer calories than your body uses. Calories are the amount of energy in the food you eat. Some of the foods have more calories than others. For example, foods that are high in fat and sugar are also high in calories. If you eat more calories than your body uses on a daily basis, the extra calories will be stored as body fat.

Daily Diet: Turning Bad Fat into Good Fat to Fight Obesity

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

New hope for battling obesity has sprung from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where researchers may have discovered a way of transforming bad, white fat in the body into brown fat that can burn off more calories and weight. Although the breakthrough findings are currently only applicable to rats, the research may pave the way for future treatment of obesity among humans. The results of the research can be found in the journal Cell Metabolism.

Fat Removed Via Liposuction Returns in All the Wrong Places

Monday, October 31st, 2011

For over three decades, thousands of women have turned to liposuction for removal of their unwanted lumps and bumps. The results of going “under the knife” have been seen as nothing short of miraculous in the quest for firmer backsides, slender thighs, and flat abdomens. But just when you think you’re rid of the unsightly fat once and for all, you may find that it has returned in some unexpected places.

According to a new study from the University of Colorado, non-obese patients who underwent liposuction for removal of fat deposits from thighs and lower abdomens found that new fat deposits began to appear elsewhere on their bodies. The details on the research can be found in the journal Obesity.

Foods That Help You Lose Weight

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

foods that help you lose weightWhat are the foods that help you lose weight? I will list the most important such foods in this article.

Walnuts Help to Eliminate Hunger

Yes, walnuts are high in calories, but they contain proteins, healthy fats and omega-3 fatty acids to keep you feeling full. Eat a handful as a mid-afternoon snack, or throw a few into your salad at lunch. Not only walnuts help lose weight, but eating walnuts on a regular basis may help lower cholesterol.

Low-fat diet may not increase diabetes risks (Reuters)

Monday, January 16th, 2012

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While the low-fat diet craze led some doctors to worry that Americans would instead start eating too many carbohydrates, a new study suggests that eating low-fat doesn’t have to increase carbohydrate-fueled health risks.

Instead, if extra carbohydrates are part of a diet plan that includes more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, the risk of diabetes – the biggest related health concern — could actually drop, at least in older women, according to the findings.

However, a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet could create problems in people who already have diabetes, researchers caution.

Brown Fat Cells May One Day Help Combat Obesity (HealthDay)

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

SUNDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) — The human body has two kinds of fat: the “bad” white kind that stores calories and the “good” brown kind that burns them. Now, researchers say that it is actually possible to make more brown fat to help people lose weight.

“We are now even more optimistic that brown fat could be used for treating obesity and diabetes,” study lead author Dr. Aaron Cypess, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, said in a news release from the Endocrine Society.

Brown Fat Cells May One Day Help Combat Obesity (HealthDay)

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

SUNDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) — The human body has two kinds of fat: the “bad” white kind that stores calories and the “good” brown kind that burns them. Now, researchers say that it is actually possible to make more brown fat to help people lose weight.

“We are now even more optimistic that brown fat could be used for treating obesity and diabetes,” study lead author Dr. Aaron Cypess, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, said in a news release from the Endocrine Society.

A reversal on carbs

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Most people can count calories. Many have a clue about where fat lurks in their diets. However, fewer give carbohydrates much thought, or know why they should.

But a growing number of top nutritional scientists blame excessive carbohydrates — not fat — for America’s ills. They say cutting carbohydrates is the key to reversing obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and hypertension.

“Fat is not the problem,” says Dr. Walter Willett, chairman of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. “If Americans could eliminate sugary beverages, potatoes, white bread, pasta, white rice and sugary snacks, we would wipe out almost all the problems we have with weight and diabetes and other metabolic diseases.”

Weight Loss Triggered by Blocking 1 Fat-Absorption Gene (LiveScience.com)

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

Scientists have identified a chain of chemical reactions that begins with one gene and prompts the body to absorb fat.

Finding a drug that interferes with this gene could allow people to decrease the amount of fat their bodies take in from the food they eat.

“In [the] early history of mammals and man, this was a crucial molecule because one had to absorb as much fat as possible and store it because food was very scarce,” said study researcher Bert O’Malley, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.