Diet Reviews

The prevalence of obesity in the United States continues to increase at alarming levels with one third of the adult population currently overweight or obese. Not surprisingly 15% of the American population uses dietary supplements for weight loss [1] yet in spite of the wide variety of products that purport to induce weight loss, the [...]

I was talking with my friend Dr. Travis Stork—host of TV’s The Doctors—about his other gig, running the emergency room at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Though he educates millions about healthy living on TV, he comes up against some tough customers in the E.R. Like the woman who came in suffering complications from diabetes, and slurped [...]

Remember when Britney Spears was a baby-faced singer with some cute dance moves? Remember when Lindsay Lohan was a funny actress who made neat movies? Remember when Tiger Woods was a great golfer who never made a wrong move? Remember when breakfast was the healthiest meal of the day?Food marketers didn’t shave Britney’s head, or [...]

Most equate aerobics with weight loss not high intensity weight training. Weight training is generally perceived as an activity for those interested in building big and bulky muscles and not for people trying to lose weight, however as many who have been frustrated by their lack of progress on the treadmill can attest- weight training [...]