Archive for: September 2006

The Cabbage Soup Diet contains negligible calories and is based on a fat-burning process.
This diet consist on a combination of food that almost force you to starve everyday although you are allowed to consume all the water and cabbage soup you want and a very restricted set of other foods.
The cabbage [...]

Acupuncture is an adjunct therapy in the problem of weight control and is effective in making it easier to lose and maintain that loss if the patient is willing to change their lifestyle.
Acupuncture needles inserted into specific points on the body and in the ear release endorphins. This process has a calming and relaxing effect [...]

The basic premise of the 3 Hour Diet is to eat a meal every 3 hours. The main idea is to increase metabolism, and to help maintain consistent energy levels throughout the day.
Jorge Cruise, recommends exercise, 8 minutes every day!
Every day meals are based on a source of lean protein, carbs, and healthy fats [...]

Yoga and weight loss do not mix unless you are practicing Ashtanga or power yoga.
Nevertheless this should not stop you from practicing it because Yoga is an excellent discipline for flexibility, coordination and stress reduction. Aerobic exercises are most indicated for fast calorie-burn, but these require continuous work with large muscles groups for long [...]

Aromatherapy seems to be the most promising unconventional method in the battle with the weight, mostly because smell is a very important component of taste, which directly relates to eating and satiety.
Alan Hirsch, a neurologist and psychiatrist at the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation made a research in this domain discovering that specific [...]

Medifast is a weight loss plan using meal replacements AND real food. The program has been prescribed by doctors especially for obese people.
Medifast comes with a 5 and 1 plan and is made up of 5 meal replacements per day - generally shakes, but also bars, soups, oatmeal, and puddings.
One meal per day is contains [...]