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Enabling Obesity

While this seems like a harsh accusation, the truth is that many people enable those they love to gain weight, not because they don’t love them, but because they do love them. Here are some common reasons why some people help others become overweight or

Standard American Diet Attributed to Obesity and Poor Health

The Standard American Diet is one that focuses on food for pleasure and convenience, rather than being a diet that encourages good health. The daily caloric content of this diet is high, generally around 2500 calories for the average

Is Fat Becoming the New Thin?

We live in a society that holds the slogan “Bigger is Better” close to its heart. Everything from TV’s to meals at restaurants seem to all be growing in size and it is no surprise that so are

Anti-Cancer Drug Added to Junk Foods

There is public concern regarding the addition of an anti-cancer drug called asparaginase to junk foods, such as potato chips.

Health Canada announced today that they are contemplating allowing food companies to add an anti-cancer drug to junk foods. This cancer-fighting drug called asparaginase is an enzyme that is used in patients with leukemia and some other types of

3-A-Day of Dairy Weight Loss Program

The 3-A-Day of Dairy weight loss campaign is a new diet program that was created by way of a partnership between WebMD’s Weight Loss Clinic and the National Dairy

Weight Loss Strengthens Immune System

Although it is not the be all end all to avoiding the flu or a cold, losing weight can help boost your immune system.

Even though losing weight won’t guarantee you will avoid the flu and other bugs, these studies do give us another good reason to shed our excess

Link Between Breast Cancer and Obesity

Preliminary research indicates that being overweight and obese raises the incidence of breast cancer in women.

Though conclusive evidence has not yet been gathered as this would require an exceptionally long-term study, there is more than enough evidence to show that there is a trend linking obesity to the instance of breast

Weight Loss Can Relieve Back Pain

One important health benefit of losing weight that is often overlooked is that weight loss can help to relieve back pain in people who are overweight or obese.

It makes common sense that weight loss can relieve back pain, but I never really thought about its importance before. However, for those people who suffer from back pain, most will tell you that they would do almost anything to get rid of it, even if it requires them to shed some

Healthy Weight Loss Diet May Prevent Cancer

Losing weight is one good way of reducing your risk of cancer and so is eating a healthy diet that contains fruits, vegetables and less red meat.

Following a healthy weight loss diet does not guarantee you will not at some time develop cancer, however you will be taking steps to minimize this chance. If anything, following a healthy and nutritionally-balanced weight loss diet with regular exercise will help you rid your body of extra weight and improve overall

Big Fat Excuses

Making “Big Fat Excuses” is something that all of us who have wanted to lose weight have made at some point. In fact, over the almost 20 years that I have been either overweight or obese I have probably made a hundred different excuses for why I couldn’t start a diet, or stick to a diet, or get more exercise, or stop eating junk food, and so on. What I hope everyone who reads this post will do today is take a moment to reflect on what excuses they may have been making that are preventing them from reaching their weight loss

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