The first company that comes up with a effective drug for obesity is bound to make billions.

Prior failures notwithstanding, a trio of small pharmaceutical companies are trying to come up with the next great obesity pill. That means clinical studies are ongoing.

So, what’s it like to participate in such a trial? Ed Susman, a contributing writer at MedPage Today, was involved in one, and chronicled his experiences over the past Read more »

by Mel Bryan

The two most important factors when trying to lose weight are regular exercise and proper diet. Once you have implemented your exercise routine, you will need to focus on the diet portion of your plan. Significant weight loss can be achieved quickly by adhering to a high protein low carb diet plan.

The high protein low carb diet will work for the body in several essential ways. It’s vital to learn just how this diet Read more »

by Christine G. Shannon

Reasons to lose weight vary with each individual. The one thing they have in common is they want quick and easy fat loss diets. It’s not always easy trying to lose weight, whatever your reason may be. When you are on a restrictive diet and it does not work or give any long-term results, it can be discouraging. It can be difficult to find a fat burning diet that will give you results.

One of the first things Read more »

by Jessica A. Andersen

You can’t turn on the television without seeing an advertisement for some sort of weight loss program. If they work, why are there so many of them? The reason is because all programs do not work for all bodies. If you know your body and what makes it tick, you can choose from the most popular and successful plans to give you a boost on your weight loss journey. Here are just a few of the more popular weight loss programs Read more »

by Xania Hughes

Home delivered diet meals can make dieting so much easier for many people, especially if they have tried dieting before and found that food preparation is one of their biggest obstacles to weight loss. One of the main problems on a diet plan is monotony, and once we get it through our heads that there’s nothing good to eat on our weight loss programs, it’s very easy to become negative and lose sight of our weight Read more »

by Simon Newsome

Due to the considerable hype generated by the weight loss and diet pill industry about hoodia diet pills, it is almost impossible to judge the quality of a product by looking at their high-gloss websites. One online commentator claims that between 60%-80% of all hoodia weight loss products are not what they claim, ranging from not entirely pure through to not even remotely close. You can read more about how to spot the genuine Read more »

The atkins diet which has been the most infamous form of dieting has returned with some not new improvements! The diet orginally was focused on starving the body from carbohydrates however the 12 week program has now increased the amount of carbs of it’s four stag plan. Womens dietary advice magazine claimed that the infamous diet is still a major health scare for most women out there and advised people to avoid it. For the first two weeks Read more »