Sixty-nine percent of Americans are either overweight or obese. Of these statistics, 42% of Americans are obese. One in ten Americans has type 2 diabetes. Ninety percent of individuals with type 2 diabetes are obese. Obesity fuels chronic diseases such as...
Obesity & Weight Loss
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15 Ways to Increase Your Fat Burn
We could not live without lifesaving body fat! Too much fat poses definite health hazards. One type of body fat helps you maintain or gain weight. Two other types enable you to rev up your fat burn and lose weight! We need all three! The key is having just the right...
Twelve Natural Ways to Improve Gut Health
Discover the amazing contributions of gut bacteria to health and disease. Plus scientifically validated natural remedies that may improve your gut health in just a few days! Your gut provides a home for trillions of bacteria. So far there are 2,000 known species of...
Blueberries Help Obesity & Diabetes!
Regular blueberry consumption offers eight benefits to those who are obese. More than one in three adults in Mexico, New Zealand, and the United States are obese. This blog examines the evidence that high regular consumption of this super food can help obesity and...
Chew on This!
Want to lose weight? Want to improve your digestion? Here is a tip. Chew your food thoroughly. Why? What other benefits does chewing food offer? You may be surprised! Helps Weight Management and Satiety Researchers at Iowa State University found that chewing food...
The Forgotten Key to Successful Weight Loss
If you want to lose weight, sleep! An inadequate amount of sleep, interrupted sleep, and irregular sleep–each can make us more vulnerable to obesity, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes. How? Sleep deprivation makes appetite control more difficult. Partially...
The Ultimate Weight-Loss Beverage
Researchers have shown that drinking 500ml of water (two cups) half an hour before eating the main meal may help obese adults to lose weight. In one study obese participants were given a weight management consultation being advised on how to adapt their lifestyle and...
Reducing Your Risk for the Deadly Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) deserves serious attention, for about one in three American population has MetS. Between 20 to 30% of the worldwide population has the metabolic syndrome. This condition pushes millions down the slippery slope to heart attacks, stroke,...
Easy Strategies for Taming the Appetite
Taming the appetite can be challenging for many of us. Without doing so, weight management or successful weight loss are impossible. Learn ten practical, reasonable tips that can help you tame your appetite! Go Green! When it goes to fat loss, a calorie does not...
How Vitamin D Helps Obese Individuals
Chronic inflammation is one of the major factors to obesity’s deadly medical complications. After all, pot-belly fat cells generate pro-inflammatory chemicals. For obese individuals acute exercise activates inflammatory triggers inside the body. Furthermore, obese...