Weight Loss

Battling a bulging belly? Or sporting a bit too much junk in the trunk? Well, there’s something you need to know. It’s NOT your diet. It’s NOT your bad habits. It’s NOT even your lack of willpower. No, friend, if you’re struggling with weight loss... if your blood sugar is climbing ... Read More ›

Bears live the life. They eat what they want when they want. They keep going until they plump up so much they waddle when they walk. Then, they cozy up for a loooooooong restful nap only to wake up slim and trim and ready for more. OK, so that nap lasted for months. And hibernation isn’t ... Read More ›

It’s that time of year again, my friend. Time to shed the extra winter weight. But if you’re like me, there’s just one little problem standing in your way. Those stubborn pounds are REFUSING to budge. The truth is, it happens to the best of us. Losing the cold-weather padding gets just a ... Read More ›

The weight loss surgery is over. The recovery is complete. And you now have that newer, thinner body they’ve promised thanks to a gastric bypass. But then… it happens. Maybe you’re lifting a heavy bag of groceries up. Or you’ve taken a tumble. Perhaps you weren’t doing anything in ... Read More ›

Bariatric surgery – an operation to cut your gut, so you eat less – is the hottest thing in medicine. These slick salesmen-surgeons will promise you the sun, the moon, and the stars… or at least a stick-thin 32-inch waistline. And they’ll promise they can now do it as a quickie outpatient ... Read More ›

Trying to lose weight? They’ll try to GUILT you. They’ll try to SHAME you. And then… in the final indignity… they’ll try to RIP YOU OFF. The entire diet industry is designed to use guilt and shame to manipulate you into ponying up big bucks for weight loss programs DOOMED to ... Read More ›

April Fool’s Day was more than a month ago. But this news sure sounds like we’re being pranked all over again. It’s a new weight-loss pill, but it’s NOT a drug. It’s not a vitamin or any other kind of supplement either. Intrigued? I don’t blame you. With a pitch like that, I was curious ... Read More ›

We ALL overeat from time to time. And hey, if you indulge in something you know isn’t “good for you” every once in a while, don’t beat yourself up about it — you’re in good company. We’re only human, after all. And the truth is, an occasional treat doesn’t do any real harm. But a new animal ... Read More ›

Who needs horror movies when you have mainstream medicine? Just check out the latest “breakthrough” in losing weight – then, try NOT to have nightmares about it. This one involves surgeons sticking a catheter – a long tube – into your arteries until it reaches the stomach. Then, they SEAL OFF ... Read More ›