Weight Loss Blog

Okay, cheezy title I know From The Denver Channel
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is promoting legislation that would encourage healthier food and drinks in schools, including a bill that would extend a statewide ban on soft drinks from lower grades to high schools.
Moreover,
Schwarzenegger also urged lawmakers to pass a bill that would only allow high […]

From Fox News:
Researchers in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine describe six cases in which people were diagnosed with noncancerous tumors in their pancreas following gastric bypass surgery. These tumors caused the pancreas to produce too much insulin, the hormone that processes blood sugar, resulting in symptoms of low blood sugar — especially following […]

Everyone should know to beware of these quick weight-loss fads that we see advertised in magazines and on late night television, but here’s a reminder!
From Philadelphia Daily News
“These products offer false hope and are a waste of money,” said personal trainer Jeff Shablin of Optimal Personal Fitness in Philadelphia. “Focus on exercise and good nutrition. […]

I found this pretty disturbing:
Crystal meth is a form of methamphetamine, the use of which has reached epidemic proportions in much of the country, especially the Midwest. Typically, people try it because they’re looking for a higher high than they’ve found with other drugs.
But, reports The Early Show correspondent Melinda Murphy, it’s also emerging […]

This has to be the greatest research done ever! These researchers deserve some kind of model for this work..because now I can eat dark chocolate without feeling guilt.
From Yahoo:
The study, published by the
American Heart Association, joins a growing body of research that show compounds found in chocolate called flavonoids can help the blood vessels […]

…at least not yet.
From the Beacon Journal:
The Dairy industry is about to launch a $200 million campaign to try and connect dairy consumption to losing weight. The researchers, who were paid by the dairy industry, are saying that these claims hold. Most other researchers in the field are saying that there is just […]

Yes, we’ve all heard the jokes about ‘Fat Camp’, seen the movies that mock it, and may have even laughed about the idea, but a new study shows that sending your child to a Weight-Loss Camp has positive effects!
From Reuters:
UK researchers found that children who attended the northern England camp for about a month lost […]

Found an interesting article at Med India about supplements containing ephedra and guarana. Here is an excerpt:
A study conducted by University of California-San Francisco has published that weight loss supplements containing ephedra and guarana changes the cardiovascular system by increasing heart beat rate and blood pressure. It also has negative influence on glucose […]

Found an interesting article over @ MedicalNewsToday that talks about how a losing a pound of fat results in a four pound reduction in knee-joint load for each step.
As part of a long-term study of the effects of diet and exercise on knee OA, researchers at Wake Forest University found that an average weight loss […]

Found an interesting article at Forbes.com regarding weight-loss surgeries. As you can tell by the headline, they are on the uprise.
The number of Americans who had weight-loss surgery quadrupled between 1998 and 2002, new research shows.
This isn’t too suprising, but what suprised me is the cost of such procedures. Forbes mentioned these surgeries […]