Weight Loss Blog

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 […]

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 […]

…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 […]

So it’s Sunday, suppose to be my day away from the Internet, but I had to post this
This article outlines the ’secrets’ for weight-loss by Canyon Ranch, America’s top spa. This is the first time i’ve heard about this spa, but I google’d it, and it looks like just the place […]

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 […]

So I learned today why Chef’s wear those big, baggy white jackets!
“They can hide how overweight you are,’’ jokes Cooking Light Executive Chef Billy Strynkowski.
Mercury News has a neat article about a once-obese chef who worked at a food magazine that managed to lose 60lbs. How did he do this? Eating right and exercising! […]

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 […]

From The Washington Times:
The Federal Trade Commission has accused RTC Research & Development LLC of making false weight loss claims for its dietary supplement Xenadrine EFX.
The FTC said advertisements for the Xenadrine EFX falsely claimed it produced rapid and substantial weight and fat loss without the need for either diet or exercise. The ads […]

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 […]

Hi folks
My name is Diane, and i’m dietaholic. I spend many hours every week reading various reviews about programs and supplements, the latest scientific studies regarding weight loss, and everything in between! I realized that it would be beneficial for others if I provided links and summaries about all of this […]