Category Archives: Weight Loss
Oprah’s Yo-Yo Weight, BMI Misclassification, & Fat-Muscle Ratio
Did relying on BMI measurements cause Oprah to fall victim to yo-yo dieting? Perhaps — if we’re to follow the findings of a new study published April 3 in the journal PLoS One. Best known for her blockbuster talk show, African-American billionaire Oprah Winfrey has been called “arguably the world’s most powerful woman” by CNN [...]
Healthiest Way to Loss Weight: Switch From Soda to Water?
Switch from soda to water and lose weight. When you’re overweight, you’ve often fallen into a habit of eating fatty and sugary foods that are bad for you and only help you put on pounds. Often, you really need to overhaul your diet, but that prospect can be daunting. For starters, why not swap a [...]
HCG Weight-Loss Drugs: Unsafe & Illegal Says FDA
FDA: HCG weight-loss products are illegal and may be unsafe They are tremendously popular—a Google search pulls up over 27 million results. They claim to be all-natural, and promise consumers using it that they will lose one to two pounds a day, while feeling “healthy and energetic” all the while. Its sellers claim that “very [...]
Brown Fat: Obesity Cure or Weight-Loss Fad? Carpentier & Spiegelman Studies
Can brown fat be used to ‘cure’ obesity? Or is it the new weight-loss buzzword, no less a fad than multivitamins and protein diets that end up causing more harm than good? The answer to both questions is ‘maybe’ — based on the most current information scientists have at hand, including the results of two [...]
Gastric Bypass Surgery vs. Lap Band: Which is Better, Safer, More Effective?
For morbidly obese people, weight-loss surgery is an option. Among these options, the gastric bypass comes with more complications shortly after surgery than gastric banding — but has fewer long-term side effects and repeat operations.
This is according to a new study that enlisted more than 400 obese Swiss patients, which was published on Jan. 17 in the Archives of Surgery.
People who got bypass surgery also lost weight faster, and more kept it off, the study also showed. Weight loss remained “significantly better” six years after gastric bypass compared with patients who received a gastric band, researchers said.
