Is injecting yourself with human pregnancy hormone a good idea? HCG is the ‘newest’ dieting craze. The HCG diet combines daily injections with a very low-calorie diet (500 calories per day). The hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) may be measured in the blood or urine. Most commonly, this is done as a pregnancy test. HCG signals [...]
Archive for the ‘Weight Loss’ Category
Isn’t it ironic that two of the world’s biggest health concerns and societal problems are obesity and hunger? It is estimated that over one billion people on our planet are undernourished. In contrast, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), well over one billion are also overweight. Over 300 million of those are listed as obese. That means nearly one third [...]
It is amazing how many excuses we find for not losing weight (bodyfat). Some examples are “I’m just big bone” or “I’m retaining water”, or “my metabolism has slowed down as I’ve gotten older”, or “it’s heredity, everyone in my family is overweight”. I think one on the best ones I heard was from a prospective [...]
The more things change the more they stay the same. I recently watched a documentary about fitness made in 1960 (coincidently the year I was born, if I must confess). I found particularly interesting the concern about high technology (remember this was 50 years ago) and the effect and problems it had on our lazy, non-exercising, over-eating society. [...]
The New Year always brings a fresh focus on life and allows us to start from a clean slate. Since my birthday is in January it is not only a new calendar year but also marks the beginning of another year of my journey through this life. I turned 50 this year and gave pause [...]
The American College of Sports Medicine identifies a desirable weight loss program as one that meets the following criteria: Provides intake not lower than 1200 kcal/day for normal adults and allows a proper distribution of foods to meet nutritional requirements. Provides a negative caloric balance (not to exceed 500 to 1000 kcal/day) resulting in gradual [...]
Does your diet take and keep weight off? Most diets don’t work in keeping the weight off according to researchers at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. An analysis of some of the more popular diets including Atkins and The Zone show they failed for the majority of dieters in the long run. In this blog we will lay out the [...]
