Weight Loss Blogs

As a cardiologist, I’ve long advocated drinking green tea. That’s because research suggests that the antioxidants in green tea support cardiovascular health and normal blood pressure. But, in recent years, scientists have also discovered that the catechins in green tea are a powerful metabolism booster...

When you think of losing weight, you think of exercising more and eating less. Lowering inflammation probably doesn’t make the list, but it is just as important. Find out why.

You still need to watch your waistline, even if you are skinny, according to a new study. Carrying belly fat can be a bigger risk to your heart as being obese. Find out why and how you can trim the fat.
 

When you cut your food into smaller pieces, you eat less. At least, that's what a recent study says. Try 5 more tricks to keep the weight off.
 

A recent study shows that weight loss reduces inflammation, which in turn could reduce high cholesterol.

Here are four foods that can improve your mood while shedding pounds at the same time.

Whether you want to shed 15 pounds or 215 pounds, if you want to be successful at long-term weight loss, you must examine your attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors around food. Otherwise, it’s almost guaranteed that you’ll backslide into old eating patterns at the first sign of emotional stress.

Over the years, you’ve probably learned the hard way that dieting simply does not work. Almost any of the popular weight loss programs will show results in the short term, but when you return to your old eating habits, the pounds come right back.

To achieve weight loss, you need to stop storing fat in your body and start burning it. And the easiest way to stop storing fat is to cut back on fatty foods. 

There is one reason why very low-carbohydrate weight loss diets like the one popularized by Dr. Atkins work for so many people. It’s because they don’t replenish carbohydrate stores, so the body is in a constant “fat-burning” mode. 

So, hopefully you’ve signed up for my Diabesity Challenge and you’re ready to lower your risk for diabetes or reverse the disease altogether!