Weight Loss Linked to Oral Health Benefits

by | Dec 5, 2011 | 4 comments

Excess body fat interferes with the health of your mouth, a team of scientists from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine discovered. In this study, 31 adults with obesity were examined for a battery of oral health indicators –half of which...

Dropping Pounds Key to Preventing Knee Arthritis

by | Nov 28, 2011 | 3 comments

Research presented at this week’s American College of Rheumatology annual conference in Chicago notes that losing a moderate amount of weight can mean big pain relief to sufferers of knee arthritis. The study compared rates of knee arthritis in the 1990’s and the...

Study Reveals Secrets of Successful Dieters

by | Nov 18, 2011 | 2 comments

As many jaded dieters know, it’s keeping the weight off that’s the challenge. That’s why a team of scientists put together the National Weight Loss Registry –a database of successful long-term dieters. They spilled the beans this week at a meeting of the Obesity...

Weight Loss May be Key to Stopping Vertigo

by | Nov 16, 2011 | 1 comment

Dropping excess pounds may aid in vertigo symptoms, a study from Taiwan’s Taipei Veterans General Hospital discovered. In this study of 170 volunteers it was found that obesity was closely linked to symptoms of vertigo. Their research also discovered that heart...

What is the HCG Diet?

by | Sep 30, 2011 | 6 comments

We get questions all the time about this diet or that diet, and generally, they are all related to the latest ‘breakthrough’ that claims to have discovered the secret to why people gain and store weight.  Upwards of two thirds of US adults, and a full third of US...