Researchers Reduce Enlarged Hearts in Fat Mice (Healthday)
Using a nerve protection and growth factor called ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) to mimic the activity of the brain hormone leptin, Johns Hopkins researchers were able to dramatically reduce enlarged hearts in obese mice. (more…)

Diet Preparation IV: Creating a Better Sleep Environment
Diet Preparation Part IVCreating a Better Sleep EnvironmentThis is Part IV of this series on Diet Preparation. In this article I am going to give you a few ideas on how to improve your sleep environment. We lose countless hours of good and effective sleep when… (more…)

Can A Raw Food Diet Help You Lose Weight?
Raw foods are nutritious and delicious plus, low in calories and fat. (more…)

Three Ways Music Can Help You To Lose Weight
Music is the key to the soul. It can lift you up and put a smile on your face or alternatively it can bring you down and reduce you to tears. Music is powerful and fortunately you can use it to help with your weight loss. (more…)

Tocotrienols may stop the spread of cancer cells
There are eight forms of vitamin E: four tocopherols and four tocotrienols . Alpha-tocopherol is the main source found in supplements and in the European diet, while gamma-tocopherol is the most common form in … (more…)

Bariatric Surgery Things You Should Be Aware Of
When all other measures fail to control morbid obesity, weight loss surgery is a source of hope to the overweight. American doctors perform weight loss surgery over 140,000 times a year.
The oldest form of weight loss surgery is the most familiar, stomach stapling. In this 30-year-old procedure, most of the stomach is sliced and then stapled shut. (more…)

Weight Loss Organizations
Losing and maintaining weight is a difficult and intimately personal struggle, but it is not one that anyone needs to go through alone. There are literally millions of people forging their own paths to their better selves, and together, they offer support, advice, and inspiration to one another. (more…)