Weight Loss

JJ Virgin’s Top 5 New Year Tips

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I’m really happy to be able to share with you these five smart ideas from my long-time friend and colleague,  acclaimed fitness guru JJ Virgin. JJ is theauthor of “Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy“, the co-star of the TLC reality series Freaky Eaters, and a contributor to the Huffington Post. – Dr. Jonny 5 [...]

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This Diet May Reduce Sleep Apnea By 25%

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(European Respiratory Journal)— Eating a Mediterranean diet combined with physical activity can help to improve some of the symptoms of sleep apnea, according to new research. The study, which is published online in the European Respiratory Journal, looked at the impact a Mediterranean diet can have on obese people with sleep apnea, compared to those [...]

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Cravings: Why They Strike, How to Curb Them

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This excellent article by Katherine Kam was originally posted on WebMD. It’s reproduced here in its entirety. A big thanks to Ms. Kam and to WebMD for letting us share this with you. Almost everyone has hankered after potato chips, ice cream, chocolate, or another beckoning treat. But why? And what do you do when [...]

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Green Tea Extract and Weight Loss

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A fascinating new study adds to the growing body of literature showing that green tea can impact weight gain and be an important tool in the fight against obesity. In the current study, published in Obesity, obese mice that were fed a weight-gaining diet put on significantly less weight when they were supplemented with green [...]

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Protein and Weight Gain

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A new study in JAMA adds to the growing body of literature showing that protein is critical for managing weight.  In this study, the researchers wanted to see what effect (if any) different amounts of protein in the diet would have on weight gain. They started with the basic premise that anyone who overeats—however “overeating” [...]

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Holiday Eating: The One Tip You Need To Know!

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This is an excerpt from page 125 of my new weight loss program Unleash Your Thin » Wonderful as they may be for everything else, when it comes to sticking to a weight loss plan, holidays can be downright deadly. Since holiday eating can mean so many things- there’s family stuff, office parties, special desserts, [...]

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The Single Most Cost-Effective Medical Intervention!

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More than half of global mortality rates can be accounted for by six diseases: Cardiovascular disease cancer respiratory infections respiratory diseases tuberculosis diabetes What do all six have in common? They are all vitamin-D sensitive. And it’s not just those six diseases… Alzheimer’s meningitis Parkinson’s maternal sepsis pre-eclampsia MS deaths from falls …account for an [...]

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Start With One Hour A Week

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Chicago Tribune, 11/04/11 You’ve got to love a fitness expert whose exercise mantra is “make it short and sweet.” How short? Twenty minutes, three times a week. But even less at first. For those of us who are, shall we say, exercise averse, this is magical. Federal guidelines advise Americans age 18 to 64 to [...]

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Are There Any Fattening Vegetables?

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Are some veggies more fattening than others? It’s not an unreasonable question. As you know, we’re experiencing an epidemic of obesity and diabetes in most of the Western world. (Actually, it’s not just the western world- India and China now lead the US in the number of diabetics, but even adjusted for population the percent [...]

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Hormones Drive Weight Regain After Dieting

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A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that rebound weight gain isn’t just a matter of having no willpower. Hormones play a huge role. Let me explain. Hormones related to appetite and hunger can be disrupted by dieting and weight loss, and can remain so for at least one year. When [...]

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Another Study Says “No Problem” With Dietary Fat

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A new study adds to the growing body of research exonerating dietary fat from another of the many ills it’s been blamed for. Poor dietary fat. It gets scapegoated for so many things. Obesity, diabetes, heart disease, you name it, I guarantee you it’s been blamed on eating too much fat. Trouble is, it’s just [...]

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Toxins Made From Sugar Linked to Aging and Diabetes

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Toxins Made From Sugar by Craig Weatherby (The following is a guest article from health reporter Craig Weatherby, who writes the Vital Choice newsletter. Vital Choice is our favorite source for the highest quality wild salmon in the world. Check them out here.) Cooking foods that contain sugars and protein at high temperatures results in [...]

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