Diet

Patti Stanger, star of The Millionaire Matchmaker, says she was never blessed with a good metabolism. Though never obese by any comparison, Stanger was never able to get thin--until she tried a weight loss product called Sensa. "I was skeptical but I thought--what the hell, I've tried lots of other celebrity weight loss programs," says Stanger. "After about 2 weeks I noticed my body was changing and I was losing weight. I kept doing what I was doing, continued eating…
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Worried about your diabetes risk? Turns out there's a new way to reduce your risk--by up to as much as 40 percent. Published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, editor-in-chief and Jefferson Medical College associate professor of medicine Dr. Christine Laine says this study reveals how important diet is when it comes to reducing a person's type 2 diabetes risk. "The study suggests it is possible to reduce the risk of diabetes by changing the composition of your diet,"…
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While some experts claim that calories don't matter when it comes to weight loss, one Iowa biology teacher is proving that may not always be the case--even on a diet of McDonald's. John Cisna, a high school biology teacher from Ankeny, Iowa, says he originally started his McDonald's diet to prove to his students that it's possible to lose weight on any food--as long as you watch your calorie and nutrient intake. Following a diet of 2,000 calories per day,…
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While dieticians claims that eating fewer calories leads to weight loss, a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine reveals that isn't always the case--at least if you're an African American woman. Studying the effects of calorie-restricted diets on women of different races, lead researcher James Delany says that African American women have more trouble losing weight--and it's all due to their metabolisms. "African-American women have a lower energy expenditure," explains Delany. "They're going to have to…
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For years researchers have known that a diet rich in tomatoes could lower a person's risk of heart disease--but now a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism reveals there's a new reason to load up on this key vegetable. Working on behalf of Rutgers University, lead researcher Adana Llanos says that eating a tomato-rich diet could decrease a woman's breast cancer risk by 12.4 percent. For Llanos, she believes this may be one way to…
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As a kid, you probably heard it all the time from your parents: Eat more slowly during dinnertime. But according to a new study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, this just isn't a nagging concern--it could also help you lose weight. Investigating the effects of digestion on total calorie consumption among American adults, researchers from Texas Christian University found that people who ate more slowly consumed around 100 fewer calories than those who ate…
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For years, doctors have told diabetics to avoid skipping meals in order to maintain healthy blood glucose levels--but now a new study challenges this claim. Reporting from Linkoping University in Sweden, researchers say skipping breakfast while eating a Mediterranean-style diet may be more effective than frequent eating when it comes to maintaining healthy blood glucose levels. "It is very interesting that the Mediterranean diet, without breakfast and with a massive lunch with wine, did not induce higher blood glucose levels…
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Want to lose weight? Here's a surprising way to slim down: Follow the Bible. Called the Daniel Fast, some protestants in Hawaii are using passages written about the Biblical prophet Daniel to help them get closer to their faith--and lose a few pounds. "The Daniel Fast is named after the prophet Daniel in the Bible, who chose to have only vegetables and water for ten days (as recorded in Daniel chapter 1) to set himself apart for God and from…
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If you're trying to fight obesity, then you know how hard it is to lose weight--and now new research shows that calories may not be the only reason you're fatter. According to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, antibiotics may be causing you to have a bigger physique. Martin Blaser, physician and head of the human microbiome program at New York University, says he first uncovered this link after comparing increasing rates of obesity and…
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For most people, losing weight is an everyday struggle--but now a group of Youtubers have started a new diet trend that have nutritionists worried. Called the Cotton Ball Diet, several Youtubers have advocated swallowing them as a way to stop people from eating more food--and therefore losing more weight. To add taste, they even recommend soaking the cotton balls first in a solution of orange juice or lemonade. This, they say, expands in your stomach, filling you up without the…
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