Almost all obese individuals want to lose weight quickly. All diets profess that their weight loss solutions will help in accomplishing exactly what is desired in the quickest possible time. What they fail to clarify or mention is that the chances of regaining weight after reverting back to normal diet are extremely high.

If you ask a specialist who does not have a vested interest in selling you something he will tell you that the only way you can lose weight for good requires a change in lifestyle and diet which is permanent. The process involves …

by Dee Braun

I am notoriously horrible at maintaining good nutrition practices. Oh, I KNOW them.

I know I should follow them, but there’s always something else to handle, some place to go, a phone call to answer, an email to respond to – the list goes on and on.

(And I didn’t even mention laundry, dishes, letting the dogs out, meetings, and oh, yeah, taking a bath!)

The thing is, I’m educated in both natural healing modalities and the principals of good nutrition. I’m mom to six children (my ‘baby’ just graduated!) and I know full well how …

While you might believe that exercise would be contraindicated when you suffer from arthritis it is actually quite the opposite. Individuals who had arthritis years ago were advised not to exercise thinking that it would damage the joints. But today, researchers have identified specific advantages for those who do exercise after the diagnosis of arthritis.

Prior to starting an exercise plan discuss your options with your Rheumatologist or primary care physician to help determine your options. The amount and form the exercise will take will depend upon the type of arthritis you suffer from, the …

Hoodia is a prickly plant called a succulent, which closely resembles the cactus family. Bearing large odorous blooms, the hoodia plant has been used for ages by the San tribe of South Africa. The San people, also commonly known as bushmen, use hoodia by chewing on the root during long desert trips.

The appetite suppressant qualities of the hoodia plant were discovered by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, or CSIR, in 1996. The CSIR were performing a study of the natural foods eaten by the bushmen and happened to discover the amazing potential the …

Excerpted from the free ebook “Natural Help for Anorexia”. To save this ebook and read it later, please right click HERE and choose “save as”.

Anorexia nervosa is classified as an eating disorder where sufferers have an obsession with food and are overly concerned with being thin. They are often so terrified of gaining weight that they go to extreme measures to lose or maintain a body weight that is below normal for their age and height.

Anorexic individuals restrict the amount of calories they consume, sometimes to the point of self-starvation or purging by vomiting the …

Vegetarian diets are not just for health nuts anymore. Research has been shown to improve the health of people eating vegetarian diets as well as giving them more energy and to help with weight loss.

And vegetarian diets aren’t boring either. In the past years agriculture has advanced in the quality and variety of foods that weren’t available 50 years ago. Although we are creatures of habit the next time you go to the grocery store take a look around. Look past the apples, oranges and bananas to the star fruit, mangos …

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a chronic biochemical disorder which affects the body’s ability to use carbohydrates, sugars and starches. People with diabetes are not able to produce sufficient insulin or are unable to use the insulin they produce effectively enough to break down glucose or sugar in the blood and make it available to the body.

More than 16 million Americans alone suffer from diabetes. Diabetes is often referred to as an epidemic in the Western World today.

There are two main types of Diabetes, referred to as Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.

Type 1 Diabetes usually …

You would like to have a body that’s fit and trim and know that one way of reaching good condition is to set fitness goals then to adhere to the things you have to do in order to reach those goals. How do you set these fitness goals?

Achieving fitness success is occasionally a matter of setting short-term goals that are doable and will bring speedy success that will then spur you on to the next fitness goal. Make certain that your goals are measurable and that you are able to set a target date as …

It seems that the use of herbal supplements is becoming more and more popular with every passing day. The range of issues you can effectively treat with them is very wide, and usually with a much lower impact on the rest of your body than chemical, manufactured treatments.

Of course, as with any sort of medicine, you should consult with a qualified professional, but this article will serve as a quick-reference list for some of the most common herbal supplements, and what they are used for.

Black Cohosh – a very common herb, Black Cohosh is …

A recent study found that whey protein, a substance found in milk, can change body weight and composition in beneficial ways. Six scientists from the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center conducted the twenty-three week study to see how this nutrient-rich protein would affect adults. Among the ninety obese and overweight participants, the people who consumed whey protein lost weight and had a decrease in fat mass.