A lot of people are told they can expect to lose up to two pounds of fat each week with a program of regular aerobic exercise. Some do. But a lot of people fail to see anything in the way of meaningful results, even after months of trying. It’s easy to think the problem lies [...]
Alcohol and Weight Loss: Can You Drink and Still Lose Weight?
Monday By
According to conventional wisdom, the infamous “beer belly” is caused by the calories from alcohol being stored as fat. There are also plenty of people who point the finger at alcohol when it comes to their weight loss slowing down, or even coming to a halt completely. Can you go out on a Friday and [...]
Hoodia Gordonii: Why it’s Not a Dieter’s Secret Weapon
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Today, I will reveal exactly why the consumer goods giant Unilever made the decision to dump the alleged appetite-suppressing supplement Hoodia gordonii despite spending €20 million over four years developing it. First, let me start at the very beginning: What is hoodia and why should you care? Hoodia gordonii is a small cactus-like plant found [...]
Is Swimming Good for Weight Loss?
Wednesday By
Swimming uses almost all of your major muscle groups. It places a vigorous demand on your heart and lungs. And when you swim breastroke or backstroke, you’re burning about the same number of calories as a fast walk or a slow jog. But for some reason, swimming does have a reputation for being less effective [...]
Do Toning Shoes Work?
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You might have seen TV adverts claiming that so-called “toning shoes” will tone your legs and bum more than regular trainers and give you “better legs and a better bum with every step.” Do toning shoes work? Are they worth the money? And should you be wearing them? Take a look at a pair of [...]
Body Pump: The “World’s Fastest Way” To Get In Shape?
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Body Pump is a group exercise class using barbells with adjustable weights. It works the major muscle groups via a series of exercises including squats, presses and lifts. Designed to “tone and condition muscles while raising metabolic rate for rapid fat-burning,” Body Pump is supposed to be proven to be “the world’s fastest way to [...]
The Weight Watchers Pro Points Plan: Does It Work?
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The Weight Watchers Points system is based on reducing the number of calories you eat each day. But rather than count calories, you count Weight Watchers points instead. Now they’ve changed the way the points are calculated with the introduction of the Weight Watchers Pro Points Plan. Does the Weight Watchers Pro Points Plan work? [...]
The Truth about Carbohydrate and Weight Loss
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Today, a question on the controversial subject of carbohydrate and weight loss. “I read an article saying that carbohydrates trigger the release of insulin and that a high level of insulin makes you store fat no matter how many calories you eat,” wrote one reader. “It also said that carbohydrate is the only thing that [...]
Cold Showers for Weight Loss: Do They Work?
Thursday By
Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Body, thinks that cold showers and other forms of cold exposure help with weight loss. I’m not a big fan of the 4-Hour Body Workout. But some of the claims on cold exposure, brown fat and fat loss did pique my curiosity. So I decided to do a bit [...]
Immersion in Cold Water Lowers Leptin Levels
Monday By
A few years back, I wrote an article on the subject of swimming for weight loss, where I explained why swimming doesn’t always work so well for people who want to lose weight. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with swimming per se. It’s more about the effect that cold water has on your appetite. [...]
