Archive | March, 2009

A Look At The Food Combining Diet

This is something that I had not heard of until recently. The rationale behind this diet is based on digestion and that certain foods require more acid to digest. As it turns out this is a somewhat popular diet and offers the following guidelines for success: Don’t combine protein and fat in the same meal [...]

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Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet

Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet

Does it sound great? Yes. Does it taste better than what you had for dinner last night? Probably. Is it effective for long-term fat loss? Probably not. Dr. Sanford Siegal created a diet in 1975 to address his patients need a for permanent weight loss solution. The premise is that eating 6 small cookies during [...]

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Are You Kidding Me?

Are You Kidding Me?

Meet the Chawner family from Blackburn, England. Philip, his wife Audrey, and their 2 daughters weigh in at a mere 1,160 combined pounds. This lovely family has recently found themselves in the news and the subject of much ridicule. There is a good reason for this. The problem here is not that they are all [...]

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Alli: Friend or Foe?

Alli: Friend or Foe?

  Orlistat, commonly known as Alli, is an FDA approved dietary aid which is gaining popularity for its role in helping individuals lose weight. The basic idea behind its effectiveness is that Alli prevents the body from absorbing a portion of the fat eaten. The key here is staying on a diet which is low [...]

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