The full diet is a 500 calorie per day plan plus daily injections of the pregnancy hormone hCG. Obviously, you’re going to lose weight eating only 500 calories a day. The hormone was included because it was thought that it would help people on the diet reduce their hunger. It was also believed that the hormone would help mobilize fat from areas where it’s typically hard to lose. (more…)
Diet sodas are actually one of the biggest enemies of weight loss. People make the switch to diet sodas with the best of intentions, trading in high calorie beverages for zero calorie alternatives, but really, diet sodas are just as bad as their high-fructose sweetened partners. Helen P. Hazuda, a professor at University of Texas Science Center who has researched diet sodas and their effect on weight says, “they may be free of calories, but not of consequences.” (more…)
Thinking about starting a new diet today? You many want to wait until Sunday or Monday. According to a UK study, people who start diets at the beginning of the week are more likely to stick to it.
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Do you ever wonder why you can’t just walk by the candy dish at work without helping yourself to a handful or why you can’t stop thinking about the ice cream in your freezer until you break it out and eat half of if right out of the carton? Where is your willpower?
Give the gift of health!
