In a one-year study, the drug was found to reduce the weight of people taking it by 8 percent (around 17 pounds), versus people taking a placebo 1.
Contrave combines a drug to combat depression and smoking with a drug prescribed for alcohol and opiate addiction. These have the effect of reducing the body’s cravings for [...]
Overweight people eat while looking at food.
Research shows that of those with high BMIs, 41.7 percent took seats that overlooked the buffet, instead of sitting in a booth or facing in a different direction. The sight of food tends to make our minds think we have more work to do, eating-wise. Keep your food stored [...]
There is a strong correlation between drinking caffeinated soda and obesity – yes, if you drink soda, you will most likely gain weight, get fat, and not feel good about yourself. So, for this Fitness Friday, how about you not drink any soda today.
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researchers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and [...]
Oh, Yeah – that time of year (other than Christmas) where eating chocolate is almost permissible. Here’s the skinny on chocolate – in case you were worried about the compatibility of weight loss and chocolate.
Chocolate Weight Loss: Beans to Bars
In order to understand the differences between types of chocolate, we first need to understand how it [...]
With Passover just around the corner, it will be helpful to discuss some healthy recipes that will help you with your goal of losing weight and will not sabotage your weight loss and help you to also celebrate the Holy Passover 1.
During the week of Passover, as Jews mark their ancestors’ exodus from slavery to [...]
In our last article on medical weight loss, we discussed Contrave. Below is a video explaining what contrave is and what it does and how contrave is designed to suppress your appetite.
Contrave currently is undergoing clinical trials and has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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For most people, eating better and exercising more is the right combination to lose weight. For others, a serious medical intervention is needed in order to lose weight.
Diet surgeries and pills may hold the appeal of giving something for very little (other than the high cost of bariatric surgery or weight loss surgery – in [...]
In our weight loss advertisement series, here is an advertisement on “how to look younger” or “what is your real age”.
I liked this advertisement. In fact, I clicked it, then I quickly left the site. I found the advertisement to be more interesting than the site behind it.
Nevertheless, here are some ideas on [...]
Sometimes when our bodies grow faster than our skin can handle, we get stretch marks. Yes, those pesky looking things that come with the territory when you’re a mom who has been pregnant with kids or if you’re fat, overweight, or obese. What can I say – our bodies grow and our skin sometimes cannot [...]