Sep 25, 2016 | Cardiovascular Health, Exercise, In the Media, Research, Science, Weight Loss
A large-scale weight loss study, just published in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association, raises questions about how fitness trackers influence weight loss and eating behavior.It found that over a 24 month period, people who did NOT use a fitness...
Aug 31, 2016 | Diet Tips, In the Media, Science, Weight Loss
The diet news that’s worth your timeThe news is always full of weight loss and health headlines, but have you noticed many of them are more click-bait than serious journalism? We’ve sorted through recent headlines that caught our attention, and summarized some of the...
Aug 24, 2016 | Diet Tips, Exercise, Science, Weight Loss
Whether your metabolism is slow or fast, you can lose weight if you know what to do. People often talk about the speed of their metabolism, but do you know what “metabolism” really means?Metabolism ExplainedAbout 70% of the calories you burn each day go toward...
Jul 18, 2016 | Groups, In the Media, Weight Loss
As reported today on NPR, 60% of employees at companies with wellness programs fail to take advantage of them. iDiet provides weight loss groups to Fortune 500 companies, small companies, and some of the countries most prestigious universities. We’d be happy to offer...
Jul 6, 2016 | Nutrition, Research, Science, Weight Loss
Why (Most) Diets Fail Let’s face it. If the big-name diet plans worked, everyone would already be thin and they’d all be out of business by now. 🙂 Clearly, something isn’t working. The sad fact is, most diets fail, and they can fail you two basic ways: In the short...
Jul 1, 2016 | Diet Tips, Fiber, Weight Loss
Belly fat, watch out.Globally, consumers spend more than $650.9 billion on weight loss, and that number grows every year, along with our expanding waistlines. It’s not surprising considering that 51% of Americans want to lose weight. But what’s more shocking than...
Jun 19, 2016 | Diet Tips, In the Media, Weight Loss
This post was originally written in June 2016 after a mass shooting event. We have left it online in case it’s helpful to anyone facing a tragedy or stress in the future. During this week of national sorrow, we acknowledge the challenge that stress can cause in...
Jun 1, 2016 | In the Media, Nutrition, Research, Science
Dr. Susan Roberts, iDiet author, received the W.O. Atwater Lectureship award at the national nutrition conference in San Diego CA. This is an annual award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of nutrition, nominated by her colleagues across the nation....
May 14, 2016 | Diet Tips, fasting, Fiber, insoluble fiber, soluble fiber, Weight Loss
The master cleanse, juice fasting, detoxing, or juice cleansing. No matter what trendy term you apply to it, these weight loss fads are not the amazing way to lose weight and detox or purify yourself that bloggers describe them to be. Your body is perfectly capable of...
May 10, 2016 | Exercise, In the Media, Research, Science, Weight Loss
Recent media coverage of a new study of contestants on NBC’s reality television show The Biggest Loser, published in the journal Obesity, raises serious concerns about drawing conclusions from a single study of 14 individuals, no matter how dramatic the results may...