Weight Loss Archives - Page 8 of 15

Illegitimi non carborundum

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...

7 Reasons Why You Should Not Do a Cleansing Fast

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...

Biggest Losers are not Best Losers

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...

What is Healthy Weight Loss?

Mar 29, 2016 | Diet Tips, Groups, In the Media, Research, Science, Weight Loss

Here at iDiet, we use phrases such as “healthy weight loss” and “maximum healthy rate” of weight loss. So what does that really mean? Let’s dive deeper.The basic, unavoidable principle of weight loss is to reduce calorie intake below the...

Congratulations Karen!

Mar 28, 2016 | Groups, Testimonials, Weight Loss

This has been life changing for me.“I turned 50 this year and was 25 pounds heavier than I wanted to be. I tried all of the “old” diets that had worked for me in the past, but I didn’t see the scale going down and I was constantly hungry! I started following the iDiet...

Bread. To eat or not to eat, that is the question.

Feb 15, 2016 | Carbs, Diet Tips, Fiber, insoluble fiber, Recipes, soluble fiber, Weight Loss

How to use the best high-fiber breads for weight control. Now that Oprah has bought 10% of Weight Watchers and is appearing in TV ads saying she is losing weight while eating the bread she loves, it is timely to re-examine what we know about bread and weight...