CHICAGO, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Users of Alli, the first
weight-loss drug approved for sale over-the-counter in the
United States, are finding what they likely suspected all
along: pills are no magic substitute for diet and exercise.
Yet as Americans engage in the New Year’s tradition of
resolving to shed pounds, the market for diet aids is expected
to remain firm, even as the economy is mired in recession.
Americans spend $30 billion a year on weight-loss Read the rest of this entry »

‘Flat Belly Diet’: a review of the hot new diet book–will it be your ticket to weight loss in 2009?
Well, well, well; it’s December 31st and people all across the fruited plain are engaging in a time-honored American tradition –making resolutions to lose weight.
Every year sees its own crop of hip new diet plans (remember Atkins? The South Beach Diet? The Zone?); this year’s frontrunner looks Liz Vaccariello’s
, delightfully subtitled
A Read the rest of this entry »

Color additives made from insects will have to be disclosed on food and cosmetics labels by 2011 because of the possibility of allergic reactions, under a new rule from the Food and Drug Administration.
The red dyes derived from carmine and cochineal extract — from the cochineal insect — must be named specifically instead of described generically as “artificial color,” as they are now, the FDA said. The labels won’t have to disclose that the ingredients Read the rest of this entry »

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) — If you’re among the millions of women who suffer from urinary incontinence, losing weight might just ease your symptoms, a new study suggests.
Published in the Jan. 29 issue of the
, the study found that when women lost about 8 percent of their body weight — an average of 17 pounds for this group — the frequency of incontinence episodes dropped by almost half.
“Weight is one of the biggest risk factors Read the rest of this entry »

When Oprah Winfrey decided to go public about her latest weight gain, she didn’t hold anything back and suggested to the editors of her magazine, O, “Why don’t we just put my fat butt on the cover?”
And so, Winfrey’s 200-pound self was posed next to a picture of her skinnier self from three years ago.
The talk show queen is talking about her latest tumble off the diet wagon and “Good Morning America” showed a clip today from Winfrey’s Jan. 5 show Read the rest of this entry »

A new study from the US found that moderate weight reduction helped to reduce urinary incontinence among overweight and obese women. The research was the work of first author of Dr Leslee Subak from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and colleagues, and is published online in the 29 January issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Subak is an obstetrician/gynecologist at the Women’s Continence Center in the UCSF Read the rest of this entry »

Tuesday, December 30, 2008
PALM BEACH GARDENS — It's New Year's Eve and you've just decided 2009 is the time to lose those extra pounds.
Where do you go?
Do you try the South Beach Diet, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers or some new diet on the Internet?
Here's a thought: Why not try a doctor?
Dr. Stuart Wanuck, a urologist, has spent years treating enlarged prostates, kidney stones and erectile dysfunction.
But since Read the rest of this entry »

Though the famous have personal trainers and access to every “It” nutrition plan, some are human, with hunger pangs, hankerings for all things caloric and aversions to exercise like the rest of us.
Here’s a few examples of women who lost weight in 2008 and how.
–GWYNETH PALTROW: The normally pin-thin star admitted she packed on some holiday pounds (too many canapes at the Fontainebleau, perhaps?).
How she did it: The 36-year-old mother of two Read the rest of this entry »

s apparently the way that she lost a lot of weight after having a baby.
What is the Sleep Diet?
In its basic form, the
should, get this,
for the amount of time that best suits their body. If you are having a “no duh” moment here, you aren’t alone. Research has shown that getting a good night’s
every night, and on a regular schedule, keeps your body healthy.
Your body also continues to burn calories throughout the night while you sleep; Read the rest of this entry »

Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) –
, after months of concern
about his health and weight loss, said he is suffering from a
nutritional ailment and that he plans to remain
’s
chief executive officer during his treatment.
“I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has
been a mystery to me and my doctors,” Jobs, who turns 54 in
February, said today in a statement. “After further testing, my
doctors think they have found the cause — a hormone Read the rest of this entry »