There are a wide variety of medical weight loss programs available to those who are trying to lose weight, and almost every program offers something different. Two of the most common factors that many diet programs will advertise are that they are “low- calorie,” or that they are “high-protein.” While many savvy dieters think that they can tell the difference, these two differences may come with a few shades of gray.

No matter how faithfully you follow your diet, you may have noticed that the scale keeps creeping upward or seems to be stuck at the same number. New research from Australia has shown that dieters are often gaining back the weight they lost due to hormonal imbalances, and not simply due to failed efforts. Various [...]

Broccoli belongs to the unique classification of vegetables from the Brassica genus, also known as the cruciferous vegetables. This category of vegetables is special for a host of reasons, most notably, as rich sources of sulfur compounds that play a role in protecting the body from oxidative stress, or abnormal cell proliferation and damage. Interestingly, the health benefits of broccoli are also part of what makes this vegetable a prime candidate to aid in weight loss.

When you’re trying to lose weight, everyone tells you to focus on a combination of diet and exercise to meet your weight loss goals. But when most of us think of “diet”, the first thing that comes to mind is the food we’re eating.

If you want to know how to lose weight and keep it off, why not ask 5000 people who have maintained at least 30lbs of weight loss for over 12 months?  Since 1994, Rena Wing, Ph.D. and James O. Hill, Ph.D. have maintained the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR), an ongoing project that tracks people [...]