Weight Loss on the GM Diet: Does it Work?

Perhaps, you’re googling weight-loss diets, and you happened upon the GM diet.  What is it?  Will it work for you? General Motors developed the GM Diet for its employees.  When you’re on this diet, you eat a different food type every day for one week.  It’s said that...

Will drinking water help you lose weight?

Hydration is an important factor in weight loss; it affects digestion and muscle function. In this blog, I will share six reasons why drinking water may help you lose weight. We will also look at how much water you should drink each day. When the stomach senses that...

Is Orlistat a Good Way to Lose Weight?

We have written a series of blog posts over the past few months about the effects of various drugs (and certain non-pharmaceutical treatments) used for weight loss.  One drug that has received a lot of attention is Orlistat which is also marketed as Xenical and Alli. ...

What is Noom?

  Noom is an app on your phone that helps you track your weight, monitor what you eat, and connect with people in your same situation. Nooms nutritional philosophy is similar to nutritionist Michael Pollan: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. What Noom does...

Will Weight Loss Reduce Cellulite?

Ah, cellulite, the ugly problem that won’t seem to go away. It’s important you know not to feel alone.  Eight out of ten women have some amount of cellulite! You know what cellulite looks like, but you may not know what it is exactly. Cellulite forms when...

How to get a whole new body with VShape

All of us struggle with excess fat.  It’s the leading cause of women’s insecurity about their appearance.  Contouring the body with new technology is the Holy Grail of Cosmetic Medicine. At the same time many are interested in tightening and lifting their skin, which...

Will Intermediate Fasting help you lose weight?

The hardest part about weight loss is finding the time to exercise! Most want to say goodbye to those extra pounds but can’t find the time to workout. Many claim that they are able to lose weight without exercise by following an intermediate fasting method.   How Does...

Do Weight Loss Patches Work?

No field is more prone to scams than weight loss.  And now, unscrupulous companies are putting questionable ingredients in transdermal patches.  Just slap the patch on your skin, and the patch will deliver the “weight loss” ingredients through your skin and into your...

If You Exercise Will You Lose Weight?

Diet and exercise.  Diet and exercise.  You hear it all the time.  Just turn on TV and watch Jillian Michaels yelling at somebody to try harder.  Exercise as a weight-loss tool is completely ingrained in our culture.  But does it work? First things first.  What are...