Everything You Never Wanted to Know about the Liposuction Procedure
This is straight from the FDA: "Remember, even the best-screened patients under the care of the best-trained and experienced physicians may experience complications as a result of liposuction." Read this article to learn more about the risks of liposuction.

Belly Fat and Dementia
If you're lugging a big ole belly around, you're doubling or tripling your risk of getting dementia or Alzheimer's Disease in later life. This article is a must read for those with big bellies.

Comparing the Big Three Fad Diets
South Beach diet. The Atkins diet. The Zone diet. You know the names. But how do they stack up when compared?

Calories and Carbs and Fat, Oh My!
The age old diet conundrum: Should I cut out fats, carbs, or restrict calories? This simple and straightforward article breaks it down for you.

Slow Eating May Prevent Weight Gain
It's no secret that fast food will make you fat if you overindulge. But did you know slowly eating your foods will help you lose weight and stay trim?

Metabolism and Fat
This article explains in clear and concise terms the link between metabolism and fat.

Lose Ten Pounds in Ten Days
Though this is not the best option to keep the weight off long-term, sometimes you have to lose a dozen or so pounds pretty quickly. Here are four pointers on getting you going in the right and safe direction.

Reduce Belly Fat
Belly fat builds up when your body thinks you are starving because you aren't eating the nutritious foods you need. Cut out junk food and pre-made foods and get cooking again to lose belly fat.

The Lemonade Diet
A simple breakdown of the lemonade diet, which is more of a lemonade fast for detoxing or weight loss.

Portion Control for Weight Control: Size Perceptions Called Key
Portion control is when you monitor how much you're eating at meals, usually by sticking to a predetermined measured size. Check out this study for some interesting finds about portion control.

Eat Fish, Lose Weight, and Feel Better
Exciting results of a new study in mice show that EPA and DHA—the long-chain Omega-3s abundant in salmon, sablefish, tuna, and sardines—likely account for a substantial part of the weight control benefits of fish.

The Calories We Quaff
Despite well-publicized campaigns to remove soda and candy machines from schools, and the average American’s vague awareness that sweet drinks are calorie-carriers, people continue to chug beverages that pack on the pounds.

The Belly Fat and Estrogen Relationship
Warrior Diet author Ori Hofmekler examines the common disorder of belly fat in both men and women and discusses the link between this and estrogen.

New Treatment for Emotional Eating
Read this article about a new do-it-yourself approach to Acupuncture that helps overweight Americans combat emotional eating.

Dining Out Instead of Pigging Out
In this article, you'll learn a variety of useful techniques you can use to eat healthfully when you're at a restaurant or friend's house.

Five Foods for a Healthy Digestive System
In this article, you'll learn about five important foods you should be eating to build a healthy digestive tract. Must reading for those with indigestion.

Find a Diet Buddy
Having a friend or companion along with you as you journey on your diet or exercise program keeps you committed and on track.

Don't Make Excuses for Not Exercising
The prospect of exercising tends to elicit moans from most people. Here's a list of answers for some of the most commonly used excuses people build against exercising.

10000 Steps to a Better You
Walk 10000 steps a day for a year and you may lose 35 or more pounds.

Diet and Food Obsessions Aren't Healthy
An inherent and often overlooked danger of dieting is the "diet mentality," which is the constant need to weigh, measure, count, and account for food.

How to Lose Those Last Ten Pounds
The final stretch is always the hardest. But you know what? Negative thoughts may be lurking in your positive mental attitude that's taken you so far.

When Other Diets Fail Try the Low Fad Diet
Common wisdom states for a diet to succeed it has to have sex appeal. That means the airbrushed after-pictures have to show scantily clad, starry-eyed, smiling participants or the diet has to be trendy or "cool." Any wonder why so many diets fail!

Ten Grocery Shopping Tips
Stick to your diet by learning these great grocery shopping tips. Did you know the healthiest items in grocery stores are on the outside aisles?

Fighting Childhood Obesity
I am often asked by moms and dads of all ages how they can get their kids to start exercising more and eating junk food less. It's no surprise why parents today are concerned...

Eating Late Will Make You Fat
It has been commonly assumed that night is the worst time to eat. The logic: night is when the body typically slows down and therefore is more prone to gain fat. Makes sense, but is it true?

Eating Before Exercising
Many people assume that the human body operates like a machine and therefore in order to work, it needs to be fueled like a machine. Eating before exercise seems to make sense. But does it really?

Weight Loss Prevents Diabetes
A study done by the experts proves what we already know... weight loss and a good diet lifestyle may keep you from becoming diabetic.

Reward Yourself, You Deserve It
So you're on a diet. Make it fun by implementing a reward system for milestones as you lose the pounds toward your ideal weight.

You Can Help Your Child Achieve Weight Loss
Obesity is dangerous in children. Here are five simple tips for getting them back in shape.

Don't Let Your Diet Fail
Too many dieters fail at their goal before they even start. Learn how you can rid yourself of common misconceptions before starting your path to better health.

Weight Loss Accomplished Simply
Weight loss need not be a chore. If you're interested in losing a few pounds, learn how diet and exercise can really trim off the fat.

10 Tips on How to Exercise at Home
Do you hate exercise? If so, check out this article and learn 10 easy tips on making exercise something fun you'll actually look forward to.

10 Free Diet Tips
Here are ten free diet tips for the practical modern man and woman.

How to Deduct Your Dieting Expenses
Yes, it's true. The Internal Revenue actually allows you to deduct some weight loss expenses. This article provides the details.

Don't Sacrifice Relationships for Dietary Purity
When my wife and I were first dating, I remember being very pleased with myself for making all sorts of healthy and tasty meals for her. It’s hard to describe the angst I felt whenever she decided to have something that wasn’t on my menu.

Not Too Big on Exercise
Do you hate exercising? Do you think that maybe just dieting and enjoying a healthier lifestyle will help you lose weight? This article looks at dieting without exercising and if it actually works.

Cheat Days
Are you sick of a preachy, rigorous diet that allows no slack or fun? This article discusses the idea of the "Cheat Day" in your diet or workout regiment.

How to Stay Fit over the Holidays
Tom Venuto gives you ten pointers on how you can stay trim and on your diet or workout program over the holidays without becoming a Scrooge.

So You Think You Have Fat Genes
Is the pharmaceutical Death Star in orbit around your diet planet? Check out Tom Venuto's article that honestly looks at the so-called "fat gene."

High Carb Diet to Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Researchers find the risk of developing breast cancer twice as great in Mexican women, for whom carbs represent more than half the daily diet.

Body Fat: How Low Is Too Low?
Tom Venuto answers a question about ideal body fat percentage.

Lies about the Atkins Diet
Bodybuilder and writer Tom Venuto examines the controversial Atkins Diet and breaks down some of the discrepancies and misinformation.

Is Italy's Mediterranean Diet a Myth?
Famed cancer researcher Dr. Ralph Moss discusses popular misconceptions about the Italian life style and its impact on health.

How to Gain Muscle and Lose Fat on the Warrior Diet
Warrior Diet author Ori Hofmekler answers a question that he hears all the time: "How can I keep gaining muscle mass while losing fat on the Warrior Diet?"

The Warrior Diet
Ori Hofmekler's fascinating and controversial Warrior Diet is a "must read" book for the unconventional health enthusiast who's fascinated by diet and workout approaches that flip the bird, so to speak, at traditional diet and fitness wisdom.

Warrior Diet and Anti-Aging
If you're concerned about aging, you'll want to read this interesting article which discusses how caloric restriction (a feature of the Warrior Diet) may well lengthen your life.

How to Gain Weight and Bulk Up
If you need to add some pounds to your frame, this article provides an excellent routine to meet your goal.

Mindful Eating
If you teach yourself to eat mindfully, to eat with awareness, you'll be amazed at the benefits. In this short but powerful article, Thich Nhat Hanh shows you how to eat with attention.

Chewing the Fat: The Low-Carb Diet Phenomenon
With his usual attention to facts and details, Dr. Stephen Brynes examines a number of low-carb diets. If your vegan, vegetarian, or low-fat diet isn't working for you, this article may be a real eye-opener.

How to Maintain Weight Loss
Believe it or not, losing weight is easier for most people than keeping that weight off. With this diet article you'll learn a dozen good techniques for not regaining the pounds you worked so hard to lose.

Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator
The Body Mass index (BMI) is a pretty decent way to determine if you need to lose weight. Because the Body Mass index doesn't define fitness or muscle to fat ratio, do keep in mind that it is a rather crude measure. But it is a lot better than the old height and weight tables. Most obesity studies these day use BMI.

A Woman's View of Eating and Weight Problems
This superb diet and weight loss article is a part of a British woman's degree project, and it shares fascinating insights into areas of gender and nutrition. Must reading for any woman struggling with a weight or diet issue.

Why You Always Fail at Losing Weight
You don't know it unless you understand your subconscious mind, but most dieters fail to lose weight because they've put up psychological fences that keep them from success. This must read diet article tells you how to get past the fences.

How to Lose Body Fat
Anthony Ellis discusses how losing a little or a lot of fat involves pretty much the same concept -- consistent dieting coupled with cardiovascular exercise and weight training. This is how many professionals do it, and it works.

Weigh Down Diet: No Way to Health 
Karen Railey takes a close look at the popular Weigh Down Diet program and finds it severely wanting in terms of building long-lasting health. This important critique should be read by anyone considering implementing the Weigh Down program in his/her life.

Weigh Down Diet: Good Way to Health 
Pete Holzmann replies to Karen Railey's critique of the Weigh Down Diet program. Click here to read how Pete has successfully used the Weigh Down program in his life. 

Critique of Weigh Down, Continuing Dialogue 
Karen Railey continues her outstanding work on why certain aspects of the Weigh Down program would benefit from refinement and change. 

Weigh Down Dialogue Continues 
Bobbi Currier, a graduate of the Weigh Down Workshop, shares thoughts on how the program can be adapted.

Diet and Weight Loss
Different people need different weight loss programs, and on this separate menu page I list and discuss the most interesting diets I know of.