Weight Gain after Rapid Weight Loss

July 6, 2010  

Rapid weight loss sounds like the ideal way to lose weight. But with weight rapid weight loss, comes rapid weight gain. Yes, many of us have seen it, that if you’ve lost a ton of weight, then you would’ve had a hard time also keeping the weight down. Read on to know why your body gains weight after drastic weight loss, and how you lose weight without gaining it back.

slim woman waist

slim woman waist

To achieve rapid weight loss, you need to take extreme measures like crash dieting, excessive exercising and others. Weight loss efforts like these can result in nutritional deficiencies in the long run, and other long term health effects. Besides all the detrimental  side effects on your health, your body has a strong tendency to gain the weight back. Let’s explain one Read more

Juice Diet- detox & weight loss?

May 8, 2010  

Juice diet is a popular diet that many people try to follow- most people use detox diet for weight loss. The juice diet has many forms: lemon juice diet, orange juice diet, carrot juice diet, vegetable juice diet, and other possibilities of juice diets. We told you about the lemon detox diet. Here, we talk about all juice diets

It is basically a fad diet or crash diet form, involves intake of raw vegetable and fruit juices, and water only. It is an extreme diet form, as no solid food is consumed during the length of the diet. So, is the juice diet good for weight loss? Is the juice diet healthy?

Does the juice diet detox your system? The juice diet is like a mine field. Read on to find out, if you’re going to lose weight, or lose something else…

Juices, Smoothies Diet for detox & weight loss

Juices, Smoothies Diet for detox & weight loss

So, does the juice diet help weight loss? Read more

Sauna Belts - weight loss fad or truth

April 23, 2010  

Call them Sauna Belts, Thermal Belts, Ab Toning Belts, Slimming Belts, Thermal Packs, Slimming thermal blanket, Sauna Blankets, Body Toning Belts … they’re all the same. Essentially something that you wrap around your body, that claims to help you lose weight. Does it really?

We told you about Body Wraps last time. Now, we tell you about Sauna Belts. You’ve heard the ads talking about those weight loss belts that help spot reduction- thermal belts using heat therapy to get the toned waist you’ve always wanted. Think twice before wasting your money on it. Read on to know why..

Sauna Belt, Ab Toning, Slimming Belt (angelpas@flickr)

Sauna Belt, Ab Toning, Slimming Belt (angelpas@flickr)

Sauna belts electronically produce infrared rays which increase Read more

Body Wrap- Weight Loss Fad?

April 16, 2010  

Continuing our series of weight loss fads. First we told you about how mono diets are unhealthy. Now, find out how body wraps are a weight loss fad!

You have all seen the advertisement: Lose 6-20 inches from your body in just one hour! Have you ever wondered how that is possible? We will tell you all about that. Body Wrap treatments, also called ‘miracle bandages’ are among the popular techniques that many ‘slimming’ centers & spas use. This gives you temporary weight loss & can have side effects. And the weight comes back on fast! Read on, to know more

Body Wrap Weight Loss Woman

Body Wrap Weight Loss Woman

In the Body Wrap treatment, absorptive substances like Read more

Mono Diets: Fast, Unhealthy Weight Loss

April 7, 2010  

Everyone wants ‘Fast Weight Loss’, regardless of how long it took them to gain weight. Due to this high demand, there are many short terms fixes using extreme & often unhealthy methods for ‘fast weight loss’ that do not give you actual fat loss, only water loss. So, once you return to your normal lives, the weight gain comes back with a vengeance. One of these is commonly known as Mono-Diets or mono food diet plan.

One

One

Mono Food Diet Plan means that you will only eat one Read more

Special K Diet Challenge: Does it work?

January 18, 2010  

You’ve probably seen the Special K cereal advertisement for the Kellogg’s Special K Diet Challenge: 2 meals, 2 weeks, and lose upto 2.5 kg of weight!

What is the Special K diet challenge? Does the Special K diet really help you lose weight? If it does, is the Special K diet challenge really good for your health? And will the weight loss stay off?

Kelloggs Special K Cereal Diet (kelloggsuk@flickr)

Kelloggs Special K Cereal Diet (kelloggsuk@flickr)

We did the research, so read on.. Read more

Does drinking cold water make you fat?

December 24, 2009  

Do you think that drinking ice cold water makes you fat? It baffles us why anyone would ever think that drinking cold water makes you fat! But since there are some people who do, we are here to tell you if drinking really cold water will really make you fat.

First of all, its a known fact, that water is good for you. And most people don’t get enough of it. You should drink 9-12 glasses of water a day.

Photo: Hot and Cold Water

Photo: Hot and Cold Water

Now, water is an essential component of most bodily functions. Drinking 2 glasses of water Read more

Do artificial sweeteners help you lose weight?

December 22, 2009  

We told you how soft drinks can make you gain weight. So, if you’re trying to lose weight, it seems to only make sense to swap your sugar loaded soft drinks with the sugar free diet versions. Similarly, it probably makes sense to swap your sugar in food with diet sugar substitutes. Its true that it does reduce your calorie intake, but does it really help weight loss? Read on to find out..

Photo- Artificial sweeterns better than Sugar?

Photo- Artificial sweeterns better than Sugar?

Research at the University of Liverpool suggests that your body process artificial sweeteners (diet sugar) the same way that it process Read more

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