Governments and health care professionals across the world are becoming worried, very worried. Why? Because despite their best efforts to...

On average we are all getting two hours less sleep every night than we did 50 years ago. A lot has happened in 50 years. What has been...

Eating too much? It’s easy to do. Little wonder people get disheartened by their lack of progress when they’re trying to lose weight....

Very little is said about Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs), which is a pity because they represent the maximum amount of key...

High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) arrived on the scene in the 1970s. A significantly cheaper alternative to sugar, it was invented in...

Have you thought what it’s going to be like when you’ve been successful in achieving your weight loss goal? What are the reactions of...

It’s a conundrum. You want to lose weight, but you don’t want to go on a diet. You’ve been on so many diets that you’ve become a member...

The failure rate of most diets is astronomical yet more and more people turn to diets to try and provide a solution to their weight...

Is the Body Mass Index (BMI) a good indicator as to whether you have a healthy body weight or not? The short answer is ‘yes’. BMI...

There are some pretty scary statistics coming out about the dangers of being overweight or obese. What is alarming is how few people are...

Goal setting is a very powerful process for focusing your attention on what you really want from life. Without goals, life can lack...

If you’re overweight, here are a few questions to ask yourself: Would you like to lose weight and feel better mentally and physically?...

You can imagine the scene from an old black and white movie. It’s Main Street in some town in the mid-west. There’s a smartly dressed man...

The best definition of self-discipline is ‘positive action’ – something to feel good about”. If you’ve decided to lose weight then you...

Obesity, being overweight is not a choice people make. Weight happens. It happens because our bodies can’t cope with the modern diet....

When you’re trying to lose weight, jumping on the scales every morning can sometimes be a rewarding experience, a surprise even, but most...

Okay, ask any food manufacturer why they put caffeine in their drinks and what do you think the answer will be? With a completely...

New reports come out all the time, but one that has just been released from the Harvard School of Public Health, has shed new light on...

We make choices based on our likes and dislikes. We choose to do something because we have facts that influence our decision, but we...

Sweeteners have been around for decades, but what’s their purpose? Initially they were used as a substitute for sugar in sweetening tea...