Obesity or overweight results from the excessive accumulation of fat. The main causes of being obese are eating too much and/or not being physically active enough. If you eat more calories than you burn, the extra calories are accumulated as fat. Everyone has some fat, but too much accumulated fat results in being overweight or obese. There are other factors that may affect your body weight viz. your genes (obesity tends to run hereditary), weak metabolism, and your age. Sometimes medicine can contribute to weight gain. To prevent this problem, there are some useful, effective and safe home remedies for weight loss. Read more...

Many people say they want to reduce calories but do not find the best diet tips in this regard. The most convenient and facile way to reduce weight via following specific but still the best diet tips is through setting a target of taking calories intake. It is not that difficult to count calories. Once you find how much your body needs which is calculated through your weight and height, you can set a target for the intake of calories. Read more...

Bernard Jensen, a well known iridologist came up with the phrase – “Death Begins in the Colon.” He was one of the first of the so called ‘alternative physicians’, to understand the relationship between weight loss, well being and this main organ of elimination. Read more...

The Danish diet usually lasts for thirteen days and promises the loss of up to twenty-six pounds. The diet is very strict: any kind of deviation from the menu stops the diet and prevents its resumption for the following six months. If the diet is stopped after six days, it may be resumed after three months. For the diet, the green salad must be always fresh, the yogurt 100% natural, without any fruits, and hunger may be avoided by drinking water. The coffee may be replaced by tea and vice-versa, and cod with trout or skate. Always check with your doctor or dietician before starting a diet, particularly one as difficult as the Danish Diet. Read more...

So many people go on crash diets and extreme exercise routines to lose weight fast, but then find they put the weight back on again shortly after finishing. Why is that? Read more...