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Mediterranean Diet Can Significantly Cut Heart Attacks/Strokes

Colleen O'Quinn — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:12:32 +0000

I already eat like this (with a few cheats), but I had no idea just how effective it is! The dramatic results of a groundbreaking new study show that people at high risk for heart attacks, strokes, and death from heart disease can significantly reduce their risk if they eat a Mediterranean diet that’s high [...]

Have You Started a Diet for 2012? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:32:46 +0000

It’s been a little over a week since New Year’s resolutions kicked in, officially long enough to determine if you’ve started that diet that you promised yourself — if, in fact, you picked what is usually the year’s most popular resolution. According to a new survey from Poll Position of 1,155 adults, 24 percent have [...]

Tuesday Is The Worst Day To Start A Diet

Colleen O'Quinn — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:18:09 +0000

I don’t diet, I eat right and exercise. At least I used to. I work out with a trainer 3 days a week, and eat a high protein, low carb “diet”, and try to stay away from processed sugar. I haven’t lost a damn pound. Now, I exercise and eat whatever I want, because apparently, [...]

Where'd She Go? Kirstie Alley Drops 100 Pounds!

Shauna Wright — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:16:39 +0000

Actress Kirstie Alley, 60, who has notoriously struggled with her weight in years past, has now lost 100 pounds, a journey that began during her stint on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ earlier this year.

“I feel like I’m back in my element,” she told ‘Entertainment Tonight.’ “I honestly didn’t even realize what I looked like.”

Reason #42 Why I Don't Diet

Colleen O'Quinn — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:52:19 +0000

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York said new research shows that dieters’ brain cells eat themselves. The study found that one reason dieters have trouble losing weight is that the lack of nutrition in the diet forces the brain cells to eat themselves for energy. Scientists say this process actually [...]

Are You On A Diet?

Colleen O'Quinn — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:21:02 +0000

I don’t diet. I try to make it a way of life. Every once in a while I will have a day like yesterday. Will a food confession make me feel better? I doubt it, but here it goes. My daughter made brownies yesterday, and I ate “a few.” I also had a Costco hot [...]

Potato Chips Biggest Culprit For Slow Weight Gain

Colleen O'Quinn — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:56:23 +0000

If you weigh 15 or 20 pounds more than you did in high school, potato chips could be a big culprit in the slow weight creep over the years. That’s according to a major new diet study from Harvard University scientists. People often gain weight gradually over decades, and the researchers found that what we [...]

Diet Ad Scam

Colleen O'Quinn — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:09:08 +0000

I know it’s tempting to buy into a miracle diet, but instead of losing weight, you could just lose your money. That’s according to fitperez.com. The site says the consumer reports for the acai berry diet on the side of your browser are a scam. “The lawsuits were spurred by complaints received by the Federal [...]

Lose Weight By Eating Chili

Tom Jordan — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:00:10 +0000

I’ve always said that spicy type foods can help you lose weight. I LOVE chili! If I could, I’d eat chili everyday…of course Colleen wouldn’t appreciate each morning! HA! So if you want to check out the other ways to lose some weight… You don’t have to go on a diet to shed unwanted flab [...]

Lose That Weight

Tom Jordan — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:43:54 +0000

So did you make any resolutions? Was one about losing weight? All I did was eat candy and baked goods for the past two weeks. I think I may have over-done it on the sweets! It seems that the most popular resolution for the New Year is to lose weight, at least according to MyGoals.com. If you really want to lose weight, don't diet.