My husband and I are sick and tired of not being able to fit properly in our summer clothes. We gained a little weight after a few weekends of family and friends and barbecues and such, and we really want to take off a little bit of weight.  I want to lose about 7 pounds – not too bad, I just want to be able to fit in my clothes again. It’s amazing what  huge different 7-8 pounds can make on me, I’m a woman with a small 5’4″ frame, and even 5 pounds can make a one size difference in my pants!

My husband wants to lose a little bit more weight than me. Perhaps about 15-20 pounds. He currently weighs about 200 pounds and stands at 6’3″ tall. Like me, he’s n

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More Americans are becoming obese. Obesity rates inched up 1.1% between 2007 and 2009, according to a new report released by the CDC.

In just the past two years, 2.4 million people have joined the ranks of the obese. About 72.5 million U.S. adults are now obese, the report found. That’s 26.7% of the population, compared to 25.6% in 2007.

Some states are more affected than others, says Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, director of the CDC, who presented the data at a teleconference Tuesday. “The number of states where self-reported obesity is 30% or higher has tripled, from three to nine.”

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Have you ever wondered what is the thing attracting you to eat more chocolate bars and various snacks? The answer is Inulin, a carbohydrate fiber that stimulates so called ‘good bacteria’ in the colon and is able to cause body gases, flatulence, bloating and diarrhea. Naturally Inulin can be found in bananas, onions, garlic and wheat.

A negative outcome may arise from consuming Inulin food too often. Its addictive nature causes gastrointestinal problems in the digestive body system.  Joanne Slavin form the University of Minnesota at St. Paul, department of food science and nutrition, has conveyed a study that involved healthy 26 men and women from 18 to 60 years old. In f

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If you’ve followed the news on childhood obesity lately, you know the state of affairs is pretty grim. Childhood obesity rates have tripled over the past two decades, and most signs point to the next generation being the first whose life expectancy will be shorter than their parents’. Much of the blame for this trend has deservedly been laid at the feet of the producers and marketers of unhealthy food aimed at our youngest consumers, whose parents face an uphill battle: trying to pit fresh, healthy foods devoid of mascots or sidekicks against superheroes and cartoon animals in a struggle to tempt their children’s palates and stomachs.

Since most kids have hummingbird metabolisms that adults can only envy, it’s often easy to give them a free pass and let them eat whatever they want. But eve

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