Laser Surgery for Weight Loss: Miracle in Losing Weight or Fraud?

Laser surgery is already a validated therapy that has been incorporated in healthcare and medical treatment. Among popular and proven therapies are laser eye surgery (Lasik), cancer treatment, and some dental treatments. Among the newer laser therapies is laser fat-removal, a developing innovation in weight-loss laser surgery. Although procedures called laser liposuction and laser cosmetic [...]

Weight Loss Surgery May Not Combat Diabetes Long-Term

Weight loss surgery, which in recent years has been seen as an increasingly attractive option for treating Type 2 diabetes, may not be as effective against the disease as it was initially thought to be, according to a new report. The study found that many obese Type 2 diabetics who undergo gastric bypass surgery do [...]

More Protein = More Weight Loss?

Researchers pooled results from 24 past trials that put subjects on reduced-calorie, low-fat diets. Half of the subjects were assigned to a high-protein diet (on average, about 120 grams of protein per day), while the other half consumed a standard-protein diet (on average, about 67 grams per day). Both diets had an average energy intake, [...]

Vegan Anne Hathaway flaunts 25-lb weight loss

Actress Anne Hathaway, who lost 25 pounds on a crash diet for the film, “Les Misérables,” looks sporty and sassy in the January 2013 issue of Glamour. The slender 5-foot-8 Anne dons a white tank top and black underwear that accentuate her lean thighs. Hathaway, 30, admitted she essentially starved herself to look the part [...]

Wagering on Weight Loss: Diet Bet Websites

When she grew too winded to sing a lullaby to her little girl after climbing the stairs in her Brooklyn brownstone, blogger Amy Oztan decided it was time to kick her diet into higher gear. She turned to dietbet.com, a new website that lets you wager on future weight loss. Although she’d previously managed to [...]

Chaka Khan Weight Loss Secret: Singer Admits Extreme Dieting Caused 60-Pound Drop

Chaka Khan received rave reviews for a figure-flattering catsuit she wore last week during a performance on “American Idol” and now she’s revealing the secret to her slim and trim success. The soulful chanteuse admits she relied on extreme dieting and fasting to obtain a 60-pound weight loss. The “I’m Every Woman” creator said she [...]

Beyonce’s 60-pound weight loss secret

Addressing fans on Saturday night during her concert at Revel Beach’s Ovation Hall in Atlantic City, Beyonce Knowles took a moment to celebrate her new look. “Y’all have no idea how hard I worked!” the Associated Press quotes the 30-year-old new mom as saying. “I had to lose 60 pounds. They had me on that [...]

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