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The New New Atkins Diet
The Atkins Diet is legendary. It is one of the few diets that caused a kind of mass hysteria. Food manufacturers lined up to bring new lines of low-carb food, and everyone was talking about Atkins.
Dr Robert Atkins passed away in 2003, and since then the super-fad of Atkins has slowly ebbed away. This hasn't stopped numerous versions of the Atkins diet appearing on the shelves.
» moreHow a 17-Year-Old Video Gamer Cut His Weight in Half
Taylor LeBaron is much like your average teenager in that he loves video games. The difference is that Taylor parlayed his joy of video games into a very impressive 150 lbs weight loss.
Now 17, he has authored a book called "Cutting Myself in Half: 150 Pounds Lost One Byte At a Time" featuring his own fat burning system dubbed "The Ultimate Fitness Game".
» moreBook Review: Knowledge and Nonsense
Knowledge and Nonsense is a definite detour from the books I typically review. Most books that come across my desk are diet and/or exercise and/or weight loss related.
Author Jamie Hale, a highly-respected strength and conditioning coach, and nutrition expert, has created a behemoth of an e-book that is part exercise physiology/nutrition/endocrinology textbook, part myth busting, and part in-the-trenches advice for body composition and performance enhancement.
There is a TON to cover in this one, so let's get started...
» moreBook Review: Doctor's Orders
I'm always on the looking for new (or at least a new perspective on old) tips for fat loss, and I am thankful for the insights of all sorts of people, as evidenced by a recent Diet Blog entry.
I think we can all use tips once in a while, but tips are only good if they are based on some good information and/or some insightful experience. Doctor's Orders: 101 Medically Proven Tips for Losing Weight is the work of Dr. Kent Sasse, MD. Here's a glimpse of what you'll find...
» moreBook Review: Eat Your Way to Happiness
The pursuit of happiness is one of the most fundamental values of which the US was founded. 230+ years later, not much has changed, we still crave happiness.
Only recently however, have we seen scientific evidence connecting diet with mood. Registered Dietician, Elizabeth Somer, offers up 10 diet "secrets" to improve your mood, curb cravings, and keep the pounds off in, "Eat Your Way to Happiness".
Let's examine...
» moreThe Spark Diet
The Spark is a new book from the Chris Downie, the creator of SparkPeople.com
Sparkpeople is nothing less than a phenomenon. Many years ago I communicated with Chris Downie, when SparkPeople was in its infancy. He had set some big goals, and I'm sure he has now far surpassed them.
SparkPeople is a free weight loss program (with apparently over 6 million registrations). Beginning as a weight tracker and calorie counter it blossomed into a full-blown social and support network.
» moreThe Eat Clean Diet Recharged
Author Tosca Reno is set to release a follow up to the Eat Clean Diet. The Eat Clean Diet is all about eating un-processed, whole foods and eschewing pre-packaged and processed sugar and fat-laden foods. The diet has reportedly been quite popular among the celebrity set, and Reno herself is a well known as an Oxygen magazine columnist.
So whats the Eat Clean Diet Recharged all about?
» moreThe o2 Diet
At first glance I thought The O2 Diet was something about oxygen. I had visions of oxygen merchandise (like $4.95 bags of oxygen that you could heat in the microwave). The O2 Diet, by nutritionist Keri Glassman, is actually about anti-oxidants.
New York based Glassman wrote the Snack Factor Diet back in 2007 - which was essentially an approach based on eating 5 meals a day.
The new diet is based around a food's anti-oxidant levels.
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