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Posted What's Your Diet Type? to Diet Blog
It seems personality tests are being used for everything these days. From dating services to employment, people are using these tests to determine if their personality type is a good fit with their potential partner or job. Now it appears these types of tests are being used to evaluate not only what motivates people to loose weight according to...
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Posted Contrave: A New Miracle Weight Loss Pill? to Diet Blog
Drug companies know that a pot of gold is up for grabs if they can only develop a break-through weight loss drug. It looks like Contrave, one such contender, is one step closer to getting approval from the FDA which will open the drug up for sale in the USA. At the end of a 56 week treatment study...
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Posted Fat: The New "F" Word? to Diet Blog
Did you know that its Fat Talk Free Week? The Reflections Program is running a campaign this week to encourage women to remove the word "fat" from their vocabulary when talking about themselves and others. Also, in London Kathryn Szrodecki is fighting back by demanding legal protection for overweight people who are discriminated against and abused....
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Posted Poll: H1N1 Flu Vaccination, Life or Death? to Diet Blog
Thousands of people are lining up to get the new H1N1 vaccination at clinics around the country. Right now the vaccination is being given to pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months, health care workers, and 4-6 year old children....
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Posted Poll: Schools Breath Testing Students to Diet Blog
I don't think anyone would argue that underage drinking is a huge problem. Not only does it reap havoc on the health of developing teens, but the impacts on society are devastating as well. As a former teacher, I would often have students who were possibly intoxicated while in class or nursing a hang-over from the night before. Foxborough...
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Posted Jen4Men: Jenny Craig Goes Butch to Diet Blog
I guess it was only a matter of time before one of the most popular diet companies on the planet went after the other gender. Jen4Men™ has launched in Australia and New Zealand targeting men who find themselves fighting in the "battle of the bulge." Jenny Craig™ has a section for men on their USA based website, but for...
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Posted Poll: Coke and Calories to Diet Blog
We just got a press release from Coke stating that they will be printing Calorie information on the front of all their products worldwide by 2011....
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Posted Why Can't I Lose Weight? What Am I Doing Wrong? to Share
This question was submitted through email from a young lady named Cassandra. What advice can you give her? "I have been asked to lose some weight for ballet. I weigh 130 pounds right now at 5'4", and have been on...
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Posted Poll: Are Probiotic Products Necessary? to Diet Blog
We have heard for a long time that the active cultures in yogurt are good for us, especially if we are having intestinal problems from disease or antibiotics. However, in the last year or so probiotics (healthy bacterial cultures) are being added to all kinds of foods such as; butter spreads, "special" yogurts, juices, chocolate bars, supplements, ice cream,...
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Posted Diet Cookies: 3 Plans Reviewed to Diet Blog
The following diet cookies come to you endorsed by the Cookie Monster who says, “Look great while satisfying the beast within you!” *Note: The side effects may include excessive hair growth and blue discoloration of the body! OK, Seriously what’s with all the cookie diets that keep popping up everywhere? Do the cookies really taste great and are they...
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Posted Pork Panic: Is It H1N1 or Swine Flu? to Diet Blog
What do the H1N1 flu, pork, and Swine flu have in common? Not much according to the CDC and the struggling Pork Industry. The industry have been facing the back lash of the public and the media inappropriately labeling the H1N1 Flu outbreak as "Swine Flu."...
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Posted Diet Delivery Services: Put to the Test to Diet Blog
With the hectic lifestyle that most Americans live, how does one have time to count calories and prepare healthy meals, let alone finding time to do smart shopping. Then there's the pitfall of binging on all the unhealthy food that's on display everywhere in the grocery store. This is exactly what the 40+ Diet Food Meal Delivery Companies are...
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Posted Diet Guard: The Snacking Savior? to Diet Blog
Welcome to "Money Making 101". Your assignment today class is to brainstorm and come up with a weight loss product that will change peoples lives........ No wait, forget that, just come up with a good marketing plan and use a product that's been around for years. Here at Diet-Blog we are inundated with new products all the time by those...