Category — Weight Loss

Earlier this week I posted an article about a study conducted by Princeton University researchers regarding rats, high-fructose corn syrup, and weight loss. You can read my post here. In essence, the study showed that rats fed a diet of rat chow and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) gained much more weight than those fed rat [...]

* Feature Article: Is Weight Loss Only About Calories Consumed? * Your Questions Answered: Calories and Weight Loss Is Weight Loss Only About Calories Consumed? I recently stumbled upon this interesting Princeton study on high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and weight gain, the results of which I thought might interest you. The experiment involved two groups [...]

* What’s New?: Raw Food Meeting in Memphis * Feature Article: How to Indulge in High Fat Raw Recipes Raw Food Meeting in Memphis As I mentioned last week, last night I hosted a little low fat raw vegan meeting in my home.  There was a lot of good discussion and I got to meet [...]

Watched any new fitness infomercials lately?  I bet most of them went something like this: “BUY THE BRAND NEW SUPER EXTREME AB BLASTER 5000 AND GET RID OF ALL YOUR UNWANTED BODY FAT!  TURN YOUR FLABBY FAT INTO MIGHTY MUSCLE IN JUST SECONDS A DAY!” Sounds familiar? Although infomercials and promotions such as these have [...]

It’s no secret that many people, raw foodists or not, struggle with releasing unwanted weight.  Often times this inability to lose weight stems from seemingly uncontrollable cravings for unhealthy cooked foods.  These cravings often lead to binge eating, which (of course) leads to weight gain. There is a good chance that you struggle with this [...]