Many people who go on low fat diets skip dairy because of its high fat content. What these people may not realise is that they need the calcium from dairy to keep fit and maintain healthy bones and teeth. What even fewer people realise is that calcium can actually help you to lose weight, so […]
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Weight Loss Surgery can prevent diabetes
Obese people who successfully have weight loss surgery dramatically decrease their chances of getting a range of serious diseases. We also know that having bariatric surgery can put type II diabetes into remission, ‘curing’ the patient of the disease. However, new research shows that losing weight significantly delays the onset of type II diabetes. A […]
Vitamin D helps weight loss
Most people are aware that Vitamin D is important for healthy bones and that it can boost the immune system, help with depression and even prevent and fight cancer. But latest studies show yet another use for this under-rated vitamin. According to studies a lack in vitamin D can contribute to weight gain as well […]
How to reduce your WHR
Genetics, gender, and age are all factors in determining your Waist Hip Ratio. Women tend to have a lower ratio as they have smaller waists and bigger hips, whilst men tend to be broader on the shoulders, narrower on the hips and tend to develop a bigger stomach as they gain weight. Regardless of gender, […]
Waist Hip Ratio and Your Health
According to research, experts claim that if the Waist Hip Ratio was used to measure obesity alongside the BMI, the number of people at risk of heart disease and other obesity related diseases would treble. The Waist Hip Ratio (WHR) is used to represent the difference between your waist measurement and your hip measurement and […]
Weight Loss surgery reduces Heart attack risk
According to a recent Swedish survey, people who had weight loss surgery were less likely to suffer from heart attack or stroke later in life. Over a period of 14 years, 4000 obese people were monitored across 500 health care centers throughout Sweden. Half had bariatric surgery while the other half underwent regular care and […]
Rex Ryan is proud of his weight loss surgery
New York Jets coach Rex Ryan has been very quiet about his weight loss surgery since he had it in 2010. But that’s not because he was worried people would accuse him of cheating, but because he was waiting until he had lost 100 pounds before he told the world of his achievement. Rex explained […]
Is weight loss surgery cheating?
Weight loss surgery helps obese people who have been battling with their weight and probably other weight-related health issues, to lose weight. It reduces their appetite and could reduce the person’s need for fatty foods. But is weight loss surgery cheating? Some people seem to think that weight loss surgery is the easy way out; […]
Link found between obesity and depression
Scientists studying the link between obesity and depression have shown that depressed people are more likely to become obese and that obese people have an increased chance of developing depression. This is known as a bi-directional link, meaning that one condition increases the incidence of the other. A study in 2010 showed that overweight people […]
Weight Loss Mexico release top ten health benefits of surgery
Here are our top ten statistics of obesity risks and weight loss surgery benefits. If you don’t want to be a statistic contact us to see how we can help.