(Natural News) You can pare your food down to the very bone all you want, but if you don’t pair it with physical activity, the pounds you shed will come back again and again. That’s why a joint team of South African and Oregon-based researchers suggested that obesity is best defeated through exercise rather than diet, […]

(Natural News) No one wants to be a spoilsport, but it can be tricky to watch the calories when you’re ordering from restaurants while on a lunch date. Below are some tips that you can keep in mind if you want to stick to your diet. Why you have to count calories when eating out When […]

(Natural News) Obesity isn’t just a problem with eating too much: Most of the time, there are behavioral triggers that lead to this condition, and learning to identify them will create new ideas to effectively combat the situation. This was the focus of a study led by researchers from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the […]

(Natural News) Many changes happen as we age. Our energy levels drop. We’d rather stay home and putter in the garden than go outdoors and chase the wind. Declining muscle mass requires less energetic movements. Fasting becomes more important, becomes more doable. Less is more. A new study published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience showed why. Researchers […]

(Natural News) Calorie restriction can do more than help you lose some weight. According to a study, reducing your calorie intake can help lower the risk of developing age-related diseases. Results from the study, which was spearheaded by researchers from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, revealed that minimizing your caloric intake by […]

(Natural News) Struggling to lose those extra pounds and actually keep them off? Instead of trying ineffective diet fads, eat foods with “super nutrients proven to help you to burn fat.” According to nutritionist Rick Hay, you can effectively lose weight by eating more metabolism-boosting foods, so you can burn extra calories without going to […]

(Natural News) When it comes to improving the nutritional value of its food offerings, McDonald’s certainly says all the right things. In the past few years, the fast food giant has promised to provide hormone- and antibiotic-free chicken for its U.S. consumers, insisted it is limiting antibiotics in all the meat contained in its dishes, […]

(Natural News) For just 25 pounds, you can purchase a carb blocker guaranteed to promote weight loss and hinder post-meal slumps. Created by Polish scientists, Tribitor is a supplement marketed as a carb blocker which is mixed with water and consumed 15 minutes before eating foods that have a high glycemic index (GI). Once ingested, […]

(Natural News) Researchers have developed a new way to determine how many calories a person burns when walking uphill or downhill, as reported by the Science Daily. Researchers from the Southern Methodist University (SMU) have developed a more accurate method called the “Minimum Mechanics Model” to estimate how much energy a soldier uses when walking. […]

(Natural News) If you love eating a snack while you’re on the go, here’s some bad news. According to experts from the University of Surrey, snacking on the go doesn’t make you feel as full as eating a meal while sitting down, even though both meals have the same amount of calories.  Snacks don’t make […]