Healthy Weight Loss

Bottoms Up with Joyce Vedral, PhD
Osteoporosis can not only be prevented, but reversed -- and you can build a beautiful, sexy body in the bargain.

FitFolk Board
American Cancer Research Institute

Healthy, Effective Weight Loss
What works? A commitment to getting and staying healthy -- rather than a quick fix to drop a few pounds before summer vacation.

John McDougall, MD
Stay Out of the Zone
Americans are getting fatter -- and dying from it! What you need to do to stay thin and healthy.
McDougall Board

Meat-Eaters Gain Weight
A new study confirms that meat-eating encourages weight gain; and more vegetables eaten means more resistance to weight gain.

Obesity Prescription
Dr. McDougall's sensible recommendations. (They work!)

Fad Diets

Blood Type Diet Debunked
Dr. Klaper demolishes "Eat Right for Your Type."

Caution: Approaching the Zone

Eating Right
Diet programs claim to be "scientifically proven" -- but aren't.

The Good, the Bad, and Jenny Craig
Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine weighs diet programs

High Protein Diet Hype -- Now Read the Truth
Dr. McDougall looks at the science behind Dr. Atkins -- or is it Fatkins -- diet.

High-Protein "Miracle" Diets Three Reasons Why They Fail
"For every complicated problem there is a simple solution -- and it is wrong."

Low Carb Equals Weight Loss?

MD Org: Weight Loss Books Reviewed

Review of Fad Diets
Books examined: Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution, The New Beverly Hills Diet, Protein Power, Suzanne Somers' Get Skinny on Fabulous Food. Research Department

The Truth About the Atkins Diet
CSPI debunks the infamous, fraudulent NY Times article promoting Atkins.
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Zone Diet Debunked

Zoning Out on the New Diet Books

"I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open and put them on powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs for the rest of their lives."
- Dean Ornish, MD

Before . . . and Better

VegSource Success Story!
VegSourcer Evelyn Johnson discovers the fountain of youth. (Abilene, Kansas)

A word of caution about the Atkins diet..
Last winter I decided to give the Atkins diet a try. I was three weeks into...my body was deep in ketosis, when suddenly I started feeling sicker and sicker...to the point where I ended up in the emergency room. To make a long story short my right kidney was compromised and as a result I may have life long problems. It has taken me almost a year to recover, in that time I gained 25 pounds, when I started the Atkins diet I only had about 10 to lose! The Atkins diet is VERY hard on your kidneys...it's not worth the risk. The best and only way, in my opinion, to loose weight and remain healthy is to maintain a low fat sensible diet and exercise. It may not be the fastest way to your "perfect body" but it's the way that's guaranteed to work. you can maintain it for a lifetime, remain healthy, even increase your overall health. Which is my goal and I suspect the goal of everyone who comes to this board. You have all been an inspiration to me in the last few weeks.....I started working out in a serious way 3 months ago, I started using Joyce Vedral's tapes about 3 weeks ago, I've lost 5 pounds and gone down to a size 12 after wearing a size 14 for the first and last time in my life! When I started the Atkins diet I was still wearing a size 8, and I thought I was "fat"...HA! I hope I haven't offended anyone with my strong opinion about the Atkins Diet.... Stay healthy and keep working out!
-- Maggie
from the Joyce Vedral Board