Modafinil for Weight Loss: The Next Magic Bullet?

If you pay attention to entertainment media, you may recall reports of Britney Spears being spotted with modafinil, a prescription stimulant used to increase mental alertness. Sold under the trade name Provigil in the U.S. by Cephalon, Inc., modafinil was also featured on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” The show’s resident bad boy, Warrick Brown, was [...]

Detoxification Basics: Why Your Body is Loaded with Toxins and What You Can Do About It

“We are a lot like Mother Earth,” Hope Faith, naturopathic physician, licensed midwife and colon therapist told me when I asked about her philosophy of detoxification. ”We are loading down the earth with toxins and we are starting to have problems.”
Comparing the overload, overuse and mistreatment of the earth to what we have done to our [...]

Natural Detoxification: How to Make Your Own Herbal Body Wrap

An herbal body wrap provides both therapeutic and beautifying benefits by cleansing the body of toxins, smoothing the skin, and sometimes removing measurable inches off your body simply from the natural detoxification process. Clay-based body wraps are an excellent treatment for anyone that would like to improve the tone and texture of their skin. The [...]

Easy Weight Loss Using Simple Math: Get the Skinny On Volumetrics

With warmer weather just around the corner, it’s time to shed winter weight gain. Forget fad diets and fasting, a new approach to eating will help you lose weight and keep it off. Volumetrics, developed by Barbara Rolls, Ph.D. and outlined in her book The Volumetrics Eating Plan (Harper Collins 2005), doesn’t eliminate food groups. [...]

Stress Management: How the Symbolism of Leftovers Helps You Relax and Let Go

I recently had dinner with a friend in a quaint, waterfront community. Being portion-conscious, I had part of my dinner boxed up to go. After eating, my friend and I took a long walk up and down the lake’s shore.
It was a beautiful, balmy night. The sun was mostly gone and the lights of the [...]

Why the NutriSystem Diet Plan Works

NutriSystem has been around for a very long time – 35 years according to the official Web site. I actually used the program 20 years ago when work and stress made healthy eating a challenge. Since then, the food quality and choices have improved dramatically.
The question is, why does the NutriSystem diet plan work?
For starters, [...]

Want Weight Loss Success? Find Someone to Kick Your Butt!

Losing weight feels great and can help prevent serious health issues like diabetes and heart disease. But with so many weight loss diets to choose from, it’s hard to know which program is right for you.To put this in perspective, let’s look at just some of the different diets that are on the market today.
Low [...]