Blood Pressure and Weight

Posted: Jun 18 in Weight Loss Blog by

When your heart beats, it takes part in a two-pronged process that distributes blood and oxygen throughout your body. Before a beat, your heart rests and fills with blood. When it beats, your heart squeezes and sends blood and oxygen out to circulate. Each of these actions puts a different kind of pressure on your [...]

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Why We Gain Weight

Posted: May 27 in Weight Loss Blog by

The process of weight gain is not something that happens overnight. Although it may seem like a simple glance toward a cheesecake sends the pounds barreling toward your hips, the truth is that excessive weight gain can take a long time, and a lot of abuse to obtain. But why do we gain weight? From [...]

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Warnings about Tainted Weight Loss Products

Posted: May 11 in Weight Loss Blog by

In December of 2008, the FDA released a warning about 42 tainted weight loss products. In the four months following, the FDA updated that list twice. The list has almost doubled in size since the first FDA warning. This list of 72 tainted diet pills includes weight loss diet products that could pose a great [...]

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How Much Have Bariatric Surgery Rates Increased?

Posted: May 11 in Weight Loss Blog by

From 1998 to 2004 there was an 800% increase in bariatric surgeries performed according to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). With obesity on the rise, many people start to feel that they can not lose the excess weight they have gained on their own. Many may begin to look to surgery as a [...]

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