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Celery for Thanksgiving?
Enjoying food traditions such as Thanksgiving meals get us thinking about how food traditions change over time. Did you know that 100 years ago, celery used to be considered a luxury food, reserved for special occasions? Originally an early winter vegetable,…
Surviving Thanksgiving — With Science
We’ve passed through the gate of Halloween and entered the zone of the Winter holidays! This can mean lots of celebration food, and associated weight gain. So let’s talk about that.One way to avoid some of the usual holiday weight…
iDiet’s Curated Weight Loss News for October
Here is the real diet and nutrition news we found most interesting this month. So many blogs try to lure your clicks with recycled “news”. We strive to share only valid and responsible weight loss journalism. The 8 health habits…
Why your fitness tracker may not be your friend
A large-scale weight loss study, just published in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association, raises questions about how fitness trackers influence weight loss and eating behavior. It found that over a 24 month period, people who did NOT…
iDiet shines a spotlight on weight loss news
The diet news that’s worth your time The news is always full of weight loss and health headlines, but have you noticed many of them are more click-bait than serious journalism? We’ve sorted through recent headlines that caught our attention,…
The science of weight loss
Whether your metabolism is slow or fast, you can lose weight if you know what to do. People often talk about the speed of their metabolism, but do you know what “metabolism” really means? Metabolism Explained About 70% of the…
Lose Weight at Work
As reported today on NPR, 60% of employees at companies with wellness programs fail to take advantage of them. iDiet provides weight loss groups to Fortune 500 companies, small companies, and some of the countries most prestigious universities. We’d be happy to offer weight loss services to your employer too. Being part of an iDiet group with your friends and coworkers that you already share your time with can make the journey easier. If you’d like to participate in an iDiet weight loss group along with your fellow employees, reach out to your benefits manager, or reach out to us at info@theidiet.com
Why (Most) Diets Fail
Let’s face it. If the big-name diet plans worked, everyone would already be thin and they’d all be out of business by now. 🙂 Clearly, something isn’t working. The sad fact is, most diets fail, and they can fail you…
How to prepare for successful weight loss
Whether your weight loss concern is belly fat, aching knees, high blood pressure, pre-diabetes, or feeling better in your clothes, you can start to see progress before you ever begin counting calories or measuring your portions. Just make simple changes and swaps to ease your transition from super-sized to super-slim.
Illegitimi non carborundum
This post was originally written in June 2016 after a mass shooting event. We have left it online in case it’s helpful to anyone facing a tragedy or stress in the future. During this week of national sorrow, we acknowledge the challenge that…