Jul 1, 2016 | Diet Tips, Fiber, Weight Loss
Belly fat, watch out.Globally, consumers spend more than $650.9 billion on weight loss, and that number grows every year, along with our expanding waistlines. It’s not surprising considering that 51% of Americans want to lose weight. But what’s more shocking than...
Jun 19, 2016 | Diet Tips, In the Media, Weight Loss
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 stress can cause in...
May 14, 2016 | Diet Tips, fasting, Fiber, insoluble fiber, soluble fiber, Weight Loss
The master cleanse, juice fasting, detoxing, or juice cleansing. No matter what trendy term you apply to it, these weight loss fads are not the amazing way to lose weight and detox or purify yourself that bloggers describe them to be. Your body is perfectly capable of...
Mar 29, 2016 | Diet Tips, Groups, In the Media, Research, Science, Weight Loss
Here at iDiet, we use phrases such as “healthy weight loss” and “maximum healthy rate” of weight loss. So what does that really mean? Let’s dive deeper.The basic, unavoidable principle of weight loss is to reduce calorie intake below the...
Feb 15, 2016 | Carbs, Diet Tips, Fiber, insoluble fiber, Recipes, soluble fiber, Weight Loss
How to use the best high-fiber breads for weight control. Now that Oprah has bought 10% of Weight Watchers and is appearing in TV ads saying she is losing weight while eating the bread she loves, it is timely to re-examine what we know about bread and weight...
Jan 29, 2016 | Diet Tips, Fiber, In the Media, insoluble fiber, Research, soluble fiber, Weight Loss
Did you know a calorie is not always a calorie once it enters the body?The calorie is a measurement of a unit of energy — the energy contained in food. And it’s at the heart of every weight loss strategy. Most people think of the calorie as an absolute measurement,...