Aug 31, 2016 | Diet Tips, In the Media, Science, Weight Loss
The diet news that’s worth your timeThe 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, and summarized some of the...
Aug 24, 2016 | Diet Tips, Exercise, Science, 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 ExplainedAbout 70% of the calories you burn each day go toward...
Jul 6, 2016 | Nutrition, Research, Science, Weight Loss
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 two basic ways: In the short...
Jun 1, 2016 | In the Media, Nutrition, Research, Science
Dr. Susan Roberts, iDiet author, received the W.O. Atwater Lectureship award at the national nutrition conference in San Diego CA. This is an annual award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of nutrition, nominated by her colleagues across the nation....
May 10, 2016 | Exercise, In the Media, Research, Science, Weight Loss
Recent media coverage of a new study of contestants on NBC’s reality television show The Biggest Loser, published in the journal Obesity, raises serious concerns about drawing conclusions from a single study of 14 individuals, no matter how dramatic the results may...
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...