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...
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...
Mar 28, 2016 | Groups, Testimonials, Weight Loss
This has been life changing for me.“I turned 50 this year and was 25 pounds heavier than I wanted to be. I tried all of the “old” diets that had worked for me in the past, but I didn’t see the scale going down and I was constantly hungry! I started following the iDiet...