HealthCircleThis week McDonald's started posting the number of calories of each of their dishes on their drive-thru menus. We applaud their decision, and we wish more restaurants would follow suit. In this spirit we decided to look a little closer at ...
Category Archives: Weight Loss Program
Another new study -- unveiled at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society -- showed that weight loss from dieting alone will improve insulin sensitivity in people with type II diabetes mellitus by 70%. Add exercise to that and you get ...
We're sorry, we know a lot of people hate to take medications. It's unnatural, it's cheating, it's inconvenient, it will have side-effects. We have heard it all. However, we at Health Circle offer Adipex 37.5 mg-- otherwise known as Adipex-P -- ...
(Image ©Benjamin Earwicker) When you are trying to lose weight, it is important to have friends that are supportive of your weight loss goals. Ideally, they would encourage you to lose weight, and help you when you are discouraged. Any friend that ...
(Image ©greenchild) People frequently eat when they are bored. If there is any more unnecessary way to add calories to your diet, we can't think of one. It is important to keep yourself occupied so you don't eat when you are bored. This is ...
(Image ©Stephen Stacey) It is normal for a person's weight to fluctuate throughout the day, by a few pounds. This happens to everyone. In general, a person weighs the least in the morning and the most later in the day. This is because ...
(Image ©Kostya Kisleyko) All those celebrity magazines, TV shows, and sites -- like People, Us Weekly, Deco Drive, TMZ, etc. -- like to give you the "inside" information on how celebrities are able to shed those unwanted pounds. Celebrities seem to magically lose ...
(Image ©Alex Bramwell) Many people detox or cleanse before they start a new diet. This is not something we tell our patients to do before starting our weight loss program. We don't use it, and we don't believe it is necessary for any ...
(Image ©hc-stock on deviantART) A lot people take laxatives hoping it will help them lose weight. They won't. Laxatives provide little actual weight loss; usually a couple of pounds lost at most, and even that does not last very long. Laxatives work by changing ...
(Photographer: Miguel Ugalde on stock.xchng) For most of human history food has been scarce. Our ancestors survived because they ate lots of food--especially high calorie foods like rice and breads--when it was available, and their bodies stored as much of ...
(Image provided courtesy of twodoubleu-stock on deviantART) One of the least healthy things you can do when trying to lose weight is force yourself to eat. For some reason people insist that you must eat three meals a day, at three specific ...
(Image ©FantasyStock on deviantART) When we think of dieting we always think about eating less. But did you know there is something you can eat more of if you want (much more if you really want): fruits and vegetables. As long as you ...