Sunday, April 1, 2012

Some WeightLoss Laughs!

When you are not too busy crying over your diet woes, you can laugh at them! Visit our SUPER FUNNY cartoons section on Facebook.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The Benefit of BodyEngine

If you are browsing this page chances are that you are interested in an effective way to manage you weight.

The Internet if full of pages promoting diet methods which are either bogus, unrealistic or non-working - aka “fad diets”. Their main purpose is to lure you into purchasing a particular product such as a dietary supplement or a diet pill.

But our goal is different! We at BodyEngine would like to show you the true way, the natural way, for how to organize your diet plan in order to allow the human nature itself take its course and bring your weight to the desired healthy level.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

The dangers of weight loss pills


I was shocked today to learn some of the side effects of weight-loss pills being considered by the FDA. One of them, called Qnexa, can cause birth defects and heart problems. Can it get any worse?! The drug was already rejected by the FDA before, but now they want to review it again.

It is great that pharmaceutical companies are trying to find a magic bullet for the weight epidemic, but when we hear stories such as this one, it is not hard to realize how far science is from understanding how the human body functions, especially when it comes to weight, which is controlled by so many factors.

Friday, February 17, 2012

How to lose weight naturally


There is a natural way to lose weight and it is a combination of diet and exercise. Losing weight is as simple as elementary math: calories you consume minus calories you burn. If the difference is negative, you will lose weight. If the difference is positive, you will gain weight. The more you exercise, the more calories you will burn. In fact, if you can control the number of calories you consume, you can still lose weight even without exercising. Let's take a few examples:

Monday, January 16, 2012

Overweight Teen Girls May Have Higher Acne Risk

By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Teenage girls who are overweight or obese are significantly more likely to develop acne than their normal-weight peers, a new Norwegian survey suggests.

Researchers looked at whether weight, and more specifically body mass index (BMI, a ratio of weight to height), had any bearing on the onset of the common skin condition among teens.

Teens' responses to questionnaires focusing on acne history and weight suggested an association among girls but not boys.