Office workers who usually spend all day seated at their desk should switch to standing up to shed calories. John Buckley, exercise scientist from Chester University, says standing on one’s feet for an additional 3 hours a day will help burn 3.6 kg of fat every year. He suggested that people switch to higher desks [...] Read more…
People who exercise before breakfast burn up to 20% more body fat, states a new study. Early morning risers who exercised on an empty stomach also burned twenty per cent more fat than people who exercised after breakfast. University of Northumbria researchers discovered that people who had worked out in the morning didn’t experience increased [...] Read more…
A controversial new stomach pump called AspireAssist promises to treat obesity sans surgeries. The new weight loss device sucks out food directly from the belly, allowing people to eat as much as they choose to without digesting it. The food extraction device lets people eat and drink without restraint and then allows them to drain [...] Read more…
Bikram Yoga, made popular by Bikram Choudhury, an Indian yoga practitioner, consists of a series of twenty-six postures plus two breathing exercises performed in a heated environment (105°F). It’s the most common form of hot yoga (yoga carried out in a heated place). The theory behind Bikram “Hot” Yoga is that the body sweats out [...] Read more…
Orlistat, a popular drug for weight loss inhibits an essential enzyme that could cause severe toxicity of the internal organs like kidney and liver. Low levels of the drug can cause the inhibition which is irreversible. Orlistat alters the efficacy of medicines, especially limiting the effectiveness of certain anti-cancer drugs. The slimming pill Orlistat, which [...] Read more…
A silicone balloon inside a tiny capsule is all that you need to swallow for losing weight. This radically new obesity treatment involves a silicone balloon that works by filling up a patient’s stomach and tricking the brain into thinking the belly is full, thereby curbing appetite. Developed by the San Diego-based Obalon Therapeutics, this silicone [...] Read more…
Experts believe 3.23pm is when dieters almost certainly are likely to surrender to temptation and pop in a sweet treat. Earlier it was assumed that elevenses or a sneaky midnight snack presaged trouble for the dieter. However, experts now think that the most precarious time of the day is mid-afternoon. And they figured out the precise [...] Read more…
