Two Diet Killers You Will Want to Avoid

When you decide to take control over your eating habits to lose weight and body fat, it is essential to avoid two ingredients: high-fructose corn syrup and trans-fats. These two health-robbing chemicals are present in a wide-variety of prepared foods, including baked goods, soft-drinks and salad dressings.

Healthy Foods Aren’t Always Healthy

Healthy foods from those fat free muffins to many products labeled health foods aren’t always as healthy as the makers would want you to believe.  In fact man of them are just plain unhealthy. This is not only true for those that have had bariatric weight loss surgery, it is true for everyone.

Are Microwave Plastic Dangers A Diet Concern?

Are microwave plastic dangers a diet concern? In an indirect way they are! As individuals that want to do something about our weight we must remember that gastric bypass surgery, lap band surgery or dieting alone is not the only thing that is going to extend our life. The use of modern conveniences such as [...]

How Nutritional is Your Diet?

Are you feeling tired, stressed and apathetic? Did you know these are all common signs of a diet lacking nutritional value? If you are dieting, ill or eating a fast-food diet, you should you be concerned that you and your family are getting proper nutrition from your food.

Lard or No Lard

Fifteen days ago I had gastric bypass surgery and today I worked 12 hours and then went hiking in the local hills. While walking up the trail I realized that this was the longest hike I had been on in almost 3 years. Having lost 35 pound of lard in the last couple of months [...]