The Weight Management Sub Topic is sponsored by: Dr. Susan Lark
Weight Management
Our articles below give you the straight scoop on effective and safe lifestyle choices for weight management.
Quick Reads
Short on time? Looking for the latest research briefs, news items and topic tidbits? Click below to get started!
Fight Winter Weight Gain
Some saturated fats may be affecting your appetite levels and inhibiting weight loss.
Don’t Skip the Apple-tizer!
Eating an apple beforehand may help you control your calorie intake during your meal.
Quick Tip!
Actively remembering your last meal suppresses appetite and reduces the desire to snack on junk food.
Ear Infections May Lead to Weight Gain
Childhood middle ear infections may be linked to obesity in adults.
Eggs-cellent News for Dieters
Eating two eggs a day for breakfast helps you lose weight and gain energy.
Want to Keep Your Metabolism Revved?
Keep your metabolism cranking with just the right amount of calories.
Supplement Watch: Brown Seaweed Extract
Brown seaweed extract red-lines your metabolism and fat-burning for increased weight-loss.
Read All About It
This section delves deep into the heart of the matter. Click below to read in-depth investigations, article features, cover stories, and the inspirational journeys of others.
Beyond The Bathroom Scale
It’s about where your weight is carried, not how much you weigh, when it comes to your optimum health.
Rising to the Challenge
Thanks largely to lackluster diets and behind-the-desk lifestyles, diabetes has
reached epidemic proportions.
Self-Hypnosis for Weight Loss
Communication between mind and body is the key ingredient for lasting weight loss, so give self-hypnosis a try.
Leash Up for Weight Loss
Vicky Uhland
Add exercising with your dog to your weight loss plan, it'll help.
Add exercising with your dog to your weight loss plan, it'll help.
5 Motivation tips to help you achieve your ideal weight
Achieving your ideal weight has as much to do with your mind as it does with your body.
Holding Alzheimer’s in Check
These days we live longer than ever before and hope that scientists make more progress understanding Alzheimer's and dementia before we get on up there.
Glycemic Index Decoded
As the “slow carb” movement gains momentum, some wonder if it’s
really all that (and a bag of chips).
Winning at Losing
Successful and permanent weight loss secrets from those who used to be overweight.
Awaken Your Ultrametabolism
Forget counting calories, shunning carbs, or drinking strange diet shakes. By revving up your metabolic engine, you can lose weight without adopting the diet du jour.
Macrobiotics With a Twist
Fresh ingredients—vegetables from land and sea, grains, beans, and fish—are the ticket to macrobiotic meals. Dine like a star with gourmet recipes and tips from celebrity chefs.
Eating Disorders After 35
Think anorexia and bulimia are conditions only young women face? Think again. Many women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s still struggle with these afflictions. But now there’s help.
Ask The Doctor
Everyone can use good advice. Below, we've gathered top queries and answers for you. Don't see the answer to your question? Email us
and our team of experts with respond!
Managing blood sugar levels
An ayurvedic doctor answers this question: If I don’t eat every few hours, I get lightheaded and grouchy. How can I steady my blood sugar?
Weight Loss
Since hitting my 30s, weight loss has been challenging. How could acupuncture help me shed unwanted pounds?
Banish metabolic syndrome
I’m a little overweight and am becoming concerned about metabolic syndrome.
Can acupuncture help?
Recipes
Isn't it wonderful that your food can be your "medicine"? All the recipes below include ingredients that act positively on your body for this condition. The bonus? Each one is delicious!
Post-Exercise Recovery/Anti-Aging Smoothie
A tasty smoothie recipe to help with post-exercise recovery doubles as an anti-aging elixir.
Wild Salmon with Rosemary Sweet Potatoes and Lemon Asparagus
Healthy recipes to help manage all forms of diabetes.
Sesame Crusted Sole with Baby Bok Coy and Wild Rice
Healthy recipes to help manage all forms of diabetes.
Roasted Pumpkin and Mushroom Lasagna
Paying attention to the glycemic index of the foods you eat can help prevent blood sugar spikes which helps reduce inflammation in the body. These recipes were created with the index in mind.
Pears Poached in Champagne
Paying attention to the glycemic index of the foods you eat can help prevent blood sugar spikes which helps reduce inflammation in the body. These recipes were created with the index in mind.
White Bean and Olive Bruschetta
Paying attention to the glycemic index of the foods you eat can help prevent blood sugar spikes which helps reduce inflammation in the body. These recipes were created with the index in mind.
Spring Salad with Honey Vinaigrette
By tweaking your food choices—and your mindset—you can vanquish both the biological and psychological causes of cravings. These recipes can help.
Food as Medicine—Red Hot Sweet Potatoes
By tweaking your food choices—and your mindset—you can vanquish both the biological and psychological causes of cravings. These recipes can help.
Chocolate Soufflé
By tweaking your food choices—and your mindset—you can vanquish both the biological and psychological causes of cravings. These recipes can help.
Coconut Bran Muffins
Coconut oil is full of good fats that have a neutral effect on blood cholesterol and may even help promote weight loss.
Green Chicken Curry with Basil and Eggplant
Coconut oil is full of good fats that have a neutral effect on blood cholesterol and may even help promote weight loss.
Morning Bliss Shake
These two recipes can meet all your morning nutritional requirements and help you get to your ideal weight while also being easy on the digestive tract.
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The Weight Management Sub Topic is sponsored by: Dr. Susan Lark
Dr Lark is a leading women’s health advocate making the special health concerns of women- and their nutritional needs- her life’s work.
Her newsletter, Women’s Wellness Today empowers women with the knowledge, support and strategies they need to achieve their personal best.
Dr. Lark also developed the Daily Balance line of nutritional supplements which are specifically designed to meet the unique needs of a woman. Visit DrLark.com to learn more.
Dr Lark is a leading women’s health advocate making the special health concerns of women- and their nutritional needs- her life’s work.
Her newsletter, Women’s Wellness Today empowers women with the knowledge, support and strategies they need to achieve their personal best.
Dr. Lark also developed the Daily Balance line of nutritional supplements which are specifically designed to meet the unique needs of a woman. Visit DrLark.com to learn more.
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