Body wraps have long been used in the fight against weight gain. Spas and weight loss centers offer many different types of body wraps using materials such as mud, seaweed and clay along with tight wrapping material and heat. One visit to a spa and you are bombarded with pamphlets extolling the cellulite-diminishing effects of [...]

Let’s face it, you want to lose weight. You’ve tried everything. You have given up sugars, then you gave up carbohydrates all together. You gave up dairy, then you progressed to giving up meat and a totally vegetarian diet and ate only organic soy products. You ate nothing but homemade cabbage soup for weeks, then [...]

There is a difference between colon cleansing, detoxifying, and nutritional cleansing. Before you decide which procedure to have or supplement to buy, you should familiarize yourself with the differences. This will allow you to choose the right system to achieve your goal. Detoxifying is a method of removing toxins from your body by fasting or [...]

In 1997, Knoll Pharmaceutical Company introduced its prescription answer to the obesity epidemic, Meridia. Unlike diet supplements that can be purchased over the counter. Prescription Meridia does not contain any fancy herbs from far away lands. There are no magic, quick fix leaves and berries to “burn” your fat in a matter of weeks. There [...]

Much has been made lately of the cucumber like plant, hoodia. Hoodia is something of a cactus and resembles a cucumber. A late bloomer, it takes up to 7 years for hoodia to become mature. Bushmen in the Kalahari eat hoodia while out hunting to keep hunger at bay — they don’t know why they [...]