Hoodia weight loss pills are some of the most popular diet pills sold today, but do hoodia and weight loss go hand-in-hand? Despite the marketing hype and the promise by so many supplement companies that you're guaranteed results, hoodia diet pills may not work as advertised.

First, let's have a quick primer on what is hoodia and then we'll discuss its role with weight loss. While commonly referred to as the hoodia cactus, it is technically a succulent. There are 13 varieties...

Did you know hospitals use coconut oil in Intravenous (IV) therapy solutions to treat critically ill patients? How about the fact that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lists coconut oil as a "generally regarded as safe" food?

Surprised?

Indeed, coconut oil has been wrongly branded as a bad saturated fat for many years now. Although both Ayurvedic and Indian folkloric medicine has used it for thousands of years to protect the Native Americans from...

As a sports medicine nutritionist, I am concerned about the lack of awareness and confusion people have over the best way to lose weight. In the 1990's, we were erroneously told that all fat was bad for us. Now, carbs are being blamed for America's increasing waistline. Even some athletes have fallen into the low-carb trap. I urge you not to make this same mistake. If you want to lose weight, build muscle, have tons of energy, and even improve your skin and sex drive - you need to eat...

The raw food diet is as much a life-style as an eating plan; a naturalistic approach which excludes, in addition to cooked and animal foods, processed and refined ingredients.

In the ever-hungry quest for new fads and health panaceas, the raw food diet, with adherents such as Woody Harrelson and Donna Karan, is growing in mainstream popularity. Unlike many other bandwagons however, raw foods (also referred to as ‘living foods'), offer unarguable health benefits and one can...

When you want to give your body that extra boost, you know that it requires some reinforcement. And if you are already part of the natural health society, then you know it means taking natural health nutritional supplements.

These natural health nutritional supplements are designed specifically to work with your body. They will protect your lungs, heart, and your skin from any other disease that you are likely to contract during your lifetime.

Natural health is about taking...

Having the ideal weight is what dominates many people’s thoughts today. Many factors determine a person’s weight. Among these factors are calorie burning, blood-glucose levels, metabolic rate, appetite and fat metabolism. It is important to note that the above factors cannot work efficiently if people do not take minerals optimally. Minerals play a big role in maintaining optimum weight and health. In addition, they co-operate among themselves to make sure all is well in the...

5 Dont's of Losing Belly Fat

1. Never crash diet- People assume that if they eat just 1 meal per day they will lose excess body fat.

But the problem is such kind of dieting will affect metabolism rate. If metabolism rate drops, your weight loss will drop too! So this strategy isn't likely to do you any good in the long run.

2. Don't neglect sleep- Sleep is important for health. You should at least have a minimum amount of healthy sleep in order to remain fit. If you...

That’s right, if anyone tells you that you can grow taller more than 12 inches in a ridiculously short period of time - they must have super human powers! Sure, you can use growth hormones and other artificial products, but are they guaranteed to work? (and even if they do – what are the side effects?)

Well let me tell you something I tried. I was 5’5” at the age of 32 – I wanted to grow taller, but I wanted to grow taller naturally. My...

Grocery shopping is not our favorite thing to do. Aside from the crowds and the long lines at the cash register, many of us are overwhelmed by the amount of various foods which have become available over the past few years. For instance, remember the day when bread had one little section of the market? Nowadays, bread has its own isle. You can buy white bread, whole wheat bread, whole grain bread, garlic bread, herb bread (basically anything you want). However, there is one good thing...

There is so much information flying around the internet about the Acai berry that it’s hard to know what the truth is. Is Acai really the amazing fruit that people make it out to be, or is it just a bunch of hype made up by marketers trying to sell you their products?

The following is a short interview I did with my friend Chris who just started taking Acai on my recommendation. This interview is an insight into someone just like you, who wasn’t completely sold...