Lately I've been trying to feel better so I've been eating a lot of vitamins... do you know how many vitamins you have to eat before you feel full?... the colour of my urine is amazing..." - Steven Wright I have to admit, I'm skeptical - some would say jaded over the hundreds of thousands of "miracles in a...

A while back on this site, the great Crabby McSlacker posed the hypothetical question: If you could take an exercise pill, would you still workout? Well, this question may not be hypothetical for very long. A new study published in Cell, has demonstrated a 44% increase in treadmill distance in mice who didn't train. Don't put those running shoes...

Obesity researcher Betty Kovacs and Self Magazine editor Erin Hobday collaborated on a NY Daily News piece that outlines the 8 most outrageous weight loss ideas. How they managed to whittle the list down to just 8 is an impressive feat! So here's the crazy 8: ...

This just in: There is still no magic bullet for weight loss. Canadian researchers analyzed the results from 30 trials where adults with an average weight of 100 kilograms (220 lbs) took anti-obesity drugs for a year or longer. The study was published in the British Medical Journal....

A new study published in The American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism shows that the Symlin hormone, currently used to treat diabetes, can help people feel fuller and reduce the desire to binge and eat high-fat foods....

Rimonabant is a popular prescription weight loss drug that is currently available in 18 countries (under the name Acomplia - from Sanofi-Aventis). The drug has been before the FDA - awaiting approval for some time now. Some time last year I wrote a large article that discussed some of the side effects of the drug. The FDA has now...

Wired Magazine reports on a new diet pill - a pill that expands into a gelatinous blob the "size of a tennis ball" after swallowing. Sound appetizing?...

Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) is back in the news again. Researchers have combined data from 18 previous studies and arrived at a conclusion: Given at a dose of 3.2 g/day, CLA produces a modest loss in body fat in humans. (from study abstract)...

Sugarest is a tablet based on the Indian herb Gymnema sylvestre. You place a tablet in your mouth for a few minutes, and apparently for the next 20-30 minutes sugary foods lose their sweetness. According to the manufacturer Genotec Nutritional this is "long enough for a dieter to defeat their sugar cravings and lose their desire for sweet but...

Adderall is an amphetamine used to treat ADD/ADHD. Like many pharmaceutical medications, some of the side effects include loss of appetite and weight loss (particularly in adolescents). A CNN story has highlighted the ethical concerns surrounding a doctors decision to prescribe the drug for the purpose of weight loss....