Being overweight or obese has serious consequences
to all areas of our lives. Life expectancy can drop 10% or more, disposable income can decrease up
to 18%, and your health-care costs can increase by 25%.
Losing 10% of your lifetime may seem small; until
you consider that our average life expectancy is 72. Lop of 10% and you lose a little over 7 years
of life. You cheat yourself out of almost a decade with your grandchildren.
Dieting is probably the first idea that comes to
mind when we think of stripping off that deadly unnecessary fat. Exercise comes in at a close
second.
Going on a diet can be a fast way to get to our
ideal or true weight. Learn about our featured diet plans and find the
right diet for you.
Featured Diet Plans
The HCG Diet
The HCG Diet is sweeping the nation and it's already the
most talked about diet on the Internet. A British physician discovered the benefit of HCG - a
pregnancy hormone - for weight loss. The discovery came by accident when he was treating
teenagers with HCG for an unrelated ailment. The four step diet takes you from preparation to
weight loss to reintegration of food to lifelong success.
Alli Weight Loss Pill
Essentially, the
Alli weight loss pill is a reduced-strength version
of orlistat (Xenical), a prescription drug for treating obesity. Today, Alli is approved for
over-the-counter sales to overweight adults aged 18 years old and above. The Alli weight loss
pill works by preventing fat from being absorbed in the intestines from the food you eat,
translating to reduced calories for you
The Dukan Diet
Dr. Dukan designed the Dukan Diet Plan so there is no counting of
any kind. You don“t have to count carbohydrates, nutritional values, or calories. This plan makes
dieting easy it easy, simply choose from a selection of 100 different foods, add a few of
the foods from the Consolidation phase and you are golden.
The South Beach Diet
This diet plan was originally for the heart patients of Dr. Agatston but because of its
effectiveness for weight loss, it gained popularity from dieters as well. Dr. Agatston
designed the 3 phases South Beach diet to gradually make it
easier for you to lose your desired weight.