The Health Benefits of Cinnamon The next time you have a bowl of oatmeal cereal or your favorite coffee or tea drink you might just want to sprinkle a little cinnamon. Here are 10 reasons why: Cinnamon... 1. Helps to reduce pain from arthritis 2. Reduces your bad (LDL) cholesterol
Plateaus 101 You’re eating on track by making healthy food choices, staying active with regular exercise, doing everything right and you’re regularly losing weight. Then...Bam, it happens! Your weight loss stalls and you’re stuck on a plateau. Plateaus are one of the most frustrating occurrences while losing weight. Although they
by Richard Kalasky One of the hardest things that I found pre and post my lifestyle change was time management. How do I balance everything: my family life, my professional life, eating, and exercising? It became much more apparent as I decided that I wanted to train to compete in
65 Events in 26 states since 2004! Over 15,450 Members reached via ObesityHelp Events! Did you know that ObesityHelp (OH) organized and hosted the first ever National Conference for pre-ops, post-ops, and individuals considering weight loss surgery? It's true! With the mission to bring OH members and
Are You Drinking Enough Water? Water (h2o) plays an enormous role in how well our bodies function. Simply put, the more we drink, the healthier we become because it assists in the digestion and absorption of food and in transporting oxygen and nutrients to the cells. Water does numerous good
Find Your Hip Hop Flava At the OH Conference by Robanne Robin One of the best things about a hip hop class is that no two people do the moves the same. You can make it your own. Add your flair. GO FOR IT! Everybody has their own style, and
A Before and After Celebration! Featuring: Tammi OH Username: Poet70 Surgeon: Andrew Bright, MD I have lost 153 lbs lost since 2007. In 2008, I regained weight and went from from 180 in 265. I was only 55 pounds short of reaching my surgery weight. I was depressed, but was
A new report published by the American Journal of Public Health has revealed that obesity may be the cause of almost four times more deaths than previously thought and that previous research has likely underestimated the impact obesity has on mortality rates in the US. In a study that spanned
As it happens every year, this morning I was standing in line at the grocery store and happened upon this: It’s People magazine’s annual (I believe) issue highlighting dramatic weight loss stories. As per usual, there are before pictures of overweight people and then after pictures, usually of women in
Editor’s Note: This article by Dr. Arya M. Sharma is part two of a five part series, “Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail”. ObesityHelp will publish the entire series throughout the month of August. Part one can be found here. Why Bariatric Surgery Can Fail (Part 2) Perhaps the short
