Just recently, it was discovered that the hypothalamus produces a hunger hormone, dubbed "orexin" after orexis, the Greek word for hunger When the brain senses a need to eat, such as after a drop in blood sugar, it starts producing more orexin

In the wake of the ongoing concern over the safety of prescription diet pills, the weight-conscious public is asking: Now what When taken properly, these nutritional agents carry none of the risks of prescription diet pills

Scientists are closer than ever to making that dream come true New research into obesity has unraveled many mysteries about why we eat and how we store and burn off calories

Many natural weight-loss supplements are formulated with herbs, or from parts of plants The better quality herbal supplements will be "standardized," which means the products have been processed to ensure a uniform level of one or more isolated active ingredients from bottle to bottle