8 Essential Weight-Loss Hormones

8 Essential Weight-Loss Hormones

Optimize your body’s secret weight-loss weapons with these 8 essential hormones. 1. Leptin is a type of hormone called an adipokine that is released exclusively from fat cells. Leptin interacts with your brain to get your body to eat less and burn more calories. The...

Zap Fat Fast—In 6 Easy Steps

Learn to look past calorie-counting and unleash the full fat-burning potential of your metabolism. When most obesity researchers look at a plate of food, they see macronutrients—carbs, proteins, and fats. Not Randy Seeley, Ph.D., a professor of endocrinology at the...

40 Laws Of Lean

Looking to ditch unwanted body fat? Shred smart with these helpful tips. Leaning out isn’t an easy process. It means eating smart, training efficiently, and remembering that every calorie burned counts. Gone are impromptu cheat days of shoveling greasy food into...
3 Tips to Push Past a Weight Loss Plateau

3 Tips to Push Past a Weight Loss Plateau

You are trying to lose weight and, actually, you were doing just fine until recently. You were eating better and working out, and all of the sudden what had been working for you, stopped. It doesn’t quite make sense, does it? Weight loss plateaus are frustrating...
Nutrition Debate: Are Eggs Good For You?

Nutrition Debate: Are Eggs Good For You?

In the world of nutrition, few debates have remained as heated as the great egg debate. For nearly 40 years, researchers have tried to determine whether your omelets, scrambled eggs and frittatas are actually healthy. The argument against has always revolved around...