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South Beach Diet

February 28, 2009 by beautybrief  
Filed under Diet Plans, Featured

The South Beach Diet, also known as the “Food Lovers Diet” was created by cardiologist Dr. Agatston to help reduce the cholesterol and insulin levels for his patients. He soon found

that there was an added bonus when they started losing significant amounts of weight and the South Beach Diet was born.

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Weight Watchers

February 27, 2009 by beautybrief  
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Weight Watchers recently revamped its 40-year old tried and tested weight loss program now called Momentum. The motto of the new plan: “Don’t Eat Less, Eat Smarter”. Momentum is essentially a blend of Weight Watchers’ previous two programs, Flex and Core, and it also adds a few new principles and tools. Read more

Hoodia Diet Review

February 11, 2009 by beautybrief  
Filed under Diet Plans

What is Hoodia?
Hoodia is a cactus-like plant that only grows wild in the Kalahari Desert of the South Africa region. There it has been used by the indigenous people for thousands of years to ward off hunger and thirst during long hunting trips and times of famine. There are about 15 species of the hoodia plant, but only hoodia gordonii has been shown to suppress appetite.
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Lipozene

February 10, 2009 by beautybrief  
Filed under Diet Plans

About Lipozene:

Lipozene is a weight-loss pill created by the Obesity Research Institute. Lipozene claims to melt away body fat allowing you to lose pounds of fat without exercising or significantly changing your routine. These are pretty big claims and we wanted to find out what is in this “magic pill”, and if it really works.
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Duke Diet

February 9, 2009 by beautybrief  
Filed under Diet Plans, Fitness

Since 1969 the Duke Diet and Fitness Center has been successfully helping its overweight patients in Durham, North Carolina lose weight and live healthier lives using a well-rounded program of diet, fitness, and expert medical and behavioral advice and counseling.  Recently Duke made their program available to everyone via their website that is consists of four components to help people meet their weight loss goals: a personalized diet, fitness routine, behavioral strategies and access to medical expertise. Read more

Medifast Review

February 9, 2009 by beautybrief  
Filed under Diet Plans

Medifast

Medifast is a diet program that has been available for over 20 years.  It was originally only used under doctor supervision, but has recently become available for purchase over the Internet and has since exploded with popularity.  It is mail delivery diet service designed for people who are too busy to deal with grocery shopping, reading labels, counting calories, and cooking.  Read more

Jillian Michaels Diet

February 8, 2009 by beautybrief  
Filed under Diet Plans, Fitness

Jillian Michaels may be best known for her strength-trainer and coach role on NBC’s reality show “The Biggest Loser”.  Her reputation for being “TVs toughest trainer” with the ability to guide severely overweight people to amazing weight losses has won her much attention.  She has the experience to back it up as well with over 17 years of martial arts and 13 years of personal training.  Read more