Recent research link obesity, which has reached the level of epidemic in the industrialised world, to a widespread incidence of many current illnesses, including diabetes, cancer, and heart attack. A new report on the connections between body fat and various cancers has been published this week in the prestigious British medical journal Lancet.

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Everywhere, dietary gurus - medical doctors, dieticians, nutritional consultants, popular press, and other advocates of “politically correct” nutrition - parrot each other that the only sure method to lose weight successfully includes counting calories, exercising, and embracing low-fat, high-fibre dietary regime, similar to that outlined in the USDA Food Guide Pyramid. The theory of dietary calories is undoubtedly the corner-stone of the mainstream approach to weight loss. However, calorie restricting as a way to slimness has been widely criticized not only by numerous honest researchers, but also by those who have ever tried to lose weight by counting calories and restricting the amount of high-calorie foods, especially fats. The result of such diets is usually humbling - after the initial stage of modest weight loss, dieters gain back all the lost pounds plus “interest” - a famous “yo-yo effect” of low-calorie diets.

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According to a recent Cochrane Systematic Review, the best method for women to lose weight after pregnancy is to combine a right diet with efficient forms of exercise. Read full “How to Lose Unwanted Pounds After Pregnancy?”