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In the world of weight loss supplements, there are essentially three mechanisms by which a supplement can help you lose weight. We've talked about them before, but it's worth going over them in more detail. The three types of weight loss supplements are characterized by how they affect the body.  One type, known as appetite suppressants, work to fill you up. When you're full and stay full longer, you have less desire to eat, and thus you intake fewer calories and can lose weight. One type, known as thermogenics, stimulate your body to convert stored fat into energy. This energy...

If you've recently started taking a fat burning supplement, one of the first questions you're probably asking is "when will it start working?" Unfortunately, this isn't an easy question to answer. The Technical Answer Technically, if your fat burner has any active ingredients at all – that is, it isn't just a placebo pill with nothing in it – it will start working immediately. Well, perhaps not immediately, but within an hour of taking the pill. With most fat burners, you will start to feel a few things as the pill kicks in. Your body temperature will rise, which is...

The average person knows that arthritis is a disease, and that it affects the joints, but that's often where the understanding ends. Common wisdom often asserts that it's a disease for old people, suggesting that it's some kind of degenerative disease related to aging, but that isn't strictly true.  All About Arthritis The fact is, arthritis is a very common disease, but it's not all that well understood. In fact, to call it a disease is not quite accurate. "Arthritis" is actually a collection of over 100 different diseases and disorders, all characterized with similar symptoms. They can show up...

In today's modern society, you would think we have nutrition figured out. Centuries, if not millennia, of study has gone into food from every possible angle. People all around the world can survive and thrive on a wide variety of different diets.  And yet, here we are, with thousands of possible nutrients that must all be kept in careful balance. Because diets vary so wildly, and because two people in the same area can be eating very different sets of nutrients, it's very difficult to identify specific dietary changes anyone needs. Add onto this the fact that your nutritional needs...