By now we've heard it all: Lose your belly in as little as one week, Tone and shape your body in only 5 minutes per day, Drop three dress sizes and lose inches from your waist by just thinking positively. Thanks to infomercials, becoming fit seems to be something we can practically do in our sleep. Actually, some products make that very claim.

However, as crazy as it may seem, there actually is a product that may help you lose weight while you sleep. A recent study from the University of Wisconsin revealed that consuming 4g per day of conjugated linoleic acid (better known as the supplement CLA) for six months can cause you to burn more fat and less protein while you sleep.

Aside from the fact that these findings are based on an actual university research study (as opposed to most infomercial products, which are based on God knows what), the margin of effect created by CLA supplementation was admittedly small -- making them much more likely to be legitimate. Mild caloric restriction and/or daily exercise produces a much more significant fat burning effect than does popping some CLA, though supplementation makes for a healthy addition to this program.

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I'm going to say two things right now about pomegranates; one that will make you want to eat them even more often for their amazing health benefits, and the other that will make you never want to even look at one again.

The tricky part is, which one do I start with? The good or the bad news? Hmmm ... okay, I'll go with the good news first, this way you don't have to finish reading this post and you will still find out that pomegranates have been shown to slow the development of lung tumors. How about that for some good news?

Already known for its role in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer, researchers from the University of Wisconsin in Madison have also discovered evidence to suggest that pomegranates may also help prevent lung cancer.

Mice given a tumor-inducing agent had 62-percent fewer lung tumors after five months of pomegranate supplementation than did mice that were not given pomegranate. More research still needs to be done to ascertain if humans would obtain similar results.

Oh great - now onto the other part. I'm loathe to even mention this, I really am. Oh, I know -- I'll use it in the context of Halloween. Let's say you want to serve up a creepy looking snack to your party guests, pomegranates make a great choice. Maybe it's just me, but pomegranate seeds look so much like bloody, human teeth that it makes me want to hurl. A whole bowl full of them would look like something straight out of the movie Saw.

Hey! Don't forget about how healthy they are, though!! And they're very tasty!! Just because something looks like a bloody human mouth ... blech. So freakin' gross.

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