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Cecilia Lost 30 Pounds and Conquered Diabetes

Cecilia Before Name: Cecilia Liu Age: 60 Height: 5 Feet, 1 inch Before Weight: 148 pounds How I Gained It: Growing up, I always ... Read More »

Getting Laid Off Pushed Richard to Shed 155 Pounds

Richard Before Name: Richard Paciej Age: 52 Height: 5 ft 10 inches Before Weight: 335 pounds How I Gained It: My story is ... Read More »

Garlic May Lower Blood Pressure

Getty Unless you're Edward Cullen, grab the garlic. In addition to warding off evil spirits and cold germs, garlic can also be used to ward off ... Read More »

Chili Peppers May Lower Blood Pressure: This Week on AOL Health

jupiterimages If you don't typically like spicy food, you may want to give it another try, because research has found that chili peppers could have ... Read More »

The Best Weight Loss Drink

Getty Would you buy a drink that promised to increase your alertness and promote a bit of weight loss? What if I said you could get it for free, ... Read More »

Calorie-Burning Drinks: Do They Work?

Veer Could sipping soda be the secret to burning off extra calories? That's what the makers of a new diet drink, called Celsius, are hoping. The ... Read More »

Meridia or Sibutramine: Prescription Diet Pill

This prescription diet pill Meridia (with a scientific name sibutramine hydrochloride monohydrate) treats obesity by increasing satiety -- or the ... Read More »

The good and bad of cholesterol

There's good (HDL) cholesterol and there's bad (LDL) cholesterol, yet when people say the word cholesterol, most people's minds immediately jump to ... Read More »

Health checks

A recent review in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that many people go for their annual physical not because they feel it is necessary, but to ... Read More »

Effects of fruit juice on medication

A small glass of 100% fruit juice is a good part of a healthful breakfast, right? If you're on certain prescription medications, your fruit juice may ... Read More »