Today, more people are seeking alternative treatments that will help them feel better overall or improve their quality of life. Certainly, many product manufacturers have latched onto this potential market, offering an abundance of health-enhancing products and services on the Internet, in health food stores and alternative medicine settings. ...more

November 1, 2007

As if all the thin people on television weren't bad enough, now dieters must contend with the jealousy inspired by contestants on 'The Biggest Loser,' the NBC reality series. The 18 obese Americans lucky enough to have been picked are sequestered on the show's campus, work out with a trainer up to five hours a day, vote people off their teams and participate in challenges such as who can run faster than a kindergartner. ...more

October 21, 2007