Hydroxycut products, a popular series of weight loss supplements, were voluntarily recalled from the market by the manufacturer in response to a warning issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA received 23 injuries reported by Hydroxycut users.

When you are ready to lose weight, you want to see results immediately. Nothing can be more detrimental to your program or self-esteem than hitting a plateau. Treadmills provide opportunities to create programs that can be updated to fit your fitness goals.

When it comes to body fat, location counts, according to Harvard Medical School. Abdominal fat is more dangerous than other types of fat -- in particular, internal visceral belly fat can increase your risk for heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.

Eating moderate amounts of nutritious food and getting regular exercise are the healthiest ways to lose weight, but some people turn to diet drugs to help them drop more pounds. Some diet pills are available over the counter.

When you exercise, you may sweat more than usual to regulate your body temperature. Sweat is mostly water, and because water is heavy, you may lose some of your body weight as you exercise.

If you're having one of those days when it just feels like your pants won't button, but you usually eat right and exercise, it could be due to bloating. What you eat, your emotional state, hormones and, in some cases, medical conditions could be behind your swollen tum.

Spot-reducing fat from your thighs isn't possible. The only way to slim down flabby upper legs is by losing fat from your entire body. Diet and exercise can help create the caloric deficit that's needed to achieve this. When your overall body fat reduces, your thighs will also budge.

The Atkins Diet is a low-carb diet created by Dr. Robert C. Atkins in the 1970s. Atkins designed the diet to help people lose weight, and especially excess fat. The program is divided into four phases and, depending on your weight-loss goals, you may start in any of these phases. If you have at least 15 lbs.

Water is both the most abundant nutrient on Earth and in the human body. The world has about 333 million cubic miles of water, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, or USGS, and the human body is about 60 percent water. The United States withdraws about 410,000 million gallons, or Mgal, of water per day.

Your knee acts as a hinge, connecting the thigh and shin bones. The anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, is one of four that connect these bones, running outside the knee to keep it from bending outward. Injuries to the ACL usually occur during sporting activities when the knee twists, causing the ligament to tear.

In cupping, a practitioner places a glass container with a partial vacuum in it on a patient’s skin in order to produce suction on the underlying tissue. Once widespread throughout Europe and Asia, cupping is now limited for the most part to traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM.

Scales don't always give you an accurate assessment of weight loss. Their numbers vary according to what you're wearing, your hormones and water retention. Scales may tell you that your weight is "normal," but they don't reveal that you are carrying too much of that body weight as fat tissue.