Weight-loss reality shows make it seem like losing dozens of pounds per week is normal and doable. In real life, a safe and sustainable weight loss rate is just 1 to 2 pounds per week.

Vegetables have a Weight Watchers “points” value that ranges from 0 to 3 points per serving, depending on a particular vegetable's calories and fiber content. (Fresh vegetables do not contain fat, the third piece of the equation that Weight Watchers uses to assign point values to foods.

You'll often hear weight-loss experts say that it doesn't matter what time of day you eat, as long as you eat fewer calories than you consume. This isn't wrong; in order to lose weight, you need to consume less energy than you expend.

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a chronic health condition that can lead to many medical complications, but having high blood pressure does not directly make it more difficult to become pregnant.

During your reproductive years, many life events can alter your menstrual cycle, including pregnancy, breastfeeding and perimenopause. Your hormones fluctuate as you get older, and you may find that your periods gradually or suddenly become closer together or further apart.

Sebaceous cysts are little bumps on your face, neck, body and sometimes even the genital area. These cysts are not dangerous or painful, although they ca get infected. Most of the time they need no treatment. These cysts have several potential causes, but none involve diet.

Zendo tea is an herbal diet tea manufactured by the Tadin Corporation. Like many diet teas, Zendo contains senna, an Asian herb known for its laxative and diuretic properties.

Muscular toning usually refers to some muscle definition with low body fat without big, bulky muscles. Often people train for "toning" by performing muscular endurance training, using high repetitions with low resistance.

Excess fat in your diet increases your caloric intake and introduces detrimental elements into your bloodstream that threaten your health and longevity.

In a desperate bid to lose weight, some people turn to habitual laxative use in the mistaken belief that it will allow them to eat whatever they want without absorbing the calories.

Fruits and vegetables have many health benefits, so you might be thinking that a glass or two of orange juice per day can only be helpful for weight loss. This may not be the case, however.

The Mayo Clinic Cabbage Soup Diet -- which has no connection at all with the actual Mayo Clinic-- is a fad diet that promises you’ll lose a large amount of weight in a short period of time.