Multigrain Cheerios is a low-calorie and low-fat cereal made from five types of whole grains including corn, barley, oats, wheat and rice. To keep the cereal tasty, it is lightly sweetened with sugar and brown sugar syrup.

If you’re on a Weight Watchers diet, whether you goal is to lose 50 pounds or 10 pounds, you need to lose weight at a slow, steady pace. The first month you’re on the plan, you might lose weight at a faster pace than during subsequent months.

Years of lifestyle choices including a bad diet can take their toll on the cells in your body. This process has been linked to age-related diseases such as atherosclerosis and cancer, with 70 percent of all cancer deaths occurring in adults 65 and older, according to the Life Extension Foundation.

A healthy diet includes a balance of protein, carbohydrates and fats. Reducing or increasing any one of these nutrients can have major consequences on the body.

People struggling to lose weight sometimes turn to their doctor and ask about medication. Since 1959, doctors have been prescribing phentermine to help those on their weight loss journey, which works by suppressing the appetite.

Sauna suits are primarily designed to help people quickly drop weight. The suit works by trapping your body's heat to elevate your temperature. The body reacts by releasing perspiration to cool down. The result of increased perspiration is the loss of water weight, which isn't a true, effective way to lose weight.

The Atkins Diet website claims that you will lose up to 15 lbs. in the first two weeks, or phase 1, of the diet. During phase 2, which usually begins in your third week of the diet, you continue to lose weight, but at a more moderate rate, while adding more foods back into your diet.

You've got just two weeks to shrink your belly and hips before swimsuit season or that high school reunion. You can certainly jumpstart a weight-loss plan and see some results in two weeks, but how much depends on your starting weight and commitment.

A man weighing 300 pounds would be considered obese unless he was at least 7 feet tall. This increases the risk for a number of different health problems, including heart disease and type-2 diabetes.

Many science teachers perform a demonstration in which they immerse sealed cans of Coke and Diet Coke in a tank of water. The can of Coke immediately sinks, while the can of Diet Coke floats. Some instructors have adapted this demonstration as an experiment to teach students the principles of density and buoyancy.

About 34 percent of Americans surveyed who attempted to lose weight tried to do so by using weight loss supplements, reports an article published in Obesity in 2008. Thermogenic fat-burning supplements are one type of over-the-counter diet supplements available, but the evidence for their use isn't very strong.

Skin discoloration can be caused by environmental exposure, congenital factors and certain medical conditions, according to the MedlinePlus website. In some cases, skin discoloration and weight loss are symptoms of a common condition or disease.