• The Myth that Women Need More Body Fat Should women really carry more body fat, or are we misinterpreting relative body fat percentages?
  
• Your Proportion of Muscle to Fat Affects Your Physique Losing muscle along with body fat, or gaining body fat along with muscle is not the way to go.
  
• No Animal Lives on Meat: The Meat Myth Learn why animals can't live on meat, and why you shouldn't try either!
  
• Salt is Poisonous Sodium chloride is not a nutrient because the body cannot use it in any biochemical functions. It is a drug that poisons the body.
  
• Milk and the Calcium Paradox Why do countries that consume the most dairy products have the highest rates of osteoporosis?
  
• Nine Apples A Day Keeps Disease Away Diet-related disease kills 4 out of 5 Americans!
  
• Vegan Protein Everyone wants to know where a vegan gets protein. Here's where!
  
• The Secret to Maximum Muscle Growth...Without Drugs! The evidence-based scientific method to stimulate more muscle growth naturally.
  
• Why We Choose to Be Sick Are you ready to make the lifestyle changes to prevent disease...or not?
  
• Male Pattern Baldness and the Western Diet Studies show that people who adopt a high-fat Western Diet lose more hair. Can they grow it back?
  
• Sugar Doesn't Cause Cancer High-carbohydrate diets have been linked to the cause of cancer, but it's not from the sugar they contain.
  
• A Quart of Cola for Lunch? Does our society have a responsibility to regulate portion sizes?
  
• Aspirin Does Not Prevent Cancer The actual reduction in cancer in people taking aspirin isn't being reported honestly in the media.
  
• Is the Lipid Theory Dead? Is fear of dietary saturated fat causing you to eat an unhealthy, unbalanced diet?
  
• Fruitarian Diets: How to Make Them Healthy Learn how to solve nutritional problems on a high-carbohydrate low-fat fruitarian diet.
  
• Dr. Oz's Questionable Advice on Coconut Water Why did Dr. Oz claim coconut water, one of the healthiest drinks in nature, is too high in sodium? Read the truth.
  
• Bill Clinton's Clogged Arteries Does former U.S. president Bill Clinton's diet have anything to do with the returned blockage of his arteries?
  
• The Hidden Killer in Baked Goods and Cereal You make think baked goods like muffins and bagels are innocent, but research shows they contain a hidden killer that causes stroke and cardiovascular disease.
  
• The Optimal Diet for Humans The biological needs of early humans were met by the diet they ate, unlike the diet consumed by modern humans.
  
• Bananas, Coconuts, and Green Smoothies: Nature's Perfect Foods Combine the natural sweetness of fruits, nuts, and green vegetables for healthier and tastier eating.
  
• Is Obesity Contagious? Scientists discovered that we may be likely to imitate the bodyweight, and obesity, of our best friends.
  
• The Myth of Loose Skin  Is loose skin unavoidable when losing large amounts of excess body weight? Read this.
  
• Maintaining Healthy Bodyweight on a Raw-food Diet The health benefits of a raw-food diet, and how you can use it to maintain a healthy bodyweight.
  
• Science Backs Calorie Counting Forget those restricted and unbalanced diets! Here is scientific evidence supporting the technique that has been found to be the most promising in successfully managing your weight.
  
• How to Rescue a Blown Diet  Some blown diets are easier to rescue than others. Learn how you can quickly get your diet back on track, and avoid losing valuable time in progressing toward your weight-loss goal.
  
• Never Thin Enough: Body Composition Analysis in the Prevention of Anorexia Why is the full recovery rate in anorexia so low? Read this guide to the prevention and recovery from anorexia.
  
• Switched-Off-Cancer Diet A dietary discovery by Dr. T. Colin Campbell has staggering implications for our society. As the search for a cure for cancer and other diseases like heart disease goes on, Dr. Campbell shows us a diet that switches off cancer and other degenerative diseases.
  
• The Truth about Step Counting Will a pedometer increase your physical activity and help you lose weight? Will walking 10,000 steps take off the pounds? Find out the truth according to the latest research studies.
  
• Body Fatness Causes Cancer Being as lean as possible could be the best way to prevent cancer, according to this latest landmark study that claims at least six types of cancer are caused by increasing levels of body fat.
  
• How to Stop the Obesity Epidemic A public calorie-awareness policy would address the most significant cause of our society's obesity epidemic. But will interests in profits continue to block this solution?
  
• Lose Body Fat With Your Computer There are lots of factors that affect your weight. Using your computer to focus on and analyze the right numbers can make all the difference between successful and unsuccessful weight management.
  
• Waist Size New Vital Sign for Doctors Readers of Bodyfatguide.com have known for years about the important role waist size plays in health and appearance. Now the medical profession is finally beginning to catch up!
  
• Weight Loss Increases Longevity Scientific studies demonstrate that calorie reduction and fasting increases longevity in animals. Could a longer life span be yet another benefit of an effective weight management program in humans?
  
• How Salt Affects Your Body From high blood pressure to vision problems, learn how the harmful effects of salt can include throwing off your weight management success.
  
• No Junk Food in the Garden of Eden Junk food didn't grow on trees in the Garden of Eden. But ever since Adam and Eve were cast out of Paradise, we have struggled against temptation that undermines our eating habits and sabotages our weight management. Here's how to overcome the junk-food temptation.
  
• Write Down Your Calories! Do you feel like you are "starving," but you're not losing any weight? The amount of calories you plan to eat and the actual amount you eat are often not the same. Learn why recording your calories is so important.
  
• Emotional Weight Management You wouldn't let your emotions affect your ability to drive a car safely. So, why do you let your emotions affect your eating habits and weight management, and how can you get them under control? 
  
• Eat Out and Lose Weight In the age of the Internet, keeping track of your calories while eating out is easier than ever! Includes a list of popular restaurant chains that offer nutrient and calorie charts online.
  
• What's Wrong with Dr. Phil's Weight-loss Challenge?  Is Dr. Phil's diet plan just another commercial weight-loss quick-fix that fails to deliver long-term benefits? 
  
• Is Physical Attractiveness a Sign of Health? Want to make your body and face more attractive to the opposite sex? Here's how to do it, and become healthier in the process.
  
• The Virtual Treadmill Get your deskwork done while you burn calories. Take a ride on the Virtual Treadmill. It's FREE! Download your FREE Virtual Treadmill Timer to display on your computer's desktop.
  
• Fat-burning Supplement Hype Can you get the same body-fat-loss results as those ads promise, without the expense, disappointment or dangers of using so-called fat-burning supplements?
  
• The Problem with Animal Protein Is that diet of egg whites and skinless chicken breasts really good for you? Learn why low-fat animal foods can be a health problem.
  
• Nature's Built-in Appetite Suppressant Why wait for the latest appetite suppressant from the pharmaceutical industry when nature already provides you with one built into your body?
  
• Exercise-induced Amenorrhea and Low Body-Fat Does a woman athlete need to raise her body fat level in order to stay healthy?
  
• Does Building Muscle Burn Away Body Fat? Hardly!  Have you been told that building muscle will make you burn off body fat? There's a better way to shed those excess pounds of body fat.
  
• Strategies to Prevent Obesity Telling people to eat less and exercise more is not helping to reverse the trend toward obesity. Find out the strategies that work.
  
• Don't Begin Your Journey Without a Roadmap Training to improve your shape shouldn't be a try-this-or-try-that method. With the proper roadmap, you may easily and permanently achieve the best shape of your  life.
  
• What's Your Excuse for Not Exercising? You don't exercise because you have no extra time or energy? You have it backwards. You have no extra time or energy because you don't exercise!
  
• Author Warns Food Supplements May Encourage Body Fat Gain Is that little bottle of vitamins you keep in the cabinet making you fat? Are you increasing your waistline every time you select foods that have been fortified with minerals? Read this!
  
• 300,000 Die Despite President's Council Advice on Body Fat The President's Council On Physical Fitness & Sports lists an optimal ratio of fat to lean mass as an essential component of fitness. Learn how to improve your body fat ratio.
  
• Public Not Getting The Truth about Diet and Heart Disease Despite conflicting scientific evidence, the public still believes saturated fat is the culprit behind elevated cholesterol levels and heart disease, our #1 KILLER. But is it true?
  
• Recovered Anorexic Fights Stereotype Is anorexia really a mental disorder? Why is the recovery rate with conventional treatments so low? Is thin the same as lean? What happens when you lose muscle? Can men become anorexic?
  
• "Oprah in Calorie Denial" Claims Expert Author of The Body Fat Guide says Oprah Winfrey's ongoing weight problem is no mystery. All the personal trainers and diet chefs in the world are not a substitute for proper weight management skills.
  
• Not Getting Enough Protein? Consider Breast Milk! So you think high-protein diets are the correct way to control your weight? When it comes to the debate over how much protein we really should be eating, nature has one answer.
  
• Few Health and Fitness Professionals Are Weight Management Experts Shocking Truth! Your nutritionist, dietitian, fitness trainer and doctor may not be qualified to teach you weight management skills, and help you develop new lifestyle habits.
  
• Prepare Now for New Millennium Weight-Loss Resolution On New Millennium day you announce that you will change your diet and exercise habits. But, by evening...oh, well! Don't wait for another millennium. Develop those habits now. Here's how.
  
• Eating More, Enjoying it Less: The Fatigued Taste Bud Syndrome Did you ever start eating junk food and couldn't stop eating, even though you weren't tasting anything anymore? You could have FTBS: Fatigued Taste-Bud Syndrome.
  
• Stomach Stapling Isn't Foolproof If you think stomach stapling is the answer to all your weight-loss problems, read this! Learn how patients still manage to sneak in high-calorie, high-fat goodies.
  
• Why Weigh Yourself Everyday? Should you weigh yourself once a week as the diet industry recommends? Or is that just another myth that sabotages your weight loss?
  
• The Scale Has No Feelings How do you manage your weight through life's emotional up and downs? Take the emotional struggle out of eating properly.
  
• Back to the Weight-Loss Basics Are you drowning in contradictory weight-loss advice? It's time to get back to the basics and get back on track.
  
• Is Your Weight Problem Genetic? No matter how many times you lose weight, you keep returning to the same starting  weight over and over. Could it be nature intended you to be fat?
  
• Is Obesity a Disability? Our society is so crippled by lack of weight management knowledge, some courts are calling obesity a disability. But is obesity really an unpreventable handicap?
  
• The #1 Secret To Keeping Off Weight Everyone has heard that sensible eating and exercise is the way to keep off weight permanently. But few people are managing to do it! Are they missing the secret? YES!
  
• 101 Weight Loss Secrets Lists 101 of the secrets you will learn at bodyfatguide.com to permanently manage your weight.
  
• Exercise Less, Lose More Fat Not getting workout results? This will reverse the way you go about losing body fat. Save time, and energy.
  
• Large Waists & Erectile Dysfunction Gentlemen, women have a new concern when sizing up your pot bellies. The larger your waists, the less likely you will be able to perform in bed!
  
• Latest Diet Craze-The FLU! In a hurry to lose 10 pounds? Why not take a trip to your local doctor for a dose of the flu? After several days of fever and vomiting you will easily fit into those new clothes. Sound crazy?
  
• The Law of Weight Loss Why do some weight-loss methods work for some people, but not for others? The answer is as reliable as the law of gravity.
  
• Avoiding Weight-Loss Plateaus Why do dieters get stuck on plateaus, and how can you avoid them? Here's what to do if you get stranded.

Secrets Concealed by "Before-&-After" Photos
by Ron Brown, author of The Body Fat Guide

You may have seen a picture showing some winners of the Body of Work Physique Transformation Contest, sponsored by a supplement company. These people obviously worked very hard for 12 weeks, dieting and exercising to improve their bodies. They deserve congratulations! But, there is something these impressive photos do not reveal. Can you guess what it is?

Before-&-after photos alone can't reveal if a person has the skill to keep fat off! Statistically, the odds are over 19:1 that all these people will gradually return to the body fat level in their before-photo! Some will return a lot less gradually than others!

Depressing, isn't it? But, it doesn't have to be that way when one applies the principles of weight management. However, one doesn't acquire these skills just by going on a 12-week diet or by swallowing so-called fat-burning supplements The skills necessary to keep body fat off are very different then dieting.

Unfortunately, the company that runs the contest and guides the contestants' training and dieting (including selling them the company's supplements) doesn't also provide them with a guide to the principles of weight management. Where can you learn these principles and improve your long-term slim chance? Right here at bodyfatguide.com.

Additionally, the company shows a picture of a fellow who claims to have gained 32 pounds of fat-free muscle in 12 weeks. But, fitness expert Covert Baily says the maximum amount of muscle a person can synthesize in one week, without also gaining fat, is one pound. Assuming the company's claims are verifiable, what is the explanation for this fellow's spectacular rate of muscle gain...besides taking steroids?

People who have burned off large amounts of muscle mass while crash dieting or fasting often quickly regain muscle mass when they increase their calorie intake. Sometimes referred to as muscle memory, this rate of rapid muscle mass replenishment should not be confused with new muscle growth. It takes much longer to gain new levels of muscle mass than it does to regain mass you recently burned off.

Did this fellow burn off lots of muscle previous to the shooting of his before-photo? Who knows for sure? But, although he should be commended for working hard to achieve his gain, it would be deceptive to think he could sustain such a rapid rate of growth beyond mere replenishment of previously burned-off muscle. Once muscle is fully replenished, trying to force an accelerated rate of muscle gain at the same pace will probably make you fat! For more information see: Muscle Mass Myths.