Looking for weight loss miracles — still looking …

I have to confess that I’ve spent much of my life looking for two types of miracles, 1) quick and easy ways to make money, and, 2) quick and easy ways to lose weight.

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Key to U.S. health care needs: Attacking obesity

Over the last few weeks, with health care reform such a crucial message in America, I’ve seen suggestions for dealing with a very important health care need: attacking obesity in America. And if you’re like me (by the way, I am in that obese category myself), you’ve probably seen, heard, or read about everything from weight loss supplements (latest I’ve seen is for something called Avesil) to an eggs-and-tomatoes diet (which my grandmother actually put me on waaaayyy back in the mid-1950s).

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Maybe lowly fruit holds some keys to U.S. obesity epidemic

It’s always been a very lucrative market in America (probably worldwide?) to sell weight loss products. Over the years, there’s impressive evidence that there are weight loss supplements that work — some probably better than others, some probably cheaper than others.

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