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Blogging Team

The Diet Detective's expert bloggers write about the latest trends in diet and fitness and offer their best tips for losing weight and keeping it off — for good!

New from the Blogging Team

A new post has been added called: "What You Don't Know is Making You Fat (Part 2)" — check it out!

Twittering, texting and Face-booking your way to weight loss

Recently I had a houseguest who is extremely computer literate. Full disclosure: she is my college- age granddaughter. After only a day, my computer contained more songs in a playlist than I will listen to in a lifetime, I learned how to use the video camera on Skype and how to send a Skype text message (she tested me on this several times). Finally, with her help, I was able to set up a Facebook site.

What You Don't Know is Making You Fat (Part 2)

The following are excerpts from Mary Dimino and Doctor Brad Johsnon's new book, "Scared Skinny":

Studies at the University of Minnesota compared a fructose diet (17% of total calories from fructose, typical "fast food diet") to a diet sweetened mainly with sucrose. The results were dramatic. The fructose diet produced significantly higher levels of triglycerides in the blood, in men about 32% higher, than the sucrose-sweetened diet.

Plato reminds you why purposeful movement is so important

"Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it." - Plato

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