Weight Loss Guide

This is the first food pyramid developed by Mayo Clinic to encourage weight loss, weight maintenance and long term health. Click on this link to go to an article describing the pyramid. To go directly to an illustration of the pyramid, click here.

We talked with the director, Stephen E. Strauss, M.D. and admire what his organization is doing to distinguish between effective and ineffective treatment. If you are wondering if an herbal compound or drug will really do what it claims, this is the place to ask. Also, check out their 'Health Information' section.

This site was created by the Calorie Control Council which was formed in 1966 to represent the low-calorie food and beverage industry. Weight Loss Guide is linking you to the page that contains meal plans created by dieticians who won the Calorie Control Council's 'Health Menu Contest'. If you're looking for low-calorie dessert recipes, this is a good place to start.

This site comes to us from the School of Public Health at University of California, Berkeley. If you want to expand your weight loss research into the academic realm, this is a good place to begin. Your Weight Loss Guide recommends starting with 'Organizations and Links'.

Have a look at how Europe is publicizing good eating habits to a younger crowd. Note: the audio loops incesently, so you might want to turn your sound down.

Diet and health related articles, online diet community , support groups. Calorie information and calorie calculators. BMI calculator, fat burn tips and obesity health risks. We particularly like their diet tool, 'measurement conversion'. It will translate just about any unit of measure into something that will make more sense for you.

We like this site. They share our attraction to no-nonsense, practical information about diet. Look on the left for "Diet and Nutrition".

Large collection of diets and calculators.

This site tries as we do to weed out sites that offer miracle pills and miracle diets.

Have meals based on the Volumetrics Diet and catered to your personal tastes delivered to your home or office daily.

Get healthy. Lose weight, tone up, get fitter and stay fit. This is a website that offers a personal view of no-nonsense weight loss techniques that take it off and keep it off. We like it.