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If you’ve ever wondered about how your best friend manages to stay really slim despite the amount of junk food she eats, and put it down to her genes, you may just be right. Scientists at Stanford University have recently discovered the “skinny gene” that some people are blessed with and taken this further to create specific gene weight loss plans. The thinking is that if you undertake a weight loss program that is designed to your specific gene type you are much more likely to lose weight and lose it fast.
Denmark has just become the first country in the world to launch a tax on junk food, which some people are calling a ‘fat tax’. Any foodstuff that contains more than 2.3% saturated fat will be subject to a tax of 15 Danish krone (£1.84) per kg of saturated fat in the product. This will raise the price of a small pack of butter by 25p, and a burger by about 10p for example. The idea behind this is to make fatty foods more expensive and thus reduce the number of people who consume them;
Want to lose weight? Get a divorce. Okay so that statement is a bit extreme, but a recent study has shown that there is a strong positive correlation between divorce and weight loss, and a similar one between marriage and weight gain. If you don’t believe it, keep reading for some good reasons to back this up.
You don’t have to look hard around this website to find reasons to lose weight – it improves your self esteem, it increases your stamina and reduces your risk of getting loads of nasty diseases. But here’s another one – weight loss can lead to an improved sex life for men.















