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As the number of obese Americans rises, so does the number of individuals seeking safe, successful, minimally-invasive medical weight loss options. The latest in non-invasive surgical weight loss techniques, endoluminal surgery, is now being offered by Dr. Peter Henderson, a surgeon at Georgia Coast Surgical, a practice that specializes in medical weight loss in Georgia. The procedure, which is performed by passing a tube and a new device called StomaphyX through the esophagus and down to the stomach, requires no incisions and, as a result, has a very fast recovery time and a very low risk of complications.

StomaphyX, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the spring 2007, is a device that allows a surgeon to make the stomach pouch smaller in revisional gastric bypass surgery. The StomaphyX device pulls the stomach pouch together by making pleats on the inside of the pouch with special fasteners.

It is estimated that about 10-15 percent of individuals who have undergone gastric bypass may need a revisional procedure for one reason or another.

The incidence of major postoperative complications following open or laparoscopic revisional bariatric procedures is substantially higher than the incidence of complications following primary operations. The innovative StomaphyX procedure gives those qualified candidates who need revisional surgery a safer alternative if revisional surgery becomes necessary.

For more information, visit georgiacoastsurgical.com

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About Cabbage Soup Diet has pulled together the collected wisdom on diet that has been in circulation for years and under a variety of names.

The Cabbage Soup Diet has been used for years. It has been photocopied and handed from friend to friend, written down on scraps of paper and shared, and discussed in thousands of office lunchrooms.

The problem with that method of sharing the diet is that people end up with a lot of questions. With any change in eating habits, there are bound to be changes in how your body feels.

But who do you ask about these changes? On the About Cabbage Soup Diet website, there is a discussion forum where you can share information with other people using the same diet.

For those who have heard details of the diet, the About Cabbage Soup Diet website provides the recipe and instructions on making the soup. Aside from the discussion forum where you can share the experience of dieting with cabbage soup, there is a testimonial section where real people report losses — some of them up to 15 pounds in a week.

For more information, visit aboutcabbagesoupdiet.com

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The media is saturated with studies that have shown that some chocolates have positive health effects. But these aren't the name-brand chocolate bars you would find at your local grocery store.

An internationally recognized expert in the field of alternative medicine focusing on diet and nutrition, Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby, has studied the properties and benefits of a chocolate diet.

He developed The Doctor's Chocolate to utilize the great benefits of chocolate without the unhealthy ingredients that are often included in the common bar. This chocolate promotes weight loss. Eating just one to three pieces can suppress your appetite enough that you will not crave junk food.

Charlotte Palmer started dieting with her husband. She decided that The Doctor's Chocolate was going to be a treat that she could eat that would help her suppress her appetite. After four months she lost 50 pounds and is continuing to follow her diet.

The Doctor's Chocolate is a mere 20 calories per piece, is diabetic safe and because it is not weighed down with all the sugars and milk that processed chocolate is famous for, it actually is metabolized slowly and leaves you feeling satisfied after only a couple of pieces.

For more information, visit healthydoctorchocolate.com

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As researchers notice an increase in males suffering from what were traditionally thought of as only effecting the female population in the U.S., addiction treatment programs gear up to handle this growing yet very specific demographic of males suffering from eating disorders. Since as early as 2004 researchers have noticed a statistically significant increase in men suffering from eating disorders and that increase translates into men seeking assistance for eating disorders.

Many males report the same feelings of societal pressure that were also the initial reports in females when the diseases began their ascension into the mainstream. The troubling remarks parity those of the female population some 10 years ago. Men have additional layers of societal pressures when confronting this disease because it is traditionally viewed as a women's problem. Harvard researchers report that in a sample of 3000 adults 25% were considered bulimic or anorexic and almost 40% were considered binge eaters.

Because of these developments over the last few years The Center for Healthy Living has developed a wide array of specialized programs for men and women suffering from a variety of eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and compulsive eating.

For more information, visit edtreatmentcenters.com

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