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After reading about the Acai berry scam in Sunday's Smart section of the Chicago Tribune, many of you emailed to say you'd fallen for it. "I was so angry when the second bottle arrived and I found out I had to pay for both bottles," wrote Barbara. "I did call and cancel and also wrote a letter documenting the cancel and requesting a written response. Needless to say, I have not received a written response."
Now she's wondering what to do.

When it comes to fat loss, research shows that metabolic resistance training is more effective in burning calories than aerobic exercise. Not sure what metabolic resistance training is? It’s a vigorous weight-lifting session that targets multiple muscle groups with only short rest periods between sets and exercises. This type of training results in an “after-burn,” an increased metabolic rate that persists for hours after the training session ends.

There are so many diets out there claiming to be the one that really helps melt the pounds and we’ve tried them all, right? Low-fat vegetarian, low-fat conventional, moderate-fat Mediterranean diet, high-fat no-carb diet, high-fat with carb diet … the list goes on and on. Well, a new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine showed some startling finds. Diet doesn’t really matter after all. Spurred on by several trials that showed conflicting results on which diet led to successful weight loss, the study tracked 811 overweight participants over two years.

“Low carbohydrate diets, such as Atkins, do not work any better than old fashioned calorie counting,” The Daily Telegraph reported. The newspaper said that researchers have found that diets in which starchy foods like potatoes and pasta are restricted work no better than diets that have no carbohydrate restrictions. This large, well conducted study tracked over 800 people assigned to different low-calorie diets for over two years. The weight loss by those on a high carbohydrate diet was not significantly different from those on a low carbohydrate diet.