Ah, the ever-popular diet! Where would we be without this wonderful concept, which makes so many individuals miserable and unsatisfied? I can recall the first time I ever heard someone speak on diets. I was in the seventh grade and it was my home-economics teacher. She was teaching a lesson on nutrition and what we should eat daily to stay healthy and fit. Then she came right out and said it. “For all you ladies out there, diets don’t work!” I think she addressed the girls, because the boys were hardly paying attention. Anyway it did cause quite a stir. As expected, a number of hands went up. The teacher explained how individuals who wanted to lose weight and keep it off had to adopt new eating habits for the rest of their lives. It’s a way of life. Not a three week program. This makes sense to me now. She was right. But, on the other hand, what about supplements, surgery, and herbal weight loss pills? Don’t these concepts also play a role now days?