Heart disease is the number one cause of death in Western cultures this includes heart attacks and strokes. But can you really unclog your arteries?

Mama Mia star Amanada Seyfried has nothing to hide when it comes to her thoughts on diets, exercise and the pressure to be thin in Hollywood.  She says she runs, exercises and eats well because she likes to be fit.

Jessica Simpson ’s taken some heavy knocks in the media since photographs of her in those “mom jeans” were released. In a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey , Jessica revealed that she was actually a size 4 in those jeans! Because of the unfair criticism she’s received about her weight, Jessica and best friends Ken Paves and CaCee Cob are travelling the world and documenting the lengths women go to all in the name of beauty on the VH1 show The Price of Beauty

Last week while promoting her new reality show Unstapled , the overweight Carnie Wilson felt the need to speak out about the current tabloid obsession with Jessica Simpson’s weight. While appearing on the Dr. Oz show, she said she gets the urge to ‘throw up’ when she hears that Jessica is called fat.

The Rita Rocks star Nicole Sullivan just gave birth a few months ago, in addition she recently signed on with Jenny Craig as one of their new spokespersons. Nicole is happy that she has already lost her baby weight but now that the holiday season is here she is determined more than ever to continue losing weight and not sink under the pressure when faced with the holiday munchies.