Obesity and diabetes have become health problems of epidemic proportions in the industrialized world. More than a million and a half studies have been penned about obesity alone and the condition is still considered extremely difficult to control in the modern world. Traditional treatments of low-calorie diets and appetite-suppressing drugs frequently fail. The majority of studies reporting weight loss resulting from merely low-calorie diets report that most subjects regain the weight back either partially or completely within three to five years after treatment ends, and long-term studies present a less favorable outcome with 49.5% of subjects regaining or surpassing their previous weight. These issues with traditional treatment efficacy indicate the necessity for the development of new strategies of both losing weight and maintaining that weight loss.