Weight loss news 2010-02

2010-02-22 Vanguard News Online

For her medications and Oolong tea to work well, she has to change her diet to a healthy diet. Far from being a friend for work, rest and play, sugar is one of the most toxic substances around, especially for anyone who wants to lose weight and fight disease. Keeping your blood sugar level steady is vital for weight loss and treating diabetes. However, controlling blood sugar is easy when you understand the different effects simple and complex carbohydrates have on your body.

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2010-02-21 What to Seek, Avoid in Frozen Diet Meals - CBS News

Avoid high fat entrees. A person on a 1500 calorie diet (for weight loss) is limited to about 50g of fat or less per day. Stick to entrees with less than 15g of total fat, and no more than 5g saturated fat. For sodium, make sure they have less than 700mg. And if you happen to choose one that has more fat, calories, or sodium, its not a total disaster - just make sure you balance out the rest of your day with lots of low fat, low sodium choices.

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2010-02-02 EU agency urges ban on a weight loss pill linked to increased heart attacks and strokes

Actually, Reductil is a neurotransmitter inhibitor that enables the users to lose weight by feeling full even eaten a small portion. Thus it reduces appetite and cravings hence leading to weight loss. But its efficacy is also dependent on being supported by a healthy diet and regular exercise, which in fact are essential for losing weight effectively.

Reductil comes in three does of 5mg, 10mg and 15 mg. it is intended to be taken once each day and for one year only. Although its effect varies among different individuals, traditionally, users can achieve a steady weight loss of 1-2lbs a week, when they follow a healthy and nutritious diet alongside with doing regular exercise.

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EU agency urges ban on Reductil or called Meridia in the US as it could increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. To lose weight healthily and effectively, using hypnosis was suggested. - Weightloss Hypnosis Health Reductil news press

2010-02-03 Drive-thru diet

A Taco Bell chicken burrito is 340 calories. Can eating fast food help you lose weight The recent promotional activity surrounding the weight-loss potential of eating at places like Taco Bell and Subway has drawn the attention of experts, who have conflicting opinions on whether fast food is a healthy dieting tool.

Morgan Spurlock, who dined at McDonalds for a month and documented his experiences in the 2004 film "Super Size Me," is aghast at the notion of dieting on fast-food fare. His experiment resulted in a 25-pound weight gain. "When I first heard about this, I was speechless," Spurlock wrote in an e-mail message. "Everyone would rather take the easy way out instead of educating themselves and taking the time to eat the most nutritious food. I personally am holding out for the White Castle diet. "

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2010-02-23 Trouble Maintaining My Weight Loss

Hi Mom03. first of all - congratulations on reaching your weight loss goal last year. Not a lot of people can make it that far. I lost 50 pounds about 18 months ago, but over Christmas I gained a little bit of weight back. Obviously, thats not too unusual, - I knew exactly how I gained it. (Not enough exercise and extra snacking. ) But, the best part is that I knew exactly what I needed to do to lose it again. Since New Years, I went back to tracking my calories honestly and diligently, I upped my activity level (. by the way, a heart rate monitor is a great way to make sure my exercise is at the level I want it to be) and I am now about a pound away from losing the extra holiday weight.

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2010-02-01 Diet pill warning

More than 90 pct. of patients in the SCOUT study were ineligible to receive sibutramine under current labeling, and none were managed according to labeling guidance which recommends the medication be used for one to two years (instead of treatment for up to six years in SCOUT) and requires the patients to stop therapy if they do not respond to treatment (instead of continuing on sibutramine without experiencing adequate weight loss, as was done in SCOUT), says Abbott in its press statement.

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The fate of a weight-loss drug hangs in the balance as world health authorities weigh its benefits against its risks.

2010-02-25 Painful tongue patches the latest controversial weight-loss technique

A controversial new weight-loss technique has tongues wagging and feeling tender. The medical procedure involves stitching a small piece of polyethylene mesh onto a patients tongue, making it painful to ingest solid foods and forcing a low-calorie, liquid diet.

Having a device in your mouth that causes you temporary pain when you eat will likely cause a temporary reduction in weight as you stop eating," he said. "Once that device is removed from your mouth like all diets that involve suffering almost certainly the weight will return when you go back to the lifestyle you had before you had the medieval torture device installed in your mouth.

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2010-02-26 Students dont have to diet to get healthy - Sports

There is good news for those who are looking to shed some unwanted pounds because the truth is, to lose weight, "going on a diet" isnt necessary. A diet is often referred to as a weight loss attempt, but instead a diet should be considered the food a person eats.

She believes the key to losing weight is simple. "When a person is trying to develop a healthy diet, it all boils down to the same recommendations - eat more fruits and vegetables, eat less saturated fats, eat whole grains and most importantly start the day out with breakfast. "

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2010-02-24 Weight and see: Spring training camps awash with big losers - Daily Pitch: MLB News, Standings, Schedules and More

While its certainly plausible - likely - that nefarious acts still occur in weight rooms over the winter, stronger drug testing has made the winter wake-up calls a bit less tense. Still, every spring training brings tales of specialized diets and weeks spent toiling at elite performance centers. Heres our first batch of such anecdotes, featuring, among others,a bulked-up Mets star, two slimmed-down Cubs and a leaner, but apparently no less powerful former NL MVP:

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2010-02-28 Scots twice as likely to fall for health scams - Herald Scotland News Health

Scots are more than twice as likely as people elsewhere in the UK to fall for scams promising dramatic weight loss or cures for a medical condition.

Charlene Shoneye, a specialist dietitian with the charity Weight Concern, said the scam offers were regularly posted out to households or advertised online and in magazines.

Accu-Slim Beads were hailed as and ldquo;fat-burning acupuncture without needles, diets, exercise or effort and rdquo;. Consumer testimonials for the beads, costing and pound;63 for 120, said some women had lost up to 64lbs in seven weeks by wearing one behind their ear.

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