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HCG for Weight Loss?
Created on 1/13/2012
Have you heard about HCG, the new (maybe not so new!) weight loss wonder drug?
Yes, well you, too, could probably lose weight on a 500 calorie a day diet - and without the HCG. (You might not be healthy, however!)
Use of HCG for weight loss typically comes with recommendations to follow a very low calorie diet. And HCG has not been well-studied for weight loss.
Weight loss isn't easy, but the best way to achieve it remains a healthy combination of diet and exercise.
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Safflower Oil to Reduce Abdominal Fat? Maybe, Just Not Yet
Created on 1/6/2012
Wouldn't it be great if there were a way to spot reduce abdominal fat?
And wouldn't a research project finding positive results in this regard get a lot of attention?
Indeed. And recently a great deal of attention has been paid to the use of safflower oil to help reduce abdominal fat.
There's some promise here, but it's way too early to act on - why? Because there are some big issues with the approach.
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Is Dieting Good for Us?
Created on 5/6/2011
Are diets good for us? Might they be dangerous?
There are plenty of diet programs out there to help us lose weight. If it were easy we'd only need one..! It's not easy.
Popular diet programs that set reasonable nutrient intakes and goals can be helpful. Extreme weight loss programs? Not so much...
Most popular diets are reasonable - but diets are things we usually go on and off of - which is why I don't like them. There are better ways.
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Making Black Friday (and Your Self!) Lighter
Created on 11/23/2010
If Thanksgiving is the time to give thanks, the day after Thanksgiving seems to be the day to give..
our credit cards to the people behind the counter of store after store!
Yes, it's Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year - it's fun, it's crazy, AND it's a good time to get some extra walking in.
Remember, it's easy to gain a pound or two over the holidays - but if you keep moving, maybe even do some extra walking, you're likely to keep weight gain to a minimum - and maybe even lose a pound or two!
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Teenaged and Overweight
Created on 11/12/2010
Being a teen is great, and sometimes tough, especially if you're overweight.
And there are many overweight teens these days.
There's also a lot of help out there. Overweight teens can lose weight in ways appropriate and healthy, they just need access to credible information they can act upon.
And they need to be kind.
To themselves.
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Waist Not
Created on 8/27/2010
Most everyone by now has heard of the term BMI, or Body Mass Index, and understands that it is a number often used to help classify whether or not someone is overweight.
And it's important.
But results of a recently published study suggest that your waist circumference may be even more predictive of future health, even if your BMI is normal!
Read on to find out why.
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Medication Causing Weight gain?
Created on 7/2/2010
Prescription drugs are often double-edged swords - they help us stay well but often come with bothersome side effects, if not worse.
What if your recent weight gain is due to the medication you are taking?
Exercise and a healthy diet will help, but the best thing you can do is talk with your doctor or pharmacist to see if another drug that doesn't cause weight gain is appropriate for you.
Fortunately, there are often many good alternatives to a specific medication.
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Ups and Downs - Does Weight Cycling Make Future Weight Loss Harder?
Created on 11/17/2009
Yo-yo dieting, or weight cycling, is commonplace and frustrating. We try to lose weight, are often successful, only to gain it back again. We then go through this scenario over and over again. Recently there seems to be a growing concern amongst the public that weight cycling can actually make it harder to lose weight in the future. Thus far the science does not support the idea that weight cycling makes future appropriate weight loss more difficult, but there are a few things to keep in mind.
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Is a Low Carb, High Protein Diet Good for you?
Created on 10/13/2009
It's a mouse study, for goodness sake!
Yes, indeed, a study performed on mice showed that a low-carbohydrate, high-protein (LCHP) diet lowered cholesterol levels, led to lesser weight gain, AND INCREASED the buildup of plaque within blood vessels (specifically the aorta).
Mice fed standard chow had little plaque buildup, whereas those fed a "Western-type" diet chow had more but still not as much as the mice on the LCHP diet.
The findings of many mouse studies have been applicable to human health.
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Low-carb or low-fat for weight loss? It depends...
Created on 9/16/2008
In a 2-year trial that compared 3 different diets (low-fat and restricted calorie, Mediterranean and restricted calorie, low-carbohydrate and NON-restricted calorie) among people classified as being "moderately obese," the greatest degree of weight loss occurred in the low-carbohydrate diet group (followed closely by those in the Mediterranean diet group). Participants with diabetes seemed to do better with the Mediterranean-type diet (they had lower fasting blood glucose levels).
The main point of the study is not that we all should be following one type of diet; rather, the idea is that each of has unique tastes and our own special metabolic demands. One person may be very sensitive to carbohydrates whereas the next may not be. Any one of the 3 diets examined helped people lose weight, so if you desire to lose weight, one of these diets might be good for you. To determine which might be best for you, however, speak wth your doctor and / or nutritionist.
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