Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Everything you know about dieting is wrong: scientists

Everything you know about dieting is wrong: scientists
New Zealand Herald
Over a certain period of time, the body adjusts to conditions put in place with a calorie-restrictive diet. The result is a plateau effect which sees no weight loss on a restricted diet. Photo / Thinkstock Everything you know about dieting is wrong, ... 

NATURAL HEALTH: Crunchy benefits of a raw diet
Niagara Gazette
By Catherine Stack Niagara Gazette NIAGARA FALLS — Margaret Mead once said, “It's easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.” Sadly, I have found this to be surprisingly true, even when health is at stake. The fake food revolution has ...

Daily diet soda may increase risk of heart attack, stroke
Fox News
iStock Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Diet soda may benefit the waistline, but people who drink it every day may have a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new US study. Although the researchers, whose work appeared ...

Qnexa Up For Approval: Would You Take a Diet Pill to Lose Weight?
FitSugar.com
Losing weight is hard work, so it's no wonder we're always on the lookout for the next big thing when it comes to a magic diet pill. The time may be now; the FDA will discuss this week whether to approve a new weight-loss pill called Qnexa.

New Diet Pill Side-Effects Under Scrutiny By FDA Regulators
RedOrbit
A weight-loss drug currently under a second review from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is causing concerns that it may be responsible for birth defects and heart problems, according to documents released by the agency on Friday.

RedOrbit

Qnexa weight-loss pill concerns FDA
The State Column
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to share their concerns over weight-loss pills that are preparing for second attempts at FDA approval. Previously, the weight-loss drug, Qnexa, was denied approval, due to serious side effects, ...

New diet pill concerns FDA
Coast News
By Jim Kydd According to a Feburary 17 article by the associated Press, “Federal health officials continue to voice safety concerns about an experimental diet pill from drugmaker Vivus Inc., as the company prepares to make a second attempt to convince ...

To Your Good Health: Drug, diet could ease blood-pressure issue
Columbus Dispatch
I am a reasonably healthy 59-year-old woman. Would blood-pressure pills work for me? A: You have what's called isolated diastolic hypertension, or a high second number of the blood-pressure reading. The first number, the systolic pressure, ...

Columbus Dispatch

FDA debates new diet drug
WDIV Detroit
US health regulators could approve a weight-loss pill for the first time in 13 years, after government reviewers did not flag fresh safety risks for an experimental obesity drug from Vivus Inc. Food and Drug Administration staff said in documents ...

Americans don't know how to lose weight, say scientists who have devised new ...
New York Daily News
A group of scientists are looking to fight obesity by changing the way people calculate calories and weight loss. Americans are fatter than ever because everything they know about dieting is wrong, according to a group of US scientists who are looking ...

New York Daily News

Mexican-Americans' Diets Suffer as They Abandon Traditional Foods: Study
U.S. News & World Report
The analysis of nearly 2300 Mexican-Americans aged 12 to 19 who took part in the 1999-2004 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that those born into second- and third-generation families were more likely to be obese than those who ...

Controversial “diet pill” assessed for safety by medical experts
DigitalJournal.com
Washington - A 'diet pill', previously rejected by the FDA on health grounds, is set to be reviewed again. However, medical concerns remain about the safety of the pill, especially for people with heart conditions or pregnant women.

Not Shocking: Diet Soda Drinkers More Overweight, More Prone To Heart Disease
BlissTree
by Hanna Brooks Olsen | Leave a comment | Share a Tip For a while now, healthstudies have shown that diet soda consumption is linked to higher rates of heart disease, stroke, and even weight gain. But is it because diet soda itself causes these...

BlissTree

Daily diet soda may increase risk of heart attack, stroke: study
Chicago Tribune
(Reuters) - Diet soda may benefit the waistline, but people who drink it every day may have a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new US study. Although the researchers, whose work appeared in the Journal of General Internal ...

New Weight-Loss Equation: Researchers Determine Key Calorie Cutoff
MyHealthNewsDaily
Scientists are now using mathematics to better understand the physiology of weight loss, and more accurately predict just how much weight someone will lose on a specific diet and exercise regime, researchers said here today at the American Association ...

MyHealthNewsDaily

Health fears allayed over arsenic in rice
Hong Kong Standard
Half of food samples tested contain inorganic arsenic - but not in amounts sufficient to pose serious threats to health, according to the Centre for Food Safety. The second report of the First Hong Kong Total Diet Study showed the dietary exposure of ...

Everything you know about dieting is wrong
Sydney Morning Herald
Everything you know about dieting is wrong, say US scientists who have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss that they hope will change the way people tackle obesity. Obesity rates have doubled worldwide in the past 30 years, ...

Fasting Twice A Week Might Boost Brain Health, But It's Still Not A Smart Idea
BlissTree
While that sounds like a good recipe for an eating disorder, there are better ways to make sure your diet is good for the brain and body than starving yourself every few days. The study comes from the National Institute on Ageing, where researchers ...

BlissTree

Blood Testing And Diet Are Keys To Heart Health
KTUL (blog)
Heart disease is still this nation's number-one killer and in many cases the lost lives are tied directly to lifestyle. As part of Heart Month, the American Heart Association wants us to take a good look at the things in our lives that we can control.

Choose to lose by choosing diet and exercise
Kokomo Perspective
by aarnett You've heard it time and time again—diet and exercise both should be taken into account when trying to lose weight. That's why Choose to Lose coordinator Coley Bevington incorporated Saturday exercise sessions and weekly Lunch and Learns ...

What is a healthy lifestyle and diet for Ayurveda?
Times of India
Today, Dr Shashibala - Consultant with Moolchand Ayurveda Hospital, Moolchand Medcity - tells us about ayurveda's beliefs regarding the ideal healthy lifestyle and diet. Over to Dr Shashibala... "According to ayurveda there are three foundation pillars ...

Weight loss: it's all in the mind
Sydney Morning Herald
It's possible to eat whatever you want and still lose weight. In fact, it's possible to do away with confusing and contradictory diets and fads. It just involves a little mind over platter, says nutritionist and author Kathleen Alleaume in her new book ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Study: Diet Soda Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
Yahoo! Contributors Network
A study from the University of Miami has found daily consumption of diet soda can increase a person's risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. The study was published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Reuters reported on the study and ...

Losing weight is twice as hard as you may think... cutting calories slows down ...
Daily Mail
Cutting calories leads to a slowing of metabolism which means it takes longer to lose weight. At a rate of 100 calories lost per day, it would take the average person a year to shed 5lbs of body weight. Under the "old" guidelines, based on the idea ...

Daily Mail

Diet Promises You'll Drop 30 Pounds in 30 Days
WDTV
Which is probably why thousands are trying out the latest craze to lose weight; the HCG diet. It promises you'll lose a pound a day. But, does it work? The Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, or HCG diet, isn't exactly new. It was discovered in the 1940s, ...

FDA remains concerned over weight loss drug
allvoices
By Debbie Nicholson The FDA in 2010, had rejected the weight loss drug mostly in part of the same side effects of heart problems and birth defects in pregnant women who take the pill. However, Vivus, Inc., maker of the drug is still proceeding forward ...

Reality star Holly Madison shills diet pills, claims she lost 20 lbs using them
Examiner.com
Former Playboy model Holly Madison, who vehemently denied she needed to lose weight last year, now claims she recently lost 19 pounds thanks to a diet pill she's paid to endorse. Last year, Madison slammed producers of her Vegas striptease revue, ...

Intuitive Eating: Listening to Your Body's Cues to Lose Weight
The Province (blog)
Why are French woman skinnier than their North American counterparts on a diet of wine, cheese and rich food? Perhaps it's because they are better at intuitive eating. Are you tired of repeated dieting without results? Do you feel you are at war with ...

Dietary changes can slow retinitis pigmentosa
The Seattle Times
By Shari Roan People should never forget that real health depends how well you take care of yourself... (February 20, 2012, by HershelBBrooks) MORE Retinitis pigmentosa is one of several eye conditions that appears to benefit from nutritional ...

IP Daily Chat Monday 2/20/12 - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss ...
By wuv2bloved
Welcome back to the Daily Chat thread - post your plans for today, share what's been happening, ask questions! Some forum lingo: NSV = Non-scale.
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The Diabetes Diet: Lifestyle Counseling and Healthy Eating Keep ...
According to the American Diabetes Association, 8.3 percent of the American population, or 25.8 million people, have the disease. Treating diabetes is costing ...
www.lowfatdietplan.org/.../the-diabetes-diet-lifestyle-counselin...

Strawberry …… Ready for … ??? | Diet Healthy Care
1. Help flush toxins that accumulate in the body. 2. Help so far, both heart disease and high blood pressure. 3. Help promote the work of the brain type.
www.diethealthycare.com/strawberry-ready-for/

Liquid Diet Weight Loss | Fasting to Lose Weight
Is the liquid diet weight loss for real or is it just another FAD? Here are the facts and the main reasons why you should and should not do it...
fastingtoloseweightblog.com/liquid-diet-weight-loss

Diet-Fitness
Diet-Fitness ... Comment · Repin Like. How To Create a Diet That Works. successbeginstoday.org · Comment · Repin Like. Create Your Own Healthy Beverages ...
pinterest.com/meedeeah/diet-fitness/

Tuna Steak With Avocado And Cilantro Marinade | Paleo Diet Lifestyle
Tuna steak might be a bit expensive, but it's a real treat and it's featured here in a simple Paleo recipe with avocado and a simple cilantro and ginger marinade.
paleodietlifestyle.com/tuna-steak-avocado-cilantro-marinade/

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