| Diet Supplements - What to take, what to avoid | | Posted Monday, February 06, 2006 11:59:29 AM by Kate Grant | Diet supplements are not necessarily supplements that are designed to help you lose weight. 
Some of them are, like Hoodia diet supplement, the South African plant based supplement, that is supposed to increase your energy and decrease your appetite, and propolene diet supplement.
Many others are simply vitamins or minerals, and while they might be added to the best diet supplements, they will not help you reduce the fat.
Reviews on natural o herbal diet supplements reveal, that adding fiber to your diet is always a good idea, but you can get the fiber from a more natural source, like when you eat more fruit and vegetables, or wholegrain foods.
Dietary supplements come as pills, capsules, tablets, or even liquid, but the most important thing to do before you begin taking those supplements, is to read the content of the bottle on the label. You'll be surprised what you might find there, and might want to avoid.
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| | | Under the test, the Cookie Diet doesn't crumble | | Posted Monday, January 01, 2007 12:53:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | Losing weight seems like a no-brainer of a New Year's resolution, with clothes feeling a bit too snug during the post-holiday period. Shedding pounds, however, could be as easy as eating cookies. Hearing it said doesn't seem to make sense, especially with the remnants of the omnipresent Christmas trays still hanging around the house. But the medically supervised Smart for Life Weight Management Program, known as the Cookie Diet, is helping people successfully slim down. "It's basically protein bars, that are cut into two-inch by two-inch squares," said Allan Magaziner, medical director of the Smart for Life Weight Management Centers in the Philadelphia/South Jersey region. The low-calorie diet's daily components include: Six cookies (devoid of stimulants) containing a blend of amino acids, proteins and fibers that help curb hunger for a period of time; shakes and soups for alternatives; dinner consisting of meat or fish and fresh vegetables.... | |
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| | | Consumer Guide to Oral Hyaluronic Acid Supplements | | Posted Sunday, December 24, 2006 2:53:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | San Dimas, CA (PRWeb) December 20, 2006 -- Oral hyaluronic acid (HA) dietary supplements are widely sold, support healthy joints, skin, hair and eyes, and "youthify" the body like no other molecule, says health journalist Bill Sardi, president of Knowledge of Health, Inc. and author of a book about HA. .... | |
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| | | Respected Cardiologist Breaks Ranks with Medical Establishment; Adults Must Start Taking Red Wine Extract Supplements | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:54:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | Dr. William Gruss -- a well respected Internist and Cardiologist who specializes in preventive cardiac care for patients who suffer from chronic heart problems, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes -- is recommending that adults should begin taking supplements with red wine extract immediately as a way to protect their organs from the ravages of the typical, high-fat diet currently consumed by most Americans. "Physicians shouldn't wait for the FDA to approve red wine extract. They need to tell their patients, especially obese ones, to start taking supplements with the highest levels of resveratrol they can find," says Dr. Gruss. A recent study done by the Harvard Medical School and the National Institute of Aging is just another in a long line of studies that show heavy doses of red wine extract can lower the rate of fat-related diseases, including diabetes and liver problems, in obese mice and even extended their life expectancy.... | |
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| | | Survey: Unproven diet products popular | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:58:37 AM by Blog57 Team | | One-third have tried dietary supplements of unproven benefit - pills and powders that promise to burn fat, boost metabolism or melt pounds without the sweaty hard work of exercise or the discipline and deprivation of diets, the survey found.Doctors say there is no safe way to lose more than a pound or two a week and no proof that unregulated, over-the-counter products help at all."People need to get away from magical thinking," said Saul Shiffman, a University of Pittsburgh health psychologist who helped develop the survey. "It's easy to hope for a magic pill that's going to rev up their metabolism or shed their pounds."He and the others involved in the survey were paid by GlaxoSmithKline PLC, which has an obvious interest in steering people away from dietary supplements. The company makes orlistat, sold in prescription form as Xenical and soon to be available over the counter.But despite the survey's commercial ties, it still offers a realistic glimpse at some unrealistic dieting practices and highlights missed opportunities for doctors to help, said weight-loss specialists who attended a recent obesity conference in Boston, where the survey was presented."Everybody can lose weight," said Dr.... | |
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| | | Gut reactions | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:57:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | Eating live organisms sounds like a grotesque "Fear Factor" episode or a crude fraternity prank. But some nutrition and medical experts say eating live bacteria may be just what the doctor ordered. Called probiotics, these beneficial live bacteria are found naturally in most yogurts, tofu, sauerkraut, miso and other fermented products such as buttermilk and blue cheese. Probiotics reportedly help balance harmful bacteria in the digestive tract and create a more harmonious internal environment. Several studies have shown that various strains of probiotics have been helpful in easing and preventing everything from gastrointestinal problems to vaginal infections and allergies. It's no surprise that a number of new products – from special yogurts and drinks to cereals and snack bars – are jumping on the probiotic bandwagon.... | |
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| | | 'Thin is from Pluto?' and new crop of diet books | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 2:55:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | Holiday eating season is just around the corner, so for inspiration, I looked to the latest crop of diet books. I've got thousands out in the barn - in fact, I built the barn out of diet books - and they just keep on coming.Diet books are like weeds: rip 'em, burn 'em, whack 'em with a stick - they love it. Maybe you can get rid of one, but you better believe that two more will take its place.But before I toss them out there, let me run through a few for you:"Maria Shaw's Astro Diet: The Amazing Breakthrough Diet Based on YourZodiac Sign!" The hook: Sung to the tune of Aquarius: When the spoon is in my great big mouth, and Jupiter aligns with Mar-r-r-r-r-s bars . . . The skinny: The astrological chart I had done in college indicated I'm going to die a sudden and unexpected death, so I've been waiting for an anvil to drop on my head since.... | |
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| | | Red Wine May Counteract High Fat Diet | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 3:00:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | Obese mice on a high-fat diet got the benefits of being thin - living healthier, longer lives - without the pain of dieting when they consumed huge doses of red wine extract, according to a landmark new study. It's far too early to know if this would work in people, scientists said. But several were excited by the findings, calling it promising and even "spectacular." The study by the Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Aging shows that heavy doses of the red wine ingredient, resveratrol, lowers the rate of diabetes, liver problems and other fat-related ill effects in obese mice. Fat-related deaths dropped 31 percent for obese mice on the supplement, compared to fat mice that got no treatment. The mice that got the wine extract also lived longer than expected, the study showed.... | |
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| | | Record spending on baby vitamins and medicines | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 6:57:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | Young, first-time mothers are spending record amounts on medicines for babies and, for the first time, infant vitamin preparations are on the shopping list. Market researchers say sales of medicines and vitamins for babies up to 15 months old have risen by more than 30 per cent in a year to £43 million. Within that total, first-time mothers almost doubled their spending - a 43 per cent increase - to £18 million in the year to July. .... | |
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| | | Tom Venuto's New Book 'Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle' Has Some Interesting Points on 'Diet Supplements,' 'Weight Loss Pi | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 6:57:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | (PRWEB) October 23, 2006 -- Tom Venuto is what would be called a "lifetime natural" bodybuilder, which means he has never used any kind of steroid drugs or any other banned or illegal physique enhancing drugs. He say's "He's living proof" that you can achieve these results without any drugs or pills of any kind. He has been bodybuilding for 23 years and competing for 17. Bodybuilding and fitness is his life. .... | |
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| | | The Lean Plate Club Nutrition advice on Web often spotty, study reports | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:53:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | Tens of millions of consumers seek nutrition advice online, regularly searching for information about dietary supplements, food allergies and how to lose weight. But a new evaluation of the 20 most popular diet and nutrition Internet sites by Consumer Reports WebWatch shows that the information they dish out can be slim on facts and sometimes bloated with commercial interests. "More than half the top 20 sites were not rated well by our panel," says Beau Brendler, director of Consumer Reports WebWatch. "That is of some concern." To evaluate the sites, Consumer Reports WebWatch, sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, teamed with the nonprofit Health Improvement Institute. Using Nielsen/NetRatings, they identified the 20 most popular diet and nutrition Web sites, including WebMD.com, with 11 million unique users.... | |
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