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(Live Science) – A smaller number of obese people may be free from heart disease and diabetes risks – according to a Dutch research. This means that if an obese woman doesn’t have high blood pressure or high cholesterol, and is metabolically healthy, obesity will not necessarily translate to heart complications.
Figures of these lucky obese [...]

Qnexa, one of the three latest prescription weight loss drugs to be submitted to the FDA has been rejected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers.
The health advisors expressed concerns about this new once-a-day pill because of risks of it leading to depression, memory-loss and potential birth defects if used among millions [...]

The international congress on obesity is in full swing in Stockholm, regrouping the worlds health and nutrition experts in one place.
Yesterday two studies presented there made the headlines, as they proclaimed that the slimming supplements they tested were no more effective than placebos. Predictably the media pounced on the story!
But is that really the case?
The [...]

[Medical News Today] – A McMaster study has established that at least 2 glasses of milk after weight lifting and exercise will make you gain more muscle and lose more fat compared to drinking sugar-based energy drinks to replenish lost liquids after a heavy workout. These medical results are now published in the June release [...]

[The Online Clinic UK] – Newcastle University experts have discovered that the fiber found in sea kelp (called alginate) could be a powerful cure in the struggle against obesity. It was found that the said fiber reduces the fat update in the body by about 75%. These experts used an “artificial gut” to find out [...]

We’ve had quite a few Capsiplex customers who have complained about buying what they thought was Capsiplex on Ebay, and ended up getting something which either didn’t work, or wasn’t quite the real thing. Needless to say, buying anything which is called Capsiplex which isn’t the real deal could seriously damage your health!
Talking to the [...]

(MedicalNews, April, 2010) – University of Alberta researches have conducted research showing general perceptions about thin and fat people. If a thin person is seen lying down or “couch potatoing”, the thin person is not perceived as lazy. But when a fat person is seen on the couch watching TV, general perception concludes that he [...]

(MedicalNewsToday April 2010) – Australian scientists were able to demonstrate that even a little weight loss can reverse damaging effects seen in the immune cells of obese and overweight people.
From Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Dr. Alex Viardot and Associate Professor Katherine Samaras found the results showing how the immune system is weakened by [...]

[BBC News] – US doctors found out that low carbohydrate diets were better in decreasing blood pressure compared to weight loss pills, in a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Those who received counseling were better off losing their weight and still reducing some of their prior medications than those who didn’t.
About 146 people [...]

[BBC News]- Top obesity drugs such as Reductil, Reduxade, Zelium and other trade names in Europe using Sibutramine as a main component has been recommended for suspension by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which has later been acted upon by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatroy Agency. Ratification is pending with the European Commission.
Sibutramine works [...]