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Hydroxycut – Weight loss drug that really works

Good News, it is one of the hottest selling weight loss drugs on the market, Hydroxycut is sweeping weight watchers and those who want to loose weight. It is advertised to promote as much as 5 times the amount of weight loss that can be achieved with diet and exercise alone, but there’s a hitch, [...]

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Salsalate – Blessing in Disguise for the Obese?

Salsalate, a drug prescribed more for the treatment of arthritis and the many other medical conditions that require non-steroidal treatment for swelling has the unexpected benefit of getting people who are obese to loose weight and lower blood pressure which are common killers of obese people which cause strain on the vital organs such as [...]

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Orlistat – Wonder Weight Loss Pill? (Part 2)

There are only two accepted brands of Orlistat that are on the market, Xenical (requires prescription in the US) and alli(over the counter drug) which has to do with the amount of the active ingredient which is double in Xenical. The drug is recommended only for people who are medically termed as obese and should [...]

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Orlistat – Wonder Weight Loss Pill? (Part 1)

The drug has been used succesfully since 1999 and is one of the few FDA approved weight loss treatments in terms of medication. Many have been taking the drug and have been satisfied but as experts always say, there is no easy fix to weight loss. Weight loss regimens, which should include a healthy dose [...]

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Anorexia

With a world and a media obsessed with a stick thin figure, it’s a wonder how anyone could take eating at all. Anorexia is spotted left and right while eating disorders are being as common as a usual cold. This is of course, a cause of alarm for a lot of people. For one thing, [...]

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Health Risks of Sudden Weight Loss

Many often feel insecure when it comes to the discussion about one�s need for weight loss. This prompts many to choose and do self-medication in terms of pills and other dietary supplements and programs without consultations with health experts placing their health and even their lives at risk. Remember, the ideal and SAFE weight loss [...]

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Extreme Weight Loss – Gastric Bypass

Sufferers of extreme obesity have long been undergoing the knife to get gastric bypasses where the intestines are connected to the stomach which shortens the pathway of food that is processed and absorbed by the body. This operation though standardized and quite common can have some ill effects of the overall picture is not assessed [...]

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Loosing Weight – NOW!!

Getting healthy is a gradual and controlled process and you have to accept the fact that you will indeed loose weight but not overnight for that would be suicide. Setting realistic goals would be a good start like say promising yourself to go on first for a half hour and increasing the time by a [...]

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Salads, the ultimate health food to aid weight loss: NOT!!!

Salads are great and ideal for weight watchers but this is only if they were prepared lean and mean. This means that they have all the right proportions of vitamins and minerals along with enough vegetables to make you feel full without the additional carbs. And the dressing, everybody loves additional dressing but be careful [...]

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Getting Help and Loosing Weight

Getting help if you think you are obese may be difficult on your own for it has bearing not only on the way you eat but also on the way you look at the process of eating. The hardest phase would be to accept the fact that there is a reason not to reach for [...]

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