Archive for the 'Health Risks' Category
Orlistat – Wonder Weight Loss Pill? (Part 2)
- Posted by Avatar on September 10th, 2010 filed in Health Risks, Real World, Weightloss Facts
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 [...]
Read More..>>Orlistat – Wonder Weight Loss Pill? (Part 1)
- Posted by Avatar on August 10th, 2010 filed in Diet, Excercise, Health Risks, Real World, Weightloss Facts
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 [...]
Read More..>>Anorexia
- Posted by editor on July 10th, 2010 filed in Health Risks, Information
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, [...]
Read More..>>Health Risks of Sudden Weight Loss
- Posted by Avatar on May 10th, 2010 filed in Diet, Health Risks, Real World, Weightloss Facts
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 [...]
Read More..>>Extreme Weight Loss – Gastric Bypass
- Posted by Avatar on April 10th, 2010 filed in Health Risks, Real World
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 [...]
Read More..>>Loosing Weight – NOW!!
- Posted by Avatar on March 10th, 2010 filed in Diet, Health Risks, Real World, Weightloss Facts
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 [...]
Read More..>>Salads, the ultimate health food to aid weight loss: NOT!!!
- Posted by Avatar on February 10th, 2010 filed in Diet, Health Risks, Real World, Weightloss Facts
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 [...]
Read More..>>Getting Help and Loosing Weight
- Posted by Avatar on January 10th, 2010 filed in Health Risks, Real World, Weightloss Facts
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 [...]
Read More..>>Going under the Knife – On the Rise!
- Posted by Avatar on December 5th, 2009 filed in Health Risks, Real World, Weightloss Facts
People are opting more and more to go under the knife to get effective weight loss but the sad thing about the matter is that there is also a huge increase of children who are obese who’s parents are finding the procedure more acceptable. While the prospects of effective weight loss and control as being [...]
Read More..>>The Fact about GMO – Part 2
- Posted by Avatar on November 9th, 2009 filed in Health Risks, Real World
Scientists estimate that the effects of such foods will only be felt after several generations due to the long time they take to manifest changes in human physiology. Most of them are discharged and treated as waste by the body but newer products that work on the cellular level are absorbed by the body as [...]
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