Weight Loss category
Mango Seeds and Slimming Benefits
Posted: Wednesday, 3 August, 2011 | Categories: slimming pills, weight loss, qnexa
One of the most popular products for slimming down at the moment is the African mango and there is proof of its success following two studies carried out in Cameroon. The seeds were extracted and the effects on weight loss and blood fat levels were assessed over a period of 4 weeks and compared to a placebo group.The results proved that the group lost on average 5.3% of their original body weight versus the placebo group who only lost 1.3%. Substantial decreases in blood cholesterol were observed in addition.
The seeds contain soluble fibre and delay the digestion process resulting in a slower passing of glucose into the blood stream. The ingredients of this herbal treatment however are contained in many herbal weight loss treatments that have not been tested by regulators. The product is therefore not recommended for consumption as of yet. Still Xenical is the only weight loss drug licensed for use in the EU.
We await news of the hopeful qnexa, Vivus’ promising weight loss treatment.
Xenical Warnings
Posted: Thursday, 28 April, 2011 | Categories: slimming pills, weight loss, qnexa, weight loss, xenical
Although there are no hard facts proving that Xenical (weight loss drug) could potentially cause kidney problems, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) may be forcing the pharmaceutical company to sell their product with warnings clearly marked on the box. Kidney problems have never been associated side effects and the recent study that is causing all of the uproar revealed a few cases but the numbers were nowhere near substantial enough to have kidney problems as a cause for concern.
The prescription drug, Xenical is sold as Alli over the counter for weight loss but it is recommended by health care providers and doctors that this accessibility is not really a good idea. Over the counter treatments mean that the progress of the patient will not be monitored and side effects will not be brought to medical attention.
As yet there is no significant research to prove that Xenical can cause kidney problems but this treatment should always be purchased with a prescription.
Lorraine Kelly Drops a Dress Size
Posted: Wednesday, 16 June, 2010 | Categories: slimming pills, weight loss, qnexa, weight loss, xenical, Lorraine Kelly, weight loss plan
Everyone’s favourite TV mum Lorraine Kelly has been parading her new slim-line body, saying that she’s only really been happy with her body since she turned 50 last year.
The star, famed for her cosy chats on GMTV’s sofa, slimmed down from a size 14 to a size 12 as part of her training for the 2010 London Marathon. She told Closer magazine, “I feel much better when I’m this size, its lovely to be able to go to a shop and buy a size 12.”
Lorraine has put her new shape down to a sensible weight loss plan, describing how she’s been making a real effort to plan her meals properly. She said she always carried a banana in her bag and makes sure that there is always fruit around, so that though she has not banned sweets she is less tempted to snack on them.
She revealed that her own push to get healthy has also had an impact on her daughter, explaining, “I make sure that Rosie, has a plate of fruit to snack on instead of crisps and chocolate."
Despite her new figure, which she showed off in the magazine in a series of pretty dresses, Kelly has vowed not to start hankering after unobtainable goals, admitting, “I’m never going to be uber-thin, it’s not how I’m meant to be.”
We think she looks fabulous, and its really refreshing to see a women in the national press advocating such as a healthy and realistic approach to weight loss!
Biggest Loser Winner Crowned
Posted: Wednesday, 26 May, 2010 | Categories: slimming pills, weight loss, qnexa, weight loss, xenical, Lorraine Kelly, weight loss plan, obesity, TV
The American version of The Biggest Loser has come to a close, with Michael Ventrella winning the champion’s crown.
He is the ninth winner of the program and has walked away with $250,000. The 30-year-old DJ, from Chicago, was the program’s heaviest ever contestant at the start, weighing in at 526lb. By the end pf the series, he had gone down to 262 lb.
The total weight loss of 264lb, or 50.19%, was a spectacular drop. Michael says that when he entered the ranch where the contestants live for the duration of the program, he knew he needed to save his life.
He said, “The only way to do that was to bare all. I left everything I loved, everything I hated – I had to get over it. I dedicated myself so much. I had to reach a place inside me I didn’t think existed. Even to this day, I don’t feel like I’m done yet. I’m going to keep going.”
The show has faced a fair amount of criticism for the extreme methods they used, with past contestants saying that they would routinely starve themselves or not drink in order to meet their targets at the weigh in.
Past winner Ryan C Benson said that he became so dehydrated that at one point he was urinated blood, while medical professionals have expressed grave concerns, with one, Dr. Charles Burant of the University of Michigan, saying that he was ‘waiting for the first person to have a heart attack’.
However the producers say that they take health very seriously and that the wellbeing of contestants is carefully monitored.
Either way, it seems America loves watching the obese lose weight and the show has routinely been a ratings winner for station NBC.
Kathy Griffiths Confesses to Using Diet Pills and Speed
Posted: Friday, 4 September, 2009 | Categories: slimming pills, weight loss, qnexa, weight loss, xenical, Lorraine Kelly, weight loss plan, obesity, TV, Diet Pills, Weight Loss
The comedian Kathy Griffiths has revealed that she struggled for years with body image issues and was so desperate to lose weight she went on crash diets and used diet pills.
She said that after years of being told by Hollywood that she didn’t look right, she became obsessed with her weight. As well as exercising excessively, taking back to back aerobics classes, she said she would starve herself during the day and binge at night. She also said that as well as trying slimming pills, she even spent two weeks taking speed, known to be a dangerous and drastic way to lose weight.
She said if the period that it was “full on, illegal speed” and added that she “took it to lose weight, which is not very smart.” However, when she stopped she said she just “felt three times as hungry afterwards.”
Griffiths said that even after she got her big break in the acting industry, landing a major role in the Brooke Shields sitcom Suddenly Susan she still felt that she wasn’t slim enough. American celebrity gossip magazine People reported how the actress lost 15lbs very fast during the first season but still felt that she was overweight. She described how realising that the clothes didn’t come in anything larger than a size 4 (UK size 6) really got to her.
She then had liposuction, but nearly died after there were complications with the operation. She is now at her thinnest weight, but confessed that staying thin was a struggle, forcing her to watch what she eats and work out a lot.
Ironically enough, after trying some dangerous and extreme ways to lose weight, Griffiths said that getting her perfect bikini body fairly late in life was due to the age-old weight loss methods of dieting and exercise.
Controversy Surrounds Obama's Pick for Surgeon General
Posted: Friday, 24 July, 2009 | Categories: slimming pills, weight loss, qnexa, weight loss, xenical, Lorraine Kelly, weight loss plan, obesity, TV, Diet Pills, Weight Loss, Weight Loss, Obesity
The appointment of Regina Benjamin as Barack Obama’s new surgeon general has provoked a furore as various individuals said it was not an appropriate selection due to her weight. As soon as the choice was announced last week , online bloggers immediately went into action disparaging her size and since then various doctors have weighed – boom boom – in.
Medical specialists have been questioning whether someone who is overweight can take the lead in pushing projects to reduce U.S obesity. Some have said that people will be more inclined to listen to her if she projects an image of “wellness” while others have said that the surgeon general needs to lead by example.
However, various groups have called their comments ridiculous, pointing out that she is eminently qualified for the position, runs an extremely successful GPs surgery in New Orleans that she rebuilt after the hurricane and is the first African-American women, as well as the first person under 40, to be elected to the board of trustees of the American Medical Association.
They also pointed out that many of her male predecessors were not particularly lithe themselves, but strangely no one had ever thought that worthy of comment.
In the UK, Lord Darzhi, the outgoing Health Minister, obviously agreed with Ms. Benjamin’s critics as it has come out that he wants to ask doctors and nurses who are overweight to shape up. In an interview with The Times, he said that while he believe the Change 4 Life campaign had been successful, he thought medical professionals should be “ambassadors for wellbeing.”