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Obesity - American Academy of Family Physicians
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Obesity - FamilyDoctor.org
- Weight Control and Diet - Reuters
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Fast Food Calorie Counter - washingtonpost.com
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Obesity
- Life Extension Foundation
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New Approach to Appetite and Blood Sugar Control - Dr. Murray (.pdf)
- Weight Loss—7-Keto
DHEA - natmedonline.com
- Obesity - Veritas Medicine
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News & Research:
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New
Evidence That Vinegar May Be Natural Fat-fighter - Science Daily, 6/22/09 -
"Their new study showed that laboratory mice fed a
high-fat diet and given acetic acid developed significantly less body fat (up to
10 percent less) than other mice. Importantly, the new research adds evidence to
the belief that acetic acid fights fat by turning on genes for fatty acid
oxidation enzymes. The genes churn out proteins involved in breaking down fats,
thus suppressing body fat accumulation in the body" - See
Source Naturals, Apple Cider Vinegar
- 4.5 tablets
equals about 3 tablespoons by my calculations. I've been popping 4 of
these with meals for years and more and more research keeps backing me up.
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Comparison
of dietary conjugated linoleic acid with safflower oil on body composition in
obese postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus - Am J Clin Nutr.
2009 Jun 17 - "Supplementation with CLA reduced body
mass index (BMI) (P = 0.0022) and total adipose mass (P = 0.0187) without
altering lean mass. The effect of CLA in lowering BMI was detected during the
last 8 wk of each 16-wk diet period. In contrast, SAF had no effect on BMI or
total adipose mass but reduced trunk adipose mass (P = 0.0422) and increased
lean mass (P = 0.0432). SAF also significantly lowered fasting glucose (P =
0.0343) and increased adiponectin (P = 0.0051). No differences were observed in
dietary energy intake, total fat intake, and fat quality in either diet period
for either intervention. CONCLUSIONS: Supplementation with CLA and SAF exerted
different effects on BMI, total and trunk adipose mass, and lean tissue mass in
obese postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes" - See
CLA products at iHerb
.
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Could vinegar be natural fat fighter? - Nutra USA, 6/18/09 -
"fed mice a
high-fat diet, with 50 per cent of energy coming from fat, and treated the
animals with 1.5 per cent vinegar (high-dose group), 0.3 per cent vinegar
(low-dose group), or water (control group) ... the researchers noted that that
both vinegar groups produced reductions in fat mass of about 10 per cent, with
no apparent dose-dependent effect, compared to the control mice ... The results
of this study suggest that acetic acid suppresses body fat accumulation by
increasing fatty oxidation and thermogenesis in the liver through PPAR-alpha" -
[Abstract] - See Source Naturals, Apple Cider Vinegar, 500 mg, 180 Tablets
.
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Acetic Acid
Upregulates the Expression of Genes for Fatty Acid Oxidation Enzymes in
Liver To Suppress Body Fat Accumulation - J Agric Food Chem. 2009 May 26
- "acetic acid (AcOH) ... AcOH suppresses
accumulation of body fat and liver lipids by upregulation of genes for
PPARalpha and fatty-acid-oxidation-related proteins by alpha2 AMPK mediation
in the liver" - See Source Naturals, Apple Cider Vinegar, 500 mg, 180 Tablets
.
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Skip
Breakfast, Get Fat - WebMD, 6/15/09 - "Forgoing the
first meal of the day actually tricks your brain into thinking you want
higher-calorie foods -- foods that can make you fat, or at least increase your
risk for weight gain"
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Sleep
Restriction Results In Weight Gain Despite Decreases In Appetite And Consumption
- Science Daily, 6/8/09 - "in the presence of free
access to food, sleep restricted subjects reported decrease in appetite, food
cravings and food consumption; however, they gained weight over the course of
the study. Thus, the finding suggests that energy intake exceeded energy
expenditure during the sleep restriction ... Results indicate that people whose
sleep was restricted experienced an average weight gain of 1.31 kilograms over
the 11 days of the study"
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Compound
In Turmeric Spice May Stall Spread Of Fat Tissue - Science Daily, 5/22/09 -
"supplementing the animals’ high-fat diet with curcumin
reduced body-weight gain and total body fat, even though food-intake was not
affected, when compared to the nonsupplemented high-fat-diet group ... The
curcumin-treated group also had less blood vessel growth in fat tissue. Blood
glucose, triglyceride, fatty acid, cholesterol and liver fat levels also were
lower" - See
curcumin/turmeric products at iHerb
.
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Plasma n-3
polyunsaturated fatty acids are negatively associated with obesity - Br J
Nutr. 2009 May 19:1-5 - "Plasma fatty acid composition
was determined by GC. BMI, waist circumference and hip circumference were
inversely correlated with n-3 PUFA, EPA and DHA (P < 0.05 for all) in the obese
group. Obese individuals had significantly lower plasma concentrations of total
n-3 PUFA, compared with healthy-weight individuals (4.53 (sd 1.11) v. 5.25 (sd
1.43) %)"
- See
Mega Twin EPA at iHerb
and
Jarrow Max DHA at iHerb .
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Turmeric
Extract Suppresses Fat Tissue Growth In Rodent Models - Science Daily,
5/18/09 - "Curcumin, the major polyphenol found in
turmeric, appears to reduce weight gain in mice and suppress the growth of fat
tissue in mice and cell models" - See
Curcumin/turmeric products at iHerb
.
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Lose Weight With a Good Night's Sleep? - WebMD, 5/16/09 -
"The average BMI for short sleepers was 28.3. That
compares to an average BMI of 24.5 for long sleepers. The BMI range for normal
weight is considered to be 18.5-24.9 and for overweight 25.0-29.9. BMI is
calculated from a person's weight and height and is an indicator of body fat"
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Whole-Grain, Low-Calorie Diet Reduced Body Fat Compared With Refined-Wheat
Low-Calorie Diet - Doctor's Guide, 5/14/09 -
"Patients consuming whole-grain foods had a significantly larger drop in body
fat percentage (assessed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scanning) compared
with patients who had eaten refined foods (-6.8% vs -4.8%; P = .03) ... Total
cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels rose by 5% in the refined-wheat group but
remained unchanged in the wholemeal-wheat group"
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White
Tea: Solution To Obesity Epidemic? - Science Daily, 5/7/09 -
"After treating lab-cultured human pre-adipocytes with
the tea extract, the authors found that fat incorporation during the genesis of
new adipocytes was reduced ... The extract solution induced a decrease in the
expression of genes associated with the growth of new fat cells, while also
prompting existing adipocytes to break down the fat they contain ... It is less
processed than the other teas and contains more of the ingredients thought to be
active on human cells, such as methylxanthines (like caffeine) and
epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) – which the authors believe to be responsible
for many of the anti-adipogenic effects demonstrated in their study" -
See
Jarrow green tea extract at iHerb
.
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Study In
Pregnant Women Suggests Probiotics May Help Ward Off Obesity - Science
Daily, 5/7/09 - "One year after giving birth, women were
less likely to have the most dangerous kind of obesity if they had been given
probiotics from the first trimester of pregnancy, found new research that
suggests manipulating the balance of bacteria in the gut may help fight obesity
... Central obesity, where overall obesity is combined with a particularly fat
belly, is considered especially unhealthy ... We found it in 25% of the women
who had received the probiotics along with dietary counselling, compared with
43% in the women who received diet advice alone" - See
probiotic products at iHerb
.
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Curcumin may cut body fat and weight gain: Mouse study - Nutra USA, 4/27/09
- "The curcumin suppression of angiogenesis in adipose
tissue together with its effect on lipid metabolism in adipocytes may contribute
to lower body fat and body weight gain ... Curcumin was also associated with
significantly lower cholesterol levels and a reduction in the expression of
peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-gamma), a protein that
plays a role in metabolic functions" - [Abstract]
- See
curcumin/turmeric products at iHerb
.
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Curcumin inhibits adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and angiogenesis and obesity
in C57/BL mice - J Nutr. 2009 May;139(5):919-25 -
"Supplementing the high-fat diet of mice with curcumin did not affect food
intake but reduced body weight gain, adiposity, and microvessel density in
adipose tissue, which coincided with reduced expression of vascular endothelial
growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor VEGFR-2. Curcumin increased
5'AMP-activated protein kinase phosphorylation, reduced glycerol-3-phosphate
acyl transferase-1, and increased carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 expression,
which led to increased oxidation and decreased fatty acid esterification ... Our
findings suggest that dietary curcumin may have a potential benefit in
preventing obesity" - See
curcumin/turmeric products at iHerb
.
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Green Tea
(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate Reduces Body Weight with Regulation of Multiple
Genes Expression in Adipose Tissue of Diet-Induced Obese Mice - Ann Nutr
Metab. 2009 Apr 22;54(2):151-157 - "Experimental diets
supplemented with EGCG resulted in reduction of body weight and mass of various
adipose tissues in a dose-dependent manner. EGCG diet also considerably lowered
the levels of plasma triglyceride and liver lipid. In the epididymal white
adipose tissue of EGCG diet-fed mice, the mRNA levels of adipogenic genes such
as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma), CCAAT
enhancer-binding protein-alpha (C/EBP-alpha), regulatory element-binding
protein-1c (SREBP-1c), adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (aP2), lipoprotein
lipase (LPL) and fatty acid synthase (FAS) were significantly decreased.
However, the mRNA levels of carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1 (CPT-1) and
uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2), as well as lipolytic genes such as hormone
sensitive lipase (HSL) and adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL), were
significantly increased ... These results suggest that green tea EGCG
effectively reduces adipose tissue mass and ameliorates plasma lipid profiles in
high-fat diet-induced obese mice. These effects might be at least partially
mediated via regulation of the expression of multiple genes involved in
adipogenesis, lipolysis, beta-oxidation and thermogenesis in white adipose
tissue" - See
Jarrow green tea extract at iHerb
.
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Low
Glycemic Breakfast May Increase Benefits Of Working Out - Science Daily,
4/15/09 - "Overall, fat oxidation was higher in the LGI
treatment than in the HGI treatment (P < 0.05) during the post-breakfast and
exercise periods. Following lunch, fullness scores were higher in the LGI trial
than in the HGI trial (P < 0.05). The authors concluded that consuming a LGI
breakfast increases fat oxidation during subsequent exercise and improved
satiety during recovery in sedentary females. As such, individuals trying to
shed fat may consider choosing LGI foods eaten prior to when they exercise"
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Beverage
Consumption A Bigger Factor In Weight, Study Shows - Science Daily, 4/2/09
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Grape polyphenols may protect against obesity: Study - Nutra USA, 3/18/09 -
"animals fed a high-fat diet but supplemented with the
grape seed extract had adiponectin levels 61 per cent higher than animals only
fed the high fat diet. Adiponectin is a protein hormone linked to various
metabolic processes, and levels are inversely related to body fat levels"
- [Abstract] - See
OPC + 95 products at iHerb
.
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Chardonnay grape seed procyanidin extract supplementation prevents high-fat
diet-induced obesity in hamsters by improving adipokine imbalance and oxidative
stress markers - Mol Nutr Food Res. 2008 Nov 26 -
"GSE prevented in part these effects, reducing insulinemia and leptinemia by
16.5 and 45%, respectively, whereas adiponectin level increased by 61% compared
with obese controls. GSE lowered glycemia and HOMA-IR and strongly prevented
cardiac production of superoxide by 74% and NAD(P)H oxidase expression by 30%.
This is the first time that chronic consumption of grape phenolics is shown to
reduce obesity development and related metabolic pathways including adipokine
secretion and oxidative stress" - See
OPC + 95 products at iHerb
.
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Scientists Discover Why A Low GI Meal Makes You Feel Full - Science Daily,
3/18/09 - "Eating a meal with a low GI (glycaemic index)
increases gut hormone production which leads to suppression of appetite and the
feeling of fullness"
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Not
Enough Vitamin D In The Diet Could Mean Too Much Fat On Adolescents -
Science Daily, 3/16/09 - "A Medical College of Georgia
study of more than 650 teens age 14-19 has found that those who reported higher
vitamin D intakes had lower overall body fat and lower amounts of the fat in the
abdomen, a type of fat known as visceral fat, which has been associated with
health risks such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and hypertension" -
See
vitamin D products at iHerb
.
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Citicoline
affects appetite and cortico-limbic responses to images of high-calorie foods
- Int J Eat Disord. 2009 Mar 3 -
"Cytidine-5'-diphosphocholine (citicoline) has a variety of cognitive enhancing,
neuroprotective, and neuroregenerative properties. In cocaine-addicted
individuals, citicoline has been shown to increase brain dopamine levels and
reduce cravings ... After 6 weeks, there was no significant change in weight
status, although significant declines in appetite ratings were observed for the
2,000 mg/day group. The higher dose group also showed significant increases in
functional brain responses to food stimuli within the amygdala, insula, and
lateral orbitofrontal cortex. Increased activation in these regions correlated
with declines in appetite ratings ...These preliminary findings suggest a
potential usefulness of citicoline in modulating appetite, but further research
is warranted" - See
Citi Choline products at iHerb
.
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Arginine
Discovery Could Help Fight Human Obesity - Science Daily, 2/12/09 -
"arginine, an amino acid, reduces fat mass in
diet-induced obese rats and could help fight human obesity ... dietary arginine
supplementation shifts nutrient partitioning to promote skeletal-muscle gain ...
The findings were published recently in the Journal of Nutrition ... arginine
supplementation for a 12-week period decreased the body fat gains of low-fat and
high-fat fed rats by 65 percent and 63 percent, respectively. The long-term
arginine treatment did not have any adverse effects on either group ... funded
by the American Heart Association" - See
Jarrow Formulas, Arginine 1000, 1000 mg, 100 Easy-Solv Tablets
at iHerb
.
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Green tea catechins linked to weight loss: Study - Nutra USA, 1/26/09 -
"The subjects were randomly assigned to receive either
500ml per day of a beverage providing 625mg catechins, or a control beverage ...
12-week study period ... people in the catechin group were found to have lost
more body weight compared to the control group ... both total abdominal fat area
(P = 0.013) and abdominal subcutaneous fat area (P = 0.019) had decreased more
in the catechin group" - [Abstract]
- See
Jarrow green tea extract at iHerb
.
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Green
tea catechin consumption enhances exercise-induced abdominal fat loss in
overweight and obese adults - J Nutr. 2009 Feb;139(2):264-70 -
"for 12 wk ... There was a trend (P = 0.079) toward
greater loss of body weight in the catechin group compared with the control
group ... Percentage changes in fat mass did not differ between the catechin
[5.2 (-7.0, -3.4)] and control groups [-3.5 (-5.4, 1.6)] (P = 0.208). However,
percentage changes in total abdominal fat area [-7.7 (-11.7, -3.8) vs. -0.3
(-4.4, 3.9); P = 0.013], subcutaneous abdominal fat area [-6.2 (-10.2, -2.2) vs.
0.8 (-3.3, 4.9); P = 0.019], and fasting serum triglycerides (TG) [-11.2 (-18.8,
-3.6) vs. 1.9 (-5.9, 9.7); P = 0.023] were greater in the catechin group. These
findings suggest that green tea catechin consumption enhances exercise-induced
changes in abdominal fat and serum TG" - See
Jarrow green tea extract at iHerb
.
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Mediterranean Diet Reduces Long-term Risk Of Subsequent Weight Gain And Obesity
Among Adults - Science Daily, 1/22/09 - "increased
fruit and vegetable intake was associated with significantly lower risk of a
medium WG (3,41 kg) over 10 years among adults of a Spanish Mediterranean
population. Dietary strategies to increase fruit and vegetable intake to prevent
and control overweight and obesity should be promoted more vigorously"
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Dietary L-Arginine
Supplementation Reduces White Fat Gain and Enhances Skeletal Muscle and Brown
Fat Masses in Diet-Induced Obese Rats - J Nutr. 2008 Dec 23 -
"l-arginine-HCl
... Despite similar energy intake, absolute weights of white fat pads increased
by 98% in control rats over a 12-wk period but only by 35% in arginine-supplemented
rats. The arginine treatment reduced the relative weights of white fat pads by
30% and enhanced those of soleus muscle by 13%, extensor digitorum longus muscle
by 11%, and brown fat by 34% compared with control rats ... arginine treatment
resulted in lower serum concentrations of leptin, glucose, triglycerides, urea,
glutamine, and branched-chain amino acids, higher serum concentrations of
nitric-oxide metabolites, and improvement in glucose tolerance. Thus, dietary
arginine supplementation shifts nutrient partitioning to promote muscle over fat
gain and may provide a useful treatment for improving the metabolic profile and
reducing body white fat in diet-induced obese rats" - See
Jarrow Formulas, Arginine 1000, 1000 mg, 100 Easy-Solv Tablets
at iHerb.
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Treatment of
white coat hypertension with metformin - Int Heart J. 2008 Nov;49(6):671-9 -
"White coat hypertension (WCH) is most likely a disorder
associated with metabolic syndrome ... Twenty-five cases (14.7%) stopped
metformin therapy due to excessive anorexia. At the end of a 6-month period,
there were highly significant differences between the two groups with respect to
the prevalences of resolved WCH, hyperbetalipoproteinemia, hypertriglyceridemia,
dyslipidemia, overweight and obesity, and decreased fasting plasma glucose below
110 mg/dL ... Thus, the management of WCH should not focus solely on the
regulation of blood pressure with antihypertensive medications, but rather on
the prevention of future excess weight and various associated disorders, and
metformin alone is an effective therapeutic option, most likely due to its
powerful inhibitory effect on appetite"
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Low-carb
Diets Can Affect Dieters' Cognition Skills - Science Daily, 12/11/08 -
"A new study from the psychology department at Tufts
University shows that when dieters eliminate carbohydrates from their meals,
they performed more poorly on memory-based tasks than when they reduce calories,
but maintain carbohydrates. When carbohydrates were reintroduced, cognition
skills returned to normal"
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Lack Of
Vitamin D Causes Weight Gain And Stunts Growth In Girls - Science Daily,
12/11/08 - "The high prevalence of vitamin D
insufficiency in young people living in a sun-rich area was surprising," says
study lead author, Richard Kremer, co-director of the Musculoskeletal Axis of
the MUHC. "We found young women with vitamin D insufficiency were significantly
heavier, with a higher body mass index and increased abdominal fat, than young
women with normal levels" - See
Vitamin D products at iHerb
.
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Adiponectin Is A Metabolic Link Between Obesity And Bone Mineral Density -
Science Daily, 11/25/08 - "adiponectin, a protein
secreted from adipocytes, is a metabolic link that can explain, in part, the
known positive relationship between obesity and both bone mineral density and
reduced susceptibility to fractures ... In summary, elevated circulating
adiponectin was associated with lower bone mass and weaker bones in growing mice
compared to control animals" - See my
adiponectin page for ways to increase it. - Ben
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Vitamin
D Insufficiency Linked to Increased Body Fat - Medscape, 11/10/08 -
"The study sample consisted of 90 postpubertal women
aged 16 to 22 years and living in California ... Insufficiency of 25(OH)D,
defined as a serum level of 29 ng/mL or less, was present in approximately 59%
of participants, and the remaining 41% had sufficient 25(OH)D levels, defined as
a serum level of 30 ng/mL or more. Serum 25(OH)D levels were strongly negatively
related to CT measures of visceral and subcutaneous fat and to DXA values of
body fat" - See
vitamin D products at iHerb
.
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Drug
'tricks body to lose weight' - BBC News, 11/5/08 -
"The drug SRT1720 - a chemical cousin of red wine extract resveratrol - targets
the protein SIRT1, which is thought to combat ageing ... The French team from
the University Louis Pasteur became interested in the SIRT1 protein after
earlier studies showing resveratrol countered some effects of a high-calorie
diet via SIRT1" - See
Jarrow Resveratrol 100 at iHerb
.
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Chronic
Green Tea Consumption Decreases Body Mass, Induces Aromatase Expression, and
Changes Proliferation and Apoptosis in Adult Male Rat Adipose Tissue - J
Nutr. 2008 Nov;138(11):2156-2163 - "Green tea (GT) ...
These results suggest new mechanisms for GT on body weight and highlight its
potential benefit to prevent or treat obesity and the metabolic syndrome"
- See
Jarrow green tea at iHerb
.
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Fructose
-- Found In High-fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar -- Sets Table For Weight Gain
Without Warning - Science Daily, 10/16/08 - "Eating
too much fructose can induce leptin resistance, a condition that can easily lead
to becoming overweight when combined with a high-fat, high-calorie diet"
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MSG Use
Is Linked to Obesity - New York Times, 8/25/08 -
"After controlling for body mass index, smoking, physical activity and almost
two dozen measures of daily nutrient intake, they found that the one-third of
people who used the most MSG were almost three times as likely to be overweight
— that is, to have a body mass index over 25 — as those who used none"
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Fructose May Make You Fatter - WebMD, 7/31/08 -
"Fructose gets made into fat more quickly, and when that process is turned on
there seems to be a signal that goes to the liver that says store all the other
fats you are seeing"
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Metformin May Enhance Weight Loss in Female Adolescents - Medscape, 7/8/08 -
"a significant decrease in body mass index was seen in
females receiving metformin but not in those taking placebo. Sixty percent of
participants who were metformin-adherent and who decreased food portion sizes
had a decrease in body mass index of more than 5%" - See
metformin
at OffshoreRx.com.
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'Big Breakfast' Diet Helps Shed Pounds - WebMD, 6/17/08 -
"Eating a 600-calorie breakfast rich in carbohydrates
and protein helps dieters lose more weight long term than eating a modest
breakfast and following a lower-carb eating plan ... In all, members of the
big-breakfast group lost more than 21% of their
body weight; low-carb group members lost 4.5%"
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Red
Wine's Resveratrol May Help Battle Obesity - Science Daily, 6/16/08 -
"resveratrol inhibited the pre-fat cells from increasing
and prevented them from converting into mature fat cells. Also, resveratrol
hindered fat storage. Most interesting, according to Fischer-Posovszky, was that
resveratrol reduced production of certain cytokines (interleukins 6 and 8),
substances that may be linked to the development of obesity-related disorders,
such as diabetes and clogged coronary arteries. Also, resveratrol stimulated
formation of a protein known to decrease the risk of heart attack. Obesity
decreases this substance, called adiponectin" - [WebMD]
- See
Jarrow Resveratrol 100 at iHerb
.
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Fish-Oil
Supplements Plus Regular Aerobic Exercise Benefit Overweight Patients -
Medscape, 5/22/08 - "FO [fish oil] supplements and
regular exercise both reduce body fat and improve cardiovascular and metabolic
health ... Increasing intake of n-3 FAs could be a useful adjunct to exercise
programs aimed at improving body composition and decreasing cardiovascular
disease risk"
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Role of
Metformin for Weight Management in Patients Without Type 2 Diabetes (June) -
Ann Pharmacother. 2008 May 13 - "The weight loss effects of metformin in
overweight or obese adults and adolescents without diabetes appear promising;
however, trials have been limited by small patient populations and weak design.
Metformin may also have a positive effect on metabolic parameters such as waist
circumference, fasting insulin and glucose levels, and triglycerides" - See
metformin at at
OffshoreRx.com.
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Metformin May Delay Onset of Diabetes in At-Risk Subjects - Medscape,
3/24/08 - "Metformin treatment, compared with
placebo or no treatment, reduced body mass index by 5.3%, fasting glucose by
4.5%, fasting insulin by 14.4%, and calculated insulin resistance by 22.6%
... Metformin treatment also reduced triglycerides and LDL cholesterol by
5.3% and 5.6%, respectively, and increased HDL cholesterol by 5.0% ... The
incidence of new-onset diabetes was reduced by 40% (odds ratio, 0.6), with
an absolute risk reduction of 6%, during a mean trial duration of 1.8 years"
- I don't have diabetes yet still take 1,000 mg of metformin per day.
I still feel high blood sugar and advanced glycation end products are major
causes of aging. See
metformin
at OffshoreRx.com.
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Obese children may benefit from CLA: study - Nutra USA, 2/29/08 -
"when these results were compared to those from the
placebo tests, CLA improved
fat loss at a rate of 0.024 kg per gram
of CLA per week" - [Abstract]
- Note: 0.024 kg = 0.1 lbs so the normal 3 gram dose would be 0.3
pounds per week. It might not sound like much but 0.3 x 52 = 15.6 pounds per
year. See
CLA products at iHerb
.
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Conjugated linoleic acid reduces body fat accretion and lipogenic gene
expression in neonatal pigs fed low- or high-fat formulas - J Nutr. 2008
Mar;138(3):449-54 - "CLA reduced body fat accretion
regardless of dietary fat content ... Adipose tissue expression of acetyl-CoA
carboxylase-alpha and lipoprotein lipase were significantly reduced by CLA
treatment" - See
CLA products at iHerb
.
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Effects
of conjugated linoleic acid and exercise on bone mass in young male Balb/C
mice - Lipids Health Dis. 2006 Mar 23;5:7 -
"Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) has been reported to lower body fat mass.
However, weight loss is generally associated with negative effects on bone
mass, but CLA is reported to have beneficial effects on bone ... a
combination therapy of CLA and EX on bone health has not been studied ...
although CLA decreased gain in body weight by 35%, it however increased bone
mass by both reducing bone resorption and increasing bone formation. EX also
decreased gain in body weight by 21% and increased bone mass; but a
combination of CLA and EX, however, did not show any further increase in
bone mass" - See
CLA products at iHerb
.
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Artificial Sweeteners Linked To Weight Gain - Science Daily, 2/10/08 -
"relative to rats that ate yogurt sweetened with
glucose (a simple sugar with 15 calories/teaspoon, the same as table sugar),
rats given yogurt sweetened with zero-calorie saccharin later consumed more
calories, gained more weight, put on more body fat, and didn't make up for
it by cutting back later, all at levels of statistical significance"
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Green Tea May Ward Off Weight Gain - WebMD. 1/23/08 -
"Here's what those preliminary lab tests in mice
show: ... Less weight and fat gain. Among mice with an obesity gene, those
that ate chow laced with green tea extract gained less weight and less fat
... Less fat in the liver. There was less sign of "fatty liver" disease in
the mice with the obesity gene that ate chow laced with green tea extract
... Lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels in mice with the obesity gene
that ate the chow laced with green tea extract, compared to other mice with
the same obesity gene" - See
Jarrow green tea at iHerb
.
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Lipoic Acid Could Reduce Atherosclerosis, Weight Gain - Science Daily,
1/14/08 - "lipoic acid supplements reduced
atherosclerotic lesion formation in two types of mice that are widely used
to study cardiovascular disease, by 55 percent and 40 percent, respectively.
The supplements were also associated with almost 40 percent less body weight
gain, and lower levels of triglycerides in very low-density lipoproteins"
- See
Doctor's Best, Best Stabilized R-Lipoic Acid Na-RALA
at iHerb
.
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Most
Effective Weight Loss Diet Revealed, According To New Study - Science
Daily, 1/11/08 - "a high protein, low carbohydrate
diet is most effective at reducing hunger and promoting weight loss, at
least in the short term"
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Metformin, Lifestyle
Changes Effective in Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain - Medscape,
1/10/08 - "Lifestyle intervention plus metformin had
the greatest effect on weight loss, and metformin alone was more effective
than lifestyle intervention plus placebo in increasing insulin sensitivity
and reversing weight gain in these patients with schizophrenia and
significant weight gain from atypical antipsychotic agents"
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More support for omega-3 and weight management - Nutra USA, 12/21/07 -
"Laboratory mice fed a high fat diet and
supplemented with eight per cent fish oil gained less weight and metabolised
more fat than their murine counterparts not receiving the supplement"
- [Abstract]
- See Mega Twin EPA at
iHerb
.
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Kids: Less Sleep May Lead to Overweight - WebMD, 11/5/07
-
Effects of milk supplementation with conjugated linoleic acid (isomers
cis-9, trans-11 and trans-10, cis-12) on body composition and metabolic
syndrome components - Br J Nutr. 2007 Jul 11;:1-8 -
"Subjects were randomised to a daily intake of 500
ml milk supplemented with 3 g CLA (using a mixture of the bioactive isomers
cis-9, trans-11 and trans-10, cis-12, marketed as Tonalin(R), Naturlinea;
Central Lechera Asturiana) or placebo for 12 weeks ... The supplementation
of milk with 3 g CLA over 12 weeks results in a significant reduction of fat
mass in overweight but not in obese subjects. CLA supplementation was not
associated with any adverse effects or biological changes" - See
CLA products at iHerb
.
-
Biology Dictates Diet Success - WebMD, 5/15/07 -
"The low-glycemic-load diet was
effective for a lot of the individuals who were high-insulin secretors and
who previously had challenges losing weight and keeping it off"
-
Soup First Cuts Calories Later - WebMD, 5/1/07 -
"Participants consumed 20% fewer
calories when they started their meals with soup"
-
Diets Don't Work Long-Term - WebMD, 4/11/07
-
Study Examines Calorie Restriction and Glycemic Load - Doctor's Guide,
4/10/07 - "Unlike several other
long-term studies, which have reported greater weight loss with low GL diets
at six months but no differences by 12 months, our data show no significant
short-term or long-term differences"
-
Report: Green Tea - Natural Support For Healthy Weight Control - Life
Extension Magazine, 4/07 - "Strong
scientific evidence suggests that green tea confers critical cardiovascular
benefits, may protect against a variety of deadly cancers, reduces the risk
of diabetic complications, and may mitigate the effects of various
autoimmune disorders ... If these broad-spectrum benefits were not reason
enough for health-conscious adults to consider adding green tea to their
daily supplement regimen, emerging research that confirms green tea’s
effects in facilitating fat burning, weight management, and optimal body
composition surely is"
-
Obesity Surgery Can Lead To Memory Loss, Other Problems - Science Daily,
3/13/07
-
Atkins Diet Tops Others in Study - washingtonpost.com, 3/6/07 -
"The study by Stanford University
researchers compared the Atkins approach to three others: the standard
low-fat, reduced calorie regimen long recommended by physicians and weight
loss experts; the Zone, a reduced carbohydrate approach developed by author
Barry Sears; and the very low-fat, high-carbohydrate regimen created by
physician Dean Ornish ... For all practical purposes the programs all worked
about the same ... The extra four pounds lost by the Atkins group are not
very meaningful" - Another consideration is that you don't know how
much of that four pounds is water loss caused by high protein diets. - Ben
-
Get the diet scoop: 6 promising supplements, 6 to avoid - CNN, 2/16/07 -
"promising ...
Caffeine ... EGCG
...
Chromium ... Conjugated
Linoleic Acid (CLA) ...
5-HTP ... L-dopa or
L-tyrosine"
-
Over-the-Counter Weight Loss Pill OK'd - WebMD, 2/7/07 -
"FDA approved
orlistat capsules -- called "alli" -- as an
over-the-counter weight loss aid for overweight adults ... the pill will be
available in U.S. stores by this summer ... In studies, most people lost
5-10 pounds over six months"
-
Regulator doubts calorie-burning claims of Enviga drink, made by Coke,
Nestle - USA Today, 2/5/07
-
Long-Term Safety
of Diet Drugs Unknown - WebMD, 1/8/07
-
An open-label pilot study of the combination therapy of metformin and
fluoxetine for weight reduction - Int J Obes (Lond). 2006 Sep 12 -
"In a 6.68-month period, a 7.89 kg
decrease in weight (9.32%) and a 3.43 U decrease in BMI (10.14%) were
observed in participants of the case group that was statistically
significant"
-
CLA could cut 'weight creep' during holidays, ageing - Nutra USA,
8.22/06 - "the subjects taking CLA safely reduced
their body fat mass by one kilogram (2.2 lbs) and their body weight by 0.6
kg (1.3 lbs). In comparison, those in the placebo group gained 0.7 kg (1.5
lbs) of body fat mass and 1.1 kg (2.4 lbs) of body weight during the months
that are especially problematic for overweight people ... the majority of
studies that have reported positive results have all been performed with
Tonalin CLA… which has a very high concentration of the bioactive isomers
cis-9, trans-11, and trans-10, cis-12" - See
iHerb
and
Vitacost
CLA products.
-
Low
Glycemic Index Diet Best For Weight Loss And Cardiovascular Health -
Science Daily, 7/26/06 - "Between
the two high-carbohydrate diets, lowering the glycemic index doubled fat
loss"
-
CLA Weight Loss
Debate Continues - WebMD, 5/22/06 -
"for six months ... Three months
into the study, the CLA group had lost an extra 1.5
pounds of body fat, compared to the placebo group ... At the study’s end,
the CLA group lost 5.6% more body fat mass than those taking the placebo.
The CLA group also lost about 3.3 pounds more than the placebo group"
- See
iHerb
and
Vitacost
CLA products.
-
Exercise Trumps
Diet for Weight Loss - WebMD, 4/14/06
-
Pine
Nut Oil Boosts Appetite Suppressors Up To 60 Percent For 4 Hours -
Science Daily, 4/4/06 - "CLA
differentially reduces fat mass in men and women in just 3 months ... After
six months, there was an average fat mass loss of 2 kilos corresponding to
about 6% fat loss. At the same time, "overall body weight loss was 'only'
1.5 kilos because there was a gain in muscle mass,"" - See
iHerb
and
Vitacost
CLA products.
-
Vegetarian Diet
May Help Weight Loss - WebMD, 4/3/06
-
Telmisartan But Not Valsartan Increases Caloric Expenditure and Protects
Against Weight Gain and Hepatic Steatosis - Hypertension. 2006 Mar 27 -
"Telmisartan, but not valsartan,
promoted increases in caloric expenditure and protected against
dietary-induced weight gain ... Telmisartan reduced the accumulation of
visceral fat and decreased adipocyte size to a much greater extent than
valsartan and was also associated with a significant reduction in hepatic
triglyceride levels"
-
About 5% of Long-term Niacin Users Evolve Into HDL Hyperresponders -
Doctor's Guide, 3/14/06 - "Overall,
these patients lost 4% of body weight while on
niacin treatment" - See
iHerb
or
Vitacost
niacin products.
-
Midnight Snack
Won't Pack Fat - WebMD, 2/2/06 -
"weight gain depends on how many calories we eat, and not when we eat them"
-
Study Could Lead To A Novel Strategy For Treating Obesity - Science
Daily, 1/16/06 - "Their results
suggest that restoring fatty-acid levels in the brain may be a promising way
to treat obesity"
-
After Gastric Bypass Surgery, Important to Check Vitamin B1 Deficiency -
Doctor's Guide, 12/29/05
-
The Perricone Weight Loss Program
- Life Extension Magazine, 11/05 -
"The reason that traditional low-calorie diets fail is that they lack
omega-3s, which are essential for healthy metabolism. If you follow the
anti-inflammatory diet and ensure the intake of plenty of omega-3 fatty
acids, you will successfully lose weight" - See Mega Twin EPA at
iHerb
or
Vitacost .
-
Getting Older Without Adding Extra Weight - WebMD, 10/3/05
-
Low-Fat, Vegan Diet May Be Effective for Weight Loss - Medscape, 9/15/05
-
"14-week trial reported in the September
issue of the American Journal of Medicine ... Mean body weight decreased by
5.8 ± 3.2 kg in the vegan group and by 3.8 ± 2.8 kg in the control group"
- Note: 5.8 kg is 12.8 pounds, 3.8 kg is 8.4 pounds. 12.8 - 8.4 = 4.4
pounds more weight loss in the vegan group after 14 weeks. [Abstract]
-
New Study Shows High-Carb, Vegan Diet Causes Major Weight Loss -
Doctor's Guide, 9/9/05 - "A low-fat,
plant-based diet is more effective at helping women lose weight and improve
insulin sensitivity than an omnivorous diet ... a low-fat, primarily vegan
diet may slow the progression of prostate cancer"
-
Breakfast Cereal Helps Maintain Healthy Weight - WebMD, 9/1/05 -
"In a study of girls followed from
age 9 to age 19, regular cereal eaters had fewer weight problems than
infrequent cereal eaters"
-
Diet Soda
Surprise May Not Be So Slimming - CBS 2 Chicago, 8/23/05 -
"people who were drinking diet soft
drinks two or more per day had a 57 percent chance of becoming overweight by
a seven- to eight-year follow-up, which was significantly higher than the
people who are drinking regular soft drinks"
-
Research May Provide New Link Between Soft Drinks And Weight Gain -
Science Daily, 8/2/05 - "Those
consuming the fructose-sweetened water showed significant weight gain over
the course of the study, with an average final weight of 48 grams—compared
with averages below 44 grams for the other groups—and had about 90 percent
more body fat than the mice that consumed water only"
-
Weight Loss and Other Benefits of Conjugated Linoleic Acid
- Life Extension Magazine, 6/05 -
"Researchers concluded that a dose of 3.4 grams results in significant
body-fat loss compared to placebo, but that greater amounts of CLA do not
result in greater fat loss" - See
iHerb
and
Vitacost
CLA products.
-
Magic
Pill? - CBS 2 Chicago, 5/20/05 -
"What some people believe is a magic pill to fight fat is a supplement
called hoodia, which claims to suppress your appetite"
-
Vertical Gastrectomy Suggested as Weight-Loss Procedure of Choice for Older
Obese Patients - Doctor's Guide, 5/20/05
-
Consumer Reports Rates Diet Plans - WebMD, 5/9/05 -
"Weight Watchers got the highest
rating. On the 1 to 5 rating scale -- where 5 is best and 1 is worst --
Weight Watchers scored a 4"
-
Skipping Exercise Makes Fat a Bigger Problem - WebMD, 4/19/05 -
"Just five hours after exercise
stopped, the rat's abdominal fat cells started to send off chemical signals
that made them start to swell. After two days of no exercise, the fat cells
got 19% larger -- and the rats' stomach fat got 48% heavier"
-
Low-Carb Diets: More Protein May Not Help - WebMD, 4/15/05
-
Supplement Shows Promise for Body Fat Loss - WebMD, 4/1/05 -
"The group that had already been
taking CLA lost no more weight or body fat, but
they maintained the body fat losses seen in the previous year. People who
began taking the supplement during year two of the study lost an average of
3.5 pounds and also saw reductions in overall body fat" - See
iHerb
and
Vitacost
CLA products.
-
Yogurt May Help Burn Fat, Promote Weight Loss - WebMD, 3/17/05 -
"obese adults who ate three servings
of fat-free yogurt a day as part of a reduced-calorie diet lost 22% more
weight and 61% more body fat than those who simply cut calories and didn't
bone up on calcium. Yogurt eaters also lost 81% more fat in the stomach area
than non-yogurt eaters"
- Hoodia for
Weight Loss? - Dr. Weil, 3/11/05
- Green Tea: The Next Performance Enhancer? - WebMD,
1/28/05 -
"Ten weeks of
green tea supplements plus strenuous exercise made mice swim longer and
stronger than mice that swam their laps without performance enhancement ...
The mice got stronger because the green tea made them burn fat more
efficiently ... the amount of green tea eaten by the mice would work out to
about 4 cups of green tea a day for a 165-pound human athlete"
- See
iHerb
or
Vitacost
green tea extracts.
- Think twice
about weight-loss surgery - MSNBC, 1/28/05
- Green Tea Fights Fat - WebMD, 1/26/05 -
"the first group drank a bottle of
oolong tea fortified with
green tea extract containing 690 milligrams of
catechins, and the other group drank a bottle of oolong tea with 22
milligrams of catechins ... After three months, the study showed that the
men who drank the green tea extract lost more weight (5.3 pounds vs. 2.9
pounds) and experienced a significantly greater decrease in BMI, waist size,
and total body fat" - See
iHerb
or
Vitacost
green tea extracts.
- Weight-Loss Supplements: Do They Work? -
HealthDay, 1/15/05
- Less Sleep Could Mean More Weight - WebMD, 1/10/05
-
"Total sleep
times tended to decrease as body weight increased ... The difference in
total sleep time between patients who were normal weight and those who
weren't was only 16 minutes per day"
- Sleep Loss Feeds Appetite - WebMD, 12/7/04
-
Healthy Carbs, Fats for Weight Loss
- WebMD, 11/23/04 -
"eating a
so-called low-glycemic diet may overcome the body's natural tendency to slow
metabolism when calories are restricted. A low-glycemic diet emphasizes
healthy fats and carbohydrates"
-
Water-Rich Diet More Effective Than Low-Fat Regimen for Weight Loss -
Medscape, 11/18/04
-
Egg Breakfast May Help Weight Loss Diet
- WebMD, 11/18/04
- High- and Low-Carb Diets Produce Similar Results -
Medscape, 11/17/04 -
"A rare
head-to-head comparison of a high glycemic index (GI)/high-carbohydrate diet
with a low-GI/low-carbohydrate diet resulted in comparable weight loss and
increase in insulin sensitivity"
-
Low-Fat Diet Best for Lasting Weight Loss
- WebMD, 11/16/04
-
Sleep More to
Fight Obesity - WebMD, 11/16/04
-
Study: Low-Fat Diets Better Long-Term - Intelihealth, 11/16/04 -
"Regardless of how they shed pounds
in the first place, big losers stayed that way by limiting fat rather than
carbohydrates"
-
Want to Cut
Calories? Just Add Water - WebMD, 11/15/04
-
Portion Control Pays Off in Weight Loss
- WebMD, 10/15/04
-
Portion Control Induces Greatest Weight Loss in Obese
Patients - Doctor's Guide, 10/14/04 -
"Although we
saw similar patterns of weight loss related to reduced dietary fat
consumption, increased fruit and vegetable consumption, increased physical
activity and increased planned exercise, the target behavior that induced
the greatest weight loss was portion control"
-
Novel Fiber Limits Sugar Absorption - Life Extension Magazine, 9/04 -
"Life
Extension recommends that people seeking to lose weight consume the
following supplements: ...
Chromium polynicotinate 600-1000 mcg daily ... Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)
3000-4000 mg daily ...
PGX™ highly viscous fiber blend 1000-3000 mg 5-10
minutes before each meal with 8-16 ounces of water ... Consider asking your
doctor to prescribe 500 mg two to three times daily of the
insulin-normalizing drug metformin"
- Vitamin Supplements May Slow Middle-Age Weight Gain
- HealthDay, 9/10/04 -
"the people
who had taken multivitamins, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12 and chromium had less
weight gain over the previous 10 years than other respondents"
- Low-glycemic-index plan is better than low-fat or low-carb diets, study says
- HealthDay, 8/26/04 -
"After two to
four months, the researchers found that the rats given the high-glycemic-index
diet had 71 percent more body fat and 8 percent less lean muscle mass,
compared with rats on the low-glycemic-index diet"
-
Sick of Low-Carb Diets? Try Low-GI
- WebMD, 8/26/04 -
"The animals
on the high-GI diet were gaining more weight
with same amount of food, and we had to cut their food back increasingly
over time to keep them at the same weight ... But what was really
interesting to us was that even though they maintained the same weight
because they got less food, the high-GI group in both rats and mice doubled
their body fat and had a reduction ... in muscle mass, which is exactly what
you don't want"
- Grapefruit Lowers Weight, Fights Cancer -
HealthDay, 8/25/04 -
"At the end of
12 weeks the placebo group lost on average just under half a pound, the
extract group 2.4 pounds, the grapefruit juice group 3.3 pounds, and the
fresh grapefruit group 3.5 pounds ... In this study they had one and a half
grapefruits a day"
-
Six Patterns for Weight Loss Management
- WebMD, 8/4/04
-
Whey protein better than meat for reducing body weight
- Nutra USA, 6/7/04 -
"Increasing the dietary density of
whey protein, but not of red meat, reduced body
weight gain by 4 per cent, they add, while whey protein also reduced plasma
insulin concentration by 40 per cent and increased insulin sensitivity,
compared to meat protein" - See
iHerb
or
Vitacost
whey protein products.
-
CLA: The New Miracle Weight Loss Pill?
- WebMD, 5/24/04 -
"Both CLA
groups lost weight -- about 4 pounds; the placebo group stayed the same ...
The CLA syrup group had a 9% body fat loss; the CLA pill group had 7% loss;
the placebo group had no body fat loss ... The increased lipoprotein levels
may be a byproduct of fat loss, says
Gaullier.
"The body does show inflammation caused by the process of eliminating fat.
We think this is what is happening, but we don't know for certain.""
[Abstract]
- See
iHerb
and
Vitacost
CLA products.
-
Weight Watchers Tend To Keep Pounds Off
- WebMD, 4/8/04 -
"That's not the story with Weight
Watchers weight losers. The study shows that after two years, three-fourths
of their lost weight stays lost. After five years, half the lost weight was
still gone ... people who lose weight and keep it off -- whether they are on
Weight Watchers or not -- have several things in common: ... They take in
1,400 calories a day: 56% from
carbs,
24% from fat, and 20% from protein"
- A Safer Gastric Bypass Surgery - HealthDay, 4/7/04
-
Evidence-based Products -
Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, 4/04 -
"The first received
Super CitriMax at 2,800mg HCA per day ...
After eight weeks, the first group lost 6.2 per cent of body weight and
reduced BMI by 6.3 per cent" - See
Super CitriMax products at iHerb
.
-
What makes people fat, why diets don't work, and what
triggers appetite? - Dr. Murray's Natural Facts,
3/17/04 -
"PGX™
lowers after meal blood sugar levels by approximately 20 to 40% and also
lowers insulin secretion by approximately 40% producing a whole body insulin
sensitivity index improvement of nearly 50% - a phenomenal accomplishment
that is unequalled by any drug or natural health product.10
PGX™
is particularly well-suited for syndrome X" - See
Vitacost
or
iHerb
PGX products.
-
More Carbs, More Exercise = More Weight Loss
- WebMD, 3/5/04 -
"The thinnest people eat the most
carbs
... Without exception, a high-complex-carbohydrate, high-vegetable-protein
diet is associated with low body mass ... High-protein diets were associated
with higher body weight"
- Kids Who Eat Too Much Fat, or Too Little, Prone to Weight Gain
- HealthDay, 3/4/04
-
Green Tea Boosts Metabolism Without Increasing Heart Rate - Clinical
Psychiatry News, 3/04 -
"Patients took two 375-mg capsules
twice daily, for a total daily epigallocatechin gallate
dose of 270 mg ... By week 12, body weight decreased by a mean of 4.6% and
waist circumference by 4.48%" - See
iHerb
or
Vitacost
green tea extracts.
-
Growth Hormone May Be Fat Fighter -
WebMD, 2/13/04 -
"the dosage of growth hormone was
increased to 400 µg per day in men and 600 µg in women ... those who used
growth hormone lost an average of about 5 pounds and kept it off for up to
nine months. Researchers say the weight loss was entirely caused by a loss
of body fat ... growth hormone improved cholesterol profiles -- increasing
the level of "good" HDL cholesterol by 19%" - Maybe my math is off
but I calculate 500 micrograms to be 1.5 IU (0.5 mg/5mg = x /15 IU, x = .5
mg * 15 IU/5 mg, x = 1.5 IU) - Ben
-
Is Weight Loss
Surgery Too Risky? - Dr. Weil, 2/10/04
-
HCA, better than ephedra? - Nutra
USA, 2/4/04 -
"study’s principal investigator, Dr
Harry Preuss
of Georgetown University Medical Center ... Super CitriMax performed a
function not noted in ephedra however - it significantly increased serum
serotonin levels (a mechanism of appetite control and eating behavior) and
lowered serum leptin levels, a biomarker of the gene that regulates obesity"
- See
Super CitriMax products at iHerb
.
-
Dieters Decrease Heart Risk on Moderate Fat Program
- Doctor's Guide, 1/29/04 -
"Over the
course of the study, the low-fat diet group experienced a 12 percent
decrease in HDL ("good") cholesterol but the moderate-fat diet group had no
change. This indicates that a moderate-fat diet blunts the decrease in HDL
("good") cholesterol during weight loss"
-
Study Links High-Carbs And Weight Loss
- Intelihealth, 1/27/04
- More Carbs, Less Weight - HealthDay, 1/26/04 -
"assigned to one of three 12-week
programs ... They were told they could eat as much as they wanted ...
Participants in the low-fat, high-carb
groups lost weight and those who exercised lost even more. The average
weight loss was almost 11 pounds"
-
Atkins, South Beach or Dr. Phil? An expert rates the books
- USA Today, 1/15/04
-
Supplement Solutions For Weight Loss - Natural Foods Merchandiser, 1/04
-
Drinking Water May Speed Weight Loss
- WebMD, 1/5/04 -
"The
researchers estimate that over the course of a year, a person who increases
his water consumption by 1.5 liters a day would burn an extra 17,400
calories, for a weight loss of approximately five pounds"
- Eating Cereal Helps Kids Control Weight -
HealthDay, 12/8/03 -
"for children
who ate cereal eight or more times during the two weeks of the study, the
risk for being overweight was reduced to one in five. For those who ate
little cereal, the risk increased to almost one in two"
- Weight Control Doesn't Have to Be a Battle -
HealthDay, 11/2/03
-
Stomach Pacemaker May Be Low-Risk Option
- WebMD, 10/16/03
- Meal Replacement Plans Do Work - HealthDay,
10/13/03 -
"People who
followed a meal replacement plan for 10 years weighed, on average, about 33
pounds less than people who didn't use a meal replacement plan"
-
Moderate Exercise as Effective as Intense Workouts for
Dropping Pounds - WebMD, 9/9/03 -
"along with
dieting, when overweight women started a new exercise routine after years of
being inactive, it didn't really matter whether they came out of the gate
running or walking briskly. After a year, there was only a total weight-loss
difference of 1 1/2 pounds between them"
-
Dietary Experts Debate Carbohydrates
- Intelihealth, 9/2/03 -
"Blood sugar levels may shoot twice
as high after a high-GI meal as after a low
one, and that unleashes metabolic havoc: The body responds with a surge of
insulin, which prompts it to quickly store the sugar in muscle and fat
cells. The high sugar also inhibits another hormone,
glucagon,
which ordinarily tells the body to burn its stored fuel ... Blood sugar
plunges. So much is stored so fast that within two or three hours, levels
may be lower than they were before the meal. Suddenly, the body needs more
fuel. But because
glucagon
is still in short supply, the body does not tap into its fat supply for
energy. The inevitable result? Hunger ... After one year, the low-GI
volunteers had dropped seven pounds of pure fat. The others had put on four"
-
Eating Breakfast Strengthens Fight Against Obesity
- Physician's Weekly, 9/1/03 -
"people who
regularly skip breakfast are 4.5 times more likely to be overweight and
those who eat four or more meals per day are less likely to be overweight.
The study also found that Americans who eat later during the day are no more
likely to be overweight than those who do not"
-
French Secrets to Staying Slim -
WebMD, 8/22/03 -
"Only 7% of
French people are obese, compared with 30% of Americans ... The average
portion size in Paris was 25% smaller than in Philly ... Chinese restaurants
in Philly served meals that were 72% bigger than Parisian Chinese
restaurants"
-
New Diet Approach May Fight Child Obesity
- WebMD, 8/12/03 -
"a
reduced-glycemic-load diet that emphasizes foods with a low to moderate
glycemic index and allows children to eat
until they're full was more effective than a traditional low-fat,
calorie-restricted diet in helping obese children shed pounds and slow the
progression of insulin resistance, a risk factor for diabetes ... Complex
carbohydrates, such as whole-grain bread and cereals, brown rice, and
vegetables, are foods with a low to moderate glycemic index"
- Could a Pill Treat Obesity and Lower Cholesterol?
- HealthDay, 7/29/03
-
Thyroid boost may speed weight loss - USA Today, 7/28/03
- Skip Breakfast, Get Fat - HealthDay, 7/11/03 -
"late eaters
are no more likely to be overweight than anyone else ... Americans who
regularly skip breakfast are 4.5 times more likely to be fat ... those who
eat four or more meals a day are actually on the thinner side ... people who
ate more than three times a day were about half as likely to be fat as those
who ate three or fewer times a day. Ma suspects the difference may have
something to do with fewer spikes in blood sugar levels among the frequent
eaters"
- Growth Hormone May Help Obesity - HealthDay,
6/27/03 -
"gave small doses of
growth hormone to 39 people who were
about 40 percent overweight. The volunteer participants lost an average of
slightly more than 5 pounds ... Growth hormone, they believe, helps control
appetite and speeds up the metabolism, which burns calories. When people are
obese, the amount of growth hormone in their bodies decreases, which
contributes to the accumulation of fat and loss of muscle mass. That, in
turn, may sap the person's energy to exercise"
-
Obese Individuals Experience Modest Weight Loss with
Growth-Hormone Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 6/24/03 -
"9-month study
... were encouraged to slowly lose weight by exercising and reducing their
daily caloric intake by 500 calories. Twenty-three subjects self-injected
growth hormone nightly and 17
self-administered placebo injections ... People who took growth hormone lost
an average of 2.4 kg, or 5.25 pounds. This weight loss was all due to loss
of body fat; they did not lose any muscle mass ... Most of the fat loss was
in the
abdominal area. There were also improvements
in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol of about 19%"
-
Anticonvulsant Might Prevent Recidivism after Weight Loss
- Doctor's Guide, 6/17/03
-
High Protein Diets More Effective At Maintaining Weight Loss
- Doctor's Guide, 6/4/03 -
"Despite no differences in attitudes
to eating, a
protein intake of 18% as energy versus 15% as
energy resulted in improved weight maintenance, as well as improved fat
distribution based on body waist circumference, and improved substrate
oxidation and satiety"
-
Epilepsy Drug [topiramate] Has Weight Loss Effect, But
Adverse Events Stop Study - Doctor's Guide, 6/3/03
-
"Patients on two of three higher
doses used in the study (192 mg and 256 mg) had a mean weight loss of 12-13
kg [12.5 kg = 27.5 pounds] when the study was ended. At this time the
patients had been taking the drug for between 60 and 76 weeks. By
comparison, patients in the placebo arm lost a mean of 2.9 kg. These losses
corresponded to a mean decrease of 12% to 13% from baseline for the two
highest dose groups ... If further trials also show this [result],
topiramate would be the first
drug with such a long term weight loss effect ... 19% of patients withdrew
because of side effects. Mild to moderate
paresthesia was the most common" - See
OffshoreRx.com
or
drugstore.com .
-
Orlistat Keeps The Weight Off Over Three Years In Metabolic
Syndrome Patients - Doctor's Guide, 6/3/03 - See
online prescriptions.
-
Low-Carbohydrate Diet Better Than Low-Fat for Weight Loss,
Insulin Sensitivity, and Triglycerides - Doctor's
Guide, 5/29/03
-
Red Meat May Be Key to High-Protein Diet
- WebMD, 5/9/03 -
"100 women
were enrolled in the study -- all overweight, with an average body mass
index (BMI) of 33. For 12 weeks, half the women ate a high-protein diet of
34% protein, 46% carbohydrate, and 20% fat. The other half ate a
high-carbohydrate diet that was 17% protein, 64% carbohydrate, and 20% fat
... Each diet consisted of about 1, 340 calories, and protein in both diets
was from lean red meat ... the high-protein-diet women lost substantially
more weight ... the high-meat eaters also had 22% lower levels of
triglycerides ... Bottom line: Eat fewer refined carbohydrates -- table
sugar, baked goods, white bread, pasta -- and more fruits and vegetables ...
Eat lots of lean protein -- sirloin steak, flank steak, chicken, eggs, tofu,
and fish"
- Shedding Pounds Not as Tough as You Think -
HealthDay, 5/9/03
-
Had it with
High Carbs? - Dr. Weil, 5/2/03
- Low-Carb Diets Work Without Boosting Heart Risk -
HealthDay, 4/18/03 -
"after six months, the 22 women on
the low-carb
plan averaged an 18.7-pound loss, while the 20 women on the low-fat plan
averaged an 8.5-pound loss ... The low-carbohydrate group, at the
three-month mark, was averaging 15 percent of calories from carbohydrates,
28 percent from protein and 57 percent from fat. At the six-month mark, they
were eating 30 percent
carbs,
23 percent protein and 46 percent fat ... The low-fat group was averaging 54
percent of calories from carbohydrates three months into the study, 18
percent from protein and 28 percent from fat. At six months, the totals were
53 percent carbs,
18 percent protein and 29 percent fat ... Average calorie intake was similar
for both groups -- 1,302 a day for the low-carb
group after six months and 1,247 for the low-fat group"
- Yogurt May Help Burn Fat - HealthDay, 4/18/03
-
The Dairy Calcium in Yogurt Helps People Lose Belly
- WebMD, 4/15/03 -
"put 34 obese
people on a low-cal diet. Sixteen of them got pills with 400 to 500 mg of
calcium per day. The other 18 people ate enough yogurt to give them 1100
mg of calcium per day ... After 12 weeks, everybody lost a lot of fat ...
Sixty percent of the yogurt eaters' weight loss was
belly fat, while only 26% of the comparison
group's loss was belly fat"
- Calcium Helps Girls Keep the Weight Off -
HealthDay, 4/14/03 -
"Whether
calcium comes from dairy products or
supplements, girls who consume the highest levels weigh less than girls who
consume lower levels ... as little as a daily increase of one cup of milk or
a small piece of cheese, about 300 milligrams of calcium, resulted in
one-half inch less of abdominal fat and as much as two pounds less of body
weight. "I have reason to believe that the same effect occurs in boys,""
-
Calcium for Weight Loss? - WebMD,
4/14/03
- Commercial Diet Programs Beat Do-It-Yourself Ones
- HealthDay, 4/8/03 -
"At the end of
the first year, the self-help group lost and maintained 2.86 to 3.08 pounds.
By the end of the second year, however, the weight was back to what it had
been at the beginning of the study ... The Weight Watchers group lost 9.46
to 11 pounds by the end of the first year, and 5.94 to 6.6 pounds overall by
the end of the second year"
- You Can Trim Down Online - HealthDay, 4/8/03 -
"people in the
e-mail counseling group lost more than twice as much weight as those just
using the basic Internet weight-loss program. At the end of a year, the
people in the e-mail counseling group lost an average of 10 pounds while
those in the basic program lost an average of 4 pounds"
-
Intermittent and On-Demand Very Low Calorie Diets Bring
Significant Weight Loss - Doctor's Guide, 4/3/03 -
"All patients started with 16 weeks
on a very low calorie diet. Then, patients assigned to an intermittent group
were scheduled to use a very low calorie diet for two weeks every third
month, while patients in an on-demand group were told to use a very low
calorie diet whenever their body weight passed an individualized cut-off
level ... Completers in both groups maintained highly significant weight
losses after two years. Patients in the intermittent group lost 7.0 [15.43
pounds] ± 11.0 [24.25 pounds] kg. Patients in the on-demand group lost 9.1
[20.06 pounds] ± 9.7 [21.38 pounds] kg"
-
Meal Replacement Diet Keeps Weight Off
- thesandiegochannel.com, 3/28/03 -
"The group
that lost more used meal replacements"
-
Cardiovascular Risk Factors Affected By Diet
- Doctor's Guide, 2/27/03 -
"Although patients were advised to
maintain an identical energy intake with the different diets, there was
significant weight loss on the low
glycaemic
index diet compared with weight gain on the high sucrose diet"
-
Band-Associated Re-Operation Common, But Safe, After
Laparoscopic Gastric Banding - Doctor's Guide,
2/19/03
- Light Sleeper, Heavy Gainer - HealthDay, 2/14/03 -
"Sleep
loss can result in high blood levels of glucose, which causes your body
to overproduce insulin and makes it
easier to gain weight ... Sleep deprivation can increase production of
cortisol, a stress hormone that stimulates the
appetite ... Lack of sleep can lead to a
growth hormone
deficiency, which can cause you to put on fat, rather than muscle"
-
The Great Weight Debate - WebMD,
2/6/03
- Diglyceride-Rich Foods May Promote Weight Loss -
New Hope Natural Media, 1/30/03 -
"79 obese men and women from ages 19
to 75 were assigned to incorporate specific food products that contained
high amounts of diglycerides
(from rapeseed oil, also known as
Canola oil) or
triglycerides (from rapeseed, soybean and safflower oils) in their diets
for 24 weeks. All participants were put on a low-calorie diet that contained
30% to 35% of energy as fat, 45% to 50% of energy as carbohydrate, and 15%
to 20% of energy as protein ... Body weight and total fat mass decreased
significantly in the group consuming
diglycerides
by almost 4% and 8%, respectively, compared with those consuming
triglycerides"
-
Bupropion May Aid Weight Loss - Clinical Psychiatry News, 1/03 -
"Of those in the
bupropion group, 52% lost at
least 5% of their body weight during the 26-week study, compared with 15% of
the placebo group" - Bupropion is available online as
Zyban.
-
A New Option for Weight Loss Surgery
- WebMD, 1/21/03
- Adjustable Gastric Band Safe, Effective in Severe Obesity
- Medscape, 1/21/03
-
CLA for weight loss and diabetes - Life Extension Magazine, 1/03 -
"CLA
supplementation has been shown to improve the lean mass to body fat ratio,
decreasing fat deposition, especially in the abdomen and enhancing muscle
growth" - See
iHerb
and
Vitacost
CLA products.
-
Acute Fast Does Not Induce Compensatory Energy and Nutrient
Intake - Doctor's Guide, 1/2/03
-
Dramatic Weight
Loss Isn't Risky For Men - WebMD, 12/9/02
-
Bariatric Surgery Used On Obese Kids
- Intelihealth, 11/4/02
- Weight Loss Surgery Adds Years to Life - WebMD,
10/11/02
-
A Weight Loss Pill
[phentermine] that Works? - Dr. Weil, 9/24/02
-
Topiramate shows promise as weight-loss drug
- Doctor's Guide, 9/2/02 -
"A six-month trial of the
antiepileptic drug
topiramate (TOPAMAX,
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc) for the treatment of obesity has found the
drug helped reduce body weight between 6 percent and 8 percent ... weight
loss continued at the six-month cut-off point. In contrast, he said, the two
weight-loss drugs currently on the market, orlistat
(Xenical, Roche) and
sibutramine (Meridia, Abbott Laboratories)
plateau between three and six months ... The most common side effects were
parasthesia,
memory difficulty, fatigue, somnolence, appetite loss, taste perversion,
concentration difficulty and dizziness"
-
Dining out without guilt - USA
Today, 8/26/02
-
Stepping up the weight loss - USA
Today, 8/26/02 -
"Some of the
most intriguing answers have been discovered by studying people in the
National Weight Control Registry, a group of more than 3,000 people who have
maintained a 30-pound weight loss for a year. Registry members lost weight
in different ways, but they generally keep it off by exercising for about an
hour a day, eating a relatively low-calorie, low-fat diet, weighing
themselves regularly, having breakfast every day and keeping track of what
they eat ... Brownell says that if people watch portion sizes, eat fruits
and vegetables and less junk, "they'd be 90% of the way toward a healthy
diet." And "if anything has become clear over the past 10 years, it's the
importance of exercise in weight loss and maintaining.""
-
Nutrition watchdog praises fast food giants
- USA Today, 8/26/02 -
"Low-fat
Select Sub sandwiches served at Subway "have helped lead the way to
healthier fast food," the center said. The statement singled out the low-fat
Honey Mustard Ham, Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki and Red Wine Vinaigrette
Club sandwiches as "downright delicious" with calorie counts ranging from
310 to 370 with six grams of fat or less"
-
Scientists Discover Hormone [PPY3-36] That Helps Curb
People's Appetites - Intelihealth, 8/7/02
- 'Fullness' Hormone Suppresses Appetite - WebMD,
8/7/02
-
Low-Carbohydrate, High-Protein Diets Increase Risk Of Kidney
Stones And May Raise Bone Loss Risk - Doctor's
Guide, 8/1/02 -
"acid
excretion - a marker for the acid load in the blood - increased as much as
90 percent while subjects were on
diets that severely restricted
carbohydrates. Levels of urinary citrate,
which inhibits
kidney stones, fell by almost 25 percent
in the group during the six-week study ... People may lose weight on this
diet, but this study shows that this is not a healthy way to lose weight ...
there was an increased risk of developing kidney stones and a possible
increase in the risk of
bone loss"
-
The Benefits of Carnitine and DHEA for Fat Metabolism - Life Extension
Magazine, 8/02 -
"Carnitine
is an amino acid that's critical for converting fatty acids into fuel.
Because of this, it has the potential to help people lose weight ... A lack
of DHEA may be one of the primary causes of
insulin resistance"
-
Reduction of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy After Exercise and
Weight Loss in Overweight Patients With Mild Hypertension
- Doctor's Guide, 7/15/02 -
"Blood
pressure fell by 7.0 / 6.0 mmHg in the weight management group and by
3.0 / 4.0 mmHg in the aerobic
exercise group"
-
New
Weight-control Options - Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals, 7/02
-
Losing Weight
with Peanut Butter? - Dr. Weil, 7/10/02 -
"a diet high in monounsaturated fats
(MUFAs)
with 34-36 percent of calories from fat reduced LDL (“bad”)
cholesterol by 16-25 percent without
lowering
HDL (“good”) cholesterol levels. In contrast, the
American Heart Associations diet with 25 percent of calories from fat,
resulted in only a 12 percent reduction ... people on a diet including 35
percent of calories from MUFAs
as well as those on a traditional low-fat, high carbohydrate diet lost an
average of 11 pounds over six months. However, by 18 months, three times as
many people on the MUFA
diet remained with the program and kept off the lost weight while the others
regained an average of five pounds each"
-
Designer
Weight-Loss Drugs on Horizon - WebMD, 6/10/02 -
"In mouse studies, it reduces
appetite and makes the body burn fat faster. That's supposed to be
impossible ... Kuhajda
and colleagues at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University saw obese mice lose
15% of their body weight after only two weeks on C75. Oh, yes, and there's
one more thing about it: C75 also kills cancer cells ... But don't run out
to the pharmacy looking for the drug. It's years away from any kind of human
trial"
-
Weighing in on
Low-Fat Processed Foods - WebMD, 6/10/02 -
"Many people
don't understand that many of these low-fat products are really very
calorie-dense ... There is a tendency to think that if something is low in
fat you can eat as much as you want ... The key to losing weight and keeping
it off is eating smaller portions and increasing physical activity"
- New
Hope for Morbid Obesity - Medscape, 5/23/02
-
Strength
Training, Modest Diet Fight Child Obesity - WebMD, 5/23/02
-
Secrets of
Successful Weight Loss - WebMD, 5/10/02
-
Band constricts the cravings, weight
- USA Today, 5/9/02
-
Consumer Reports reveals successful diet tips
- CNN, 5/6/02 -
"an
overwhelming majority of "successful losers" took a do-it-yourself approach
and credited exercise -- not food deprivation -- as their top strategy"
-
Americans' new craving: Diet drugs
- USA Today, 4/29/02
-
New Evidence That Dietary Soy And Flaxseed Have Positive
Effect On Obesity And Diabetes - Intelihealth,
4/22/02 -
"These
data suggest that diets rich in soy protein and
flaxseed have beneficial effects on many aspects of
obesity and diabetes"
-
Diet Supplement
[LipoKinetix] Causes Liver Damage - WebMD, 3/18/02
-
High-Protein Beats High-Carbohydrate for Weight Loss in
Low-Fat Diets - Doctor's Guide, 2/26/02
-
The Skinny on Fat
Drugs - WebMD, 2/20/02
-
Breakfast Helps Keep Weight Off -
kgtv.com, 2/7/02
-
Five Tips For Planning And Losing Weight
- Intelihealth, 2/6/02
-
Insulin Pill
Fights Obesity - WebMD, 1/31/02
-
Study: Adults Have Obesity Syndrome
- Intelihealth, 1/16/02
-
Cancer Therapy May Have Application For Treating Obesity
- Intelihealth, 1/7/02 -
"Rupnick
tested five different angiogenesis inhibitors, including TNP-470, angiostatin
and
endostatin,
on ob/ob mice and other obese mice ... The most surprising thing was that
not only did the mice stop gaining weight, they also lost a significant
amount of weight ... Depending on the dose, "we decreased their body weight
by almost half - that's enormous,"
Rupnick
said. The drugs were working far better than any approved obesity drug ever
had""
-
Diabetes Drug
[Glucophage/metformin] May Fight Obesity - WebMD, 12/26/01 -
"Pediatricians at the University of
Tennessee School of Medicine put 24 obese adolescents on a low-calorie diet:
1,500 calories a day for the girls and 1,800 calories a day for the boys.
They also gave half the teens
Glucophage
and half a placebo ... After eight weeks, dieting teens who took the placebo
lost 3.8 % of their body weight. But those taking
Glucophage
lost 6.5 % of their body weight -- nearly twice as much"
-
More Good News
on Zyban and Smoking - WebMD, 9/20/01 -
"The antidepressant Zyban (also
known as Wellbutrin or by its generic name bupropion) has helped many people
quit. Now, research shows the drug seems to prevent relapse and even seems
to help women lose weight"
-
Losing 100, the
Healthy Way - WebMD, 9/18/01
-
How They Do It: Researchers Study People Who Lost Weight And
Keep It Off - Intelihealth, 9/13/01
- Wellbutrin (Bupropion) Effective For Weight Loss in Women
- Doctor's Guide, 9/12/01
-
Obesity drugs alone won't do it -
CNN, 8/22/01
-
Research
Pipeline Bulging With Obesity Drugs - WebMD, 7/26/01
-
How Successful Dieters Keep Weight Off
- Intelihealth, 7/18/01
-
Wider Use for
Obesity Surgery Urged - WebMD, 7/12/01
- Troglitazone Drug Helps non-Diabetic Patients Lose Weight
- Doctor's Guide, 6/20/01
-
FDA Approves
Implanted Stomach Band to Fight Obesity, Device Could Be Helpful, But Users
Still Need to Diet and Exercise - WebMD, 6/5/01
-
Stomach
Pacemaker Zaps Obese Patients Slim, Electrical Gadget Helps Overeaters Feel
Full, Eat Less - WebMD, 5/25/01
-
Experimental
Nasal Spray Could Help Keep the Pounds Off - WebMD, 4/27/01 -
"All three agents were inhaled
through the nose twice a day for six weeks ... At the end of the study, body
fat had decreased by an average of nearly 4 lb and body weight by an average
of less than 2 lb in the individuals treated with MSH/ACTH"
-
For Severely
Obese Teens, Surgery, Stomach Bypass an Option When All Else Fails -
WebMD, 4/17/01
-
Eat
all you want and still lose pounds — someday - USA Today, 3/30/01
-
Moderate Exercise Better Than Hard-Core Workouts - Intelihealth, 3/28/01
-
"A new study suggests moderately
paced, sustained activities promote weight loss more effectively than brief,
high-intensity health club workouts"
-
Weight Loss
expert Jenny Craig - CNN, 3/15/01
-
New Fat-Loss
Drug Resets Brain's Weight Setpoint - WebMD, 3/20/01 -
"The drug, called Axokine, is a
genetically engineered version of a natural brain chemical, called CNTF,
that makes new brain cells grow ... [A] remarkable property that
distinguishes ... A human trial reported at a medical meeting last month
showed that obese people who got the most effective dose of Axokine lost
nearly 10 pounds over 12 weeks of treatment. Unlike previous weight loss
drugs, these patients did not immediately regain the weight -- in fact, they
lost another pound during the first six weeks they were off the drug, and
they kept their lost weight off for a minimum of six weeks after
discontinuing the medication ... the drug works a lot like
leptin ... Leptin would make a great weight loss
drug -- except that when a person becomes obese, he becomes resistant to it
the same way a diabetic person becomes resistant to insulin"
-
Virtual weight loss can be a reality - CNN, 3/6/01
-
Reducing the
Obesity Epidemic: What Works and What Doesn't, When Exercise, Diet, and
Pills Don't Work, Surgery May Be the Answer - WebMD, 3/1/01 -
"Millions of Americans suffer with
life-threatening obesity, and the only proven, effective treatment is
surgery," Smith says. "When faced with a life-threatening illness like heart
disease, patients readily accept major surgery -- including its risks -- as
the necessary step to treat their heart disease. The same is true for
obesity."
-
Big
losers, and proud of it - USA Today, 2/15/01
-
Improving Dopamine May Help Obese - Doctor's Guide, 2/5/01
-
Elizabeth Cohen - CNN, 2/2/01 -
"What this new
study seems to say is that obese people don't have the normal amount of
dopamine receptors in their brains"
-
USDA: Most Popular Diets Flawed - Intelihealth, 1/10/01
-
Cellulite-busting workout relies on weightlifting - CNN, 1/3/01
-
The Key to
Keeping the Pounds Off - WebMD, 12/12/00
-
Women gain weight at puberty, pregnancy, menopause - CNN, 11/1/00
-
Yo-Yo Dieting Is
a No-No, Study Shows the Ups and Downs May Harm the Heart - WebMD,
10/31/00
-
Stress is bad, but one expert says it's also fattening - CNN, 10/31/00
-
Spare Tire
Around the Middle? Maybe Your Life Is Too Hectic - WebMD, 10/24/00
-
Skill-Training
Method Works for Weight Loss, Study Finds - WebMD, 10/23/00
-
Health Focus: Five Tips For Losing Weight - Intelihealth, 8/30/00
-
Experts Find
Recipe for Weight Loss Success - WebMD, 8/23/00
-
Studies of CLA
Have Promising Results - WebMD, 8/20/00 -
"But it is important to look for
credible brands of
CLA, cautions Pariza, whose team used a 'high
grade' version that was more than 90% pure: "There's a lot of junk out
there."
-
Researchers
Discover How Cells in the Body Get Fat - WebMD, 8/10/00
-
Study Links Diet
Pills to Greater Stroke Risk - WebMD, 7/28/00
-
Could Licorice
Help You Get Lean? - WebMD, 7/14/00
-
Flipping the
Appetite Switch Off - WebMD, 6/29/00
-
Over-the-Counter
Drug (phenylpropanolamine) Works to Suppress Appetite - WebMD, 5/29/00
-
Diet Shakes Can
Help People Control Their Weight - WebMD, 5/29/00
-
Fat-Soluble
Vitamin Absorption Not Threatened by Fat Cutbacks - WebMD, 5/19/00
-
Is Yo-Yo Dieting
a No-No for Women? - WebMD, 5/16/00
-
A rapid weight-loss diet may help shed fat in a flash - CNN, 4/13/00
-
Exercise Trains Fat Cells - Intelihealth, 4/7/00
-
Green Tea Could Promote Weight Loss - Nutrition Science News, 4/00
-
Diet, Exercise And Gain Weight? - Intelihealth, 4/3/00
-
Fiber May Help Prevent Obesity - Intelihealth, 10/27/99
-
Group Calls Low-Carb Diet Unhealthy - Intelihealth, 10/18/99
-
New hormone may help treat obesity - CNN, 8/30/99
- Exercise
Affects Obesity Independently Of Genes, Study Shows - Doctor's Guide,
6/1/99
- Bupropion
SR Shows Promise As Weight-Loss Treatment - Doctor's Guide, 5/20/99
-
Researchers
block hormone that affects eating - CNN, 12/21/98
- Study
Confirms That Chromium Picolinate Aids In Body Fat Loss - Doctor's
Guide, 6/23/98
-
Study:
Americans fatter than ever and getting even fatter - CNN, 5/28/98
Abstracts:
-
Effect of tea catechins on body fat accumulation in rats fed a normal diet
- Biomed Res. 2008 Feb;29(1):27-32 - "The
administration of 0.5% catechins decreased the accumulation of body fat and
the serum levels of cholesterol and bile acids. These results indicate that
tea catechins modulate lipid metabolism not only in obese subjects, but also
in the non-obese" - See
Jarrow green tea at iHerb
.
-
Can EGCG Reduce Abdominal Fat in Obese Subjects? - J Am Coll Nutr. 2007
Aug;26(4):396S-402S - "heart rate (HR) ... Moderate
consumption of EGCG
can improve the health status of overweight individuals undergoing regular
exercise by reducing HR and plasma glucose concentrations. Loss of body fat,
however, may require a higher intake of EGCG, other catechins or addition of
metabolic stimulants" - See
green tea products at iHerb
,
my favorite is
Jarrow green tea at iHerb .
-
The effects of epigallocatechin-3-gallate on thermogenesis and fat oxidation
in obese men: a pilot study - J Am Coll Nutr. 2007 Aug;26(4):389S-95S -
"These findings suggest that EGCG alone has the
potential to increase fat oxidation in men and may thereby contribute to the
anti-obesity effects of green tea" - See
green tea products at iHerb
,
my favorite is
Jarrow green tea at iHerb .
-
The influence of calcium consumption on weight and fat following 9 months of
exercise in men and women - J Am Coll Nutr. 2007 Aug;26(4):350-5 -
"Average calcium consumption was 987 +/- 389 mg/day
for men and 786 +/- 276 mg/day for women. Weight change over the 9 months
was -4.6 +/- 4.6 kg for men and 0.2 +/- 3.3 kg for women ... Weight and fat
weight loss as a result of nine months of moderate intensity exercise may be
improved by increased calcium consumption in men but was not observed in
women" - Note: 4.6 kg is 10.14 lbs.
-
Overweight Postmenopausal Women Lose Bone With Moderate Weight Reduction and
1 g/day Calcium Intake - J Bone Miner Res. 2005 Mar;20(3):455-63 -
"Despite an intake of 1 g Ca/day,
bone loss occurred at some sites because of weight loss. Calcium intake of
1.7 g/day will minimize bone loss during weight loss in postmenopausal
overweight women"
-
Effects of metformin on the body composition in subjects
with risk factors for type 2 diabetes -
Diabetes Obes Metab. 2005 Mar;7(2):189-92 -
"In the
metformin group, there was a decrease in fat weight from 25.9 +/- 9.4 to
20.8 +/- 9.2 kg, p < 0.01, an increase in lean weight from 57.05 +/-
13.6 to 61.9 +/- 16.5 kg, p < 0.01, an increase in basal metabolism from
1735 +/- 413 to 1878 +/- 505 calories/day, p < 0.05 and an increase in
body water" - See
metformin at IAS
or OffshoreRX.com
.
Note: That's a 19.7% decrease in fat (25.9-20.8)/25.9 = 19.7%, a
8.5% increase in lean weight (61.9-57.05)/57.05 = 8.5% and a 8.2%
increase in basal metabolism (1878-1735)/1735 = 8.2%. - Ben
-
Ingestion of a tea rich in catechins leads to a reduction in
body fat and malondialdehyde-modified LDL in men -
Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jan;81(1):122-9 -
"Body weight, BMI, waist
circumference, body fat mass, and subcutaneous fat area were significantly
lower in the green tea extract group than in the control group"
- See
iHerb
or
Vitacost
green tea extracts.
-
Efficacy and Safety of Ephedra and Ephedrine for Weight Loss and Athletic
Performance - JAMA, 3/26/03 -
"Ephedrine
and ephedra promote modest short-term weight loss (0.9 kg/mo more than
placebo) in clinical trials. There are no data regarding long-term weight
loss, and evidence to support use of ephedra for athletic performance is
insufficient. Use of ephedra or ephedrine and caffeine is associated with
increased risk of psychiatric, autonomic, or gastrointestinal symptoms, and
heart palpitations"
-
The conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) isomer, t10c12-CLA, is inversely
associated with changes in body weight and serum leptin in subjects with
type 2 diabetes mellitus - J Nutr. 2003 Jan;133(1):257S-260S
-
The effect of conjugated linoleic acid supplementation after weight loss on
body weight regain, body composition, and resting metabolic rate in
overweight subjects
- Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2003 Jul;27(7):840-7 -
"As a consequence of an increased regain of fat-free mass by
CLA, resting metabolic rate was increased by CLA (LD 12.0+/-11.4%, HD
13.7+/-14.4%) compared to placebo ... In conclusion, the regain of fat-free
mass was favorably, dose-independently affected by a 13-week consumption of
1.8 or 3.6 g CLA/day and consequently increased the resting metabolic rate.
However, it did not result in improved body weight maintenance after weight
loss" - See
iHerb
and
Vitacost
CLA products.
- How much physical activity is enough to prevent unhealthy weight gain?
- Obes Rev 2003 May;4(2):101-14 - "The following consensus statement was accepted unanimously. 'The current
physical activity guideline for adults of 30 minutes of moderate intensity
activity daily, preferably all days of the week, is of importance for
limiting health risks for a number of chronic diseases including coronary
heart disease and diabetes. However for preventing weight gain or regain
this guideline is likely to be insufficient for many individuals in the
current environment. There is compelling evidence that prevention of weight
regain in formerly obese individuals requires 60-90 minutes of moderate
intensity activity or lesser amounts of vigorous intensity activity.
Although definitive data are lacking, it seems likely that moderate
intensity activity of approximately 45 to 60 minutes per day, or 1.7 PAL
(Physical Activity Level) is required to prevent the transition to
overweight or obesity. For children, even more activity time is recommended.
A good approach for many individuals to obtain the recommended level of
physical activity is to reduce sedentary behaviour
by incorporating more incidental and leisure-time activity into the daily
routine"
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