weight loss
The Myth of Effortless Weight Loss
Supplements can help, but lifestyle changes are mandatory. The dietary supplement industry is crowded with “wonder” products that guarantee you’ll lose “20 pounds in 20 days” or your money back. The only “wonder” part of the product is often wondering where your money went when the product doesn’t deliver on its promise. However, that is ...
Weighing The Options
When combined with diet and exercise, natural supplements can help consumers reach their weight-loss goals. Maintaining a healthy weight is easier said than done, especially in an age where our intake of food is usually greater than the calories burned. Instead of walking, we rely on cars, and technology provides more convenience. Being overweight is ...
Konjac Root/Glucomannan for Weight Control, Blood Lipids & Constipation
The konjac plant (Amorphophallus konjac), native to warm subtropical to tropical eastern Asia, has been used in China, Japan and South East Asia as a food source (to make noodles, tofu and snacks) and as a traditional medicine (for treating asthma, cough, hernia, breast pain, burns as well as hematological and skin disorders) for more ...
Authors Retract Green Coffee Bean Diet Paper Touted by Dr. Oz
According to Retraction Watch report, two authors of a 2012 paper cited on The Dr. Oz Show, which made grand claims about green coffee bean extract’s abilities to help people lose weight, have retracted it. The study’s sponsors, Joe Vinson and Bryan Burnham, cannot assure the validity of the data so so they are retracting the paper, reported ...
Realistic Weight Loss
Makers of natural weight-loss products focus on fair and honest assertions, as well as overall health benefits to propel the category. Happy New Year Resolution! The new diet season, which starts January 1 and typically ends around Memorial Day, is off to its annual start. America’s estimated 108 million dieters (about 82 percent of who ...
Clean Sweep
Learning about how environmental toxins and poor diet can affect them, many consumers are turning to detox and cleansing programs as a proactive approach to health. Detoxification and cleansing has been practiced throughout history by many cultures for physical and spiritual reasons. Many ancient cultures took part in cleansing rituals, while detoxification is a part ...
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