This has to be one of the scariest new fads to hit the wellness industry in quite some time!

While hCG is a naturally produced hormone in women during pregnancy, medical experts not only agree that there is no proof to back these new overly-hyped weight loss claims, this new fad is downright dangerous.
Irrelevant of the use of hCG, anything that recommends such a restriction in daily caloric intake is unhealthy and the hCG diet does just that, with merely a 500 calorie per day recommendation, a near starvation diet.
Anyone who …

Yoga Questions Answered
There are many different types of exercise that people can do to get into shape, but if you want to get both your body and mind in top condition, you may want to consider making yoga one of your main forms of exercise. Many people think that you have to be a contortionist to be able to do yoga, but this is an activity that you can slowly ease your way into, and go along at your own pace until you are comfortable with the postures. If you …

New York City health officials have battled trans fat and high-calorie fast food. Now, they’re taking on salt.
The health department planned to release on Monday draft guidelines suggesting the maximum amount of salt that should be in a wide variety of manufactured and packaged foods.
New York City’s program is modeled in part after a similar initiative in the United Kingdom that has been underway since 2003.
The recommendations call for sizable reductions in the sodium content of many products, from a 20% drop in peanut butter to a 40% decline in …

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study provides more evidence that acupuncture can help ease hot flashes in women with breast cancer who are being treated with the “anti-estrogen” drug tamoxifen. Acupuncture, researchers found, is free of side effects and has a side benefit for some women: an increased sex drive.
“Acupuncture appears to be at least as effective as drug therapy,” Dr. Eleanor M. Walker of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and her colleagues report, “and it may provide additional and longer-term benefits without adverse effects.”
Breast cancer patients with …

The Mummies’ Curse: Heart Disease
Finding suggests atherosclerosis is as old as the pyramids, and not an ill of the modern world
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter
(HealthDay News) — Hardening of the arteries may have more of a family history — the human family tree — than was once thought.
Modern-day imaging techniques have unearthed hardening of the arteries — or atherosclerosis, which causes heart attacks and stroke — in mummies up to 3,500 years old.
Experts have long believed that atherosclerosis is a scourge of modern society, caused by meals snatched at fast-food restaurants …

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Slim-Fast Recall Creates Even Greater Concern Over Our Weight Management Choices
It’s time to pay closer attention to what you and your friends and family are using for weight management!
New Jersey based Unilever United States Inc. which owns the Slim-Fast brand has conducted a nationwide voluntary recall of all of its canned ready-to-drink (RTD) products after dangerous bacteria was discovered by the manufacturer during a routine inspection of quality testing.
The recall has been prompted by the possibility of contamination with Bacillus cereus, a micro-organism that can cause diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.
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10 percent weight loss increases remission odds, but any amount helps, experts say
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter
(HealthDay News) — People with sleep apnea who are also obese may triple the chances of eliminating their sleep problems by losing weight, a new study suggests.
Losing about 10 percent of their body weight was enough to bring on total or near-total remission, said Gary Foster, head of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University in Philadelphia, and lead author of the study.
“It’s been clear that obesity increases the risk of sleep …

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