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Looking for weight loss miracles — still looking …

Just a Guy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:08:17 +0000

I have to confess that I’ve spent much of my life looking for two types of miracles, 1) quick and easy ways to make money, and, 2) quick and easy ways to lose weight.

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Key to U.S. health care needs: Attacking obesity

Just a Guy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:13:25 +0000

Over the last few weeks, with health care reform such a crucial message in America, I’ve seen suggestions for dealing with a very important health care need: attacking obesity in America. And if you’re like me (by the way, I am in that obese category myself), you’ve probably seen, heard, or read about everything from weight loss supplements (latest I’ve seen is for something called Avesil) to an eggs-and-tomatoes diet (which my grandmother actually put me on waaaayyy back in the mid-1950s).

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Key to U.S. health care needs: Attacking obesity

Maybe lowly fruit holds some keys to U.S. obesity epidemic

Just a Guy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:23:56 +0000

It’s always been a very lucrative market in America (probably worldwide?) to sell weight loss products. Over the years, there’s impressive evidence that there are weight loss supplements that work — some probably better than others, some probably cheaper than others.

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Great deal of confusion surrounding ephedra diet products

Just a Guy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:57:00 +0000

I was doing some research today on the Internet and found that there’s a great deal of confusion surrounding “ephedra” and dietary supplements that contain this herbal ingredient. (Ephedra is also commonly known by an English translation of its Chinese herbal name, “ma huang.”) The substance was banned by the FDA in 2004 for dietary/weight loss usage. It was associated with negative effects in humans, ranging from strokes to heart problems, and has been implicated in some deaths. But here’s where the confusion over ephedra products began. The ban was challenged in the state of Utah and a federal district court said the FDA overstepped its powers by banning the substance across the board for weight loss purposes.

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Great deal of confusion surrounding ephedra diet products

Fair question — how much do we waste on ‘health’ products despite recession?

Just a Guy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:21:46 +0000

I posted just awhile ago about people who continue to pamper their pets in recessionary times, which leads to another very fair question: Do we “pamper” or needlessly spoil ourselves in recessionary times with all the “health” products we eat, swallow, rub on, etc.?

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Fair question — how much do we waste on ‘health’ products despite recession?