Qnexa Approach to Weight Loss Available NOW!

Today, Thursday, 2012-02-23, a U.S. FDA advisory panel recommended the FDA approve the new weight-loss drug Qnexa. The advisory panel voted 20-2 vote for approval, saying Qnexa's benefits for the chronically obese outweighed potential risks the drug may pose, according to ABC News.
Qnexa is a combination of two drugs - phentermine, which is a stimulant, and topiramate, a migraine drug - also known by the name Topamax. An official approval or a rejection by the FDA of Qnexa is expected by April 17th.

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MILK BOOSTS BRAIN FUNCTION

According to the WorldHealth.net a glass of milk a day may help promote memory and overall mental performance.

G.E. Crichton, from the University of Maine (Maine, USA), and colleagues enrolled 900 men and women, ages 23 to 98 years, in a study involving a series of brain assessments – including visual-spatial, verbal and working memory tests. Crichton’s team also tracked the milk consumption habits of the participants.

In the series of eight different measures of mental performance, regardless of age and through all tests, those who drank at least one glass of milk each day had an advantage. The highest scores for all eight outcomes were observed for those with the highest intakes of milk and milk products compared to those with low and infrequent milk intakes.

Now the new Milk Ad can say, “Milk…It does a Body and Mind Good.” Here’s to milk moustaches everywhere!!!

You can Read the Full Article Posted on 2012-02-21 @ WorldHealth.net

Inside the Box or Outside the Box?

Ever wonder why it seems we are behind most countries with thought provoking, cutting-edge medical treatments? Maybe because those other countries "venture" outside the box, while we in the U.S. stay "stuck" inside the box.

 

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

Dr. Albert T. W. Simeons, (1900–1970), English endocrinologist, schooled in Germany. Lived in India for 20 years and in the 1950’s developed the Medical hCG Diet for rapid weight loss which included a 500 calorie a day diet and very small doses of the hCG hormone daily. The Dr. moved to Italy to perfect the hCG Diet. Since being developed, Medical hCG has changed the lives of many obese people struggling to lose weight.

 

STAYING INSIDE THE BOX

Many U.S. physicians and others in the medical community, and even the FDA have fought against Medical hCG, saying it’s a placebo and the 500 calorie a day diet is a starvation diet, even though it’s helped literally thousands lose weight and get healthy since the 1950’s. Under much scrutiny and heavy pressure, many physicians have had to increase the daily caloric intake for the hCG diet, so it’s not considered by U.S. standards to be “starvation”.

 

 

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

On November 29, 2011: SUSAN BIRK had a very interesting article appear on the Family Practice News Digital Network through the American Academy of Family Practice.

The article was regarding a four month Diabetes study conducted by  Dr. Sebastiaan Hammer of Leiden (the Netherlands) University Medical Center, which included a supervised, yet very restricted low calorie diet of 500 calories a day, resulting NOT in starvation, but rather, lasting impressive cardiac benefit from weight loss for ALL the participants involved.

Please See the VITALS from the Study Below:

 

Major Finding: Four months of a restricted-calorie diet produced lasting reductions in pericardial fat and improvements in left ventricular diastolic function in a study of obese adults with type 2 diabetes.

At the beginning of the study, all patients had a BMI greater than 30 kg/m², were being treated with insulin, and had no cardiac complaints.

Disclosures: Dr. Hammer had no financial disclosures related to this study.

The common thread here is 500 calories a day for weight loss, through a cutting-edge program with a trusted physician under supervision. I’m not a physician, just a blogger, who happened to have lost weight on 500 calories a day with medical hCG…and for the record, I DID NOT STARVE! I’m very healthy now after losing all the weight 3 yrs. ago. We did modify the diet at BHC from 500 calories to 750 calories daily.

We should ALL think outside the box!

If you would like to read the complete article on Dr. Hammer's Diabetes Study, copy and paste the following link:

http://www.familypracticenews.com/news/more-top-news/single-view/diabetes-calorie-restriction-yields-lasting-cardiac-benefit/fdc9aa6486.html

5 Tips to Boost Energy and End Fatigue

1. Eat within an hour of waking.

2. Recognize that increased stress may make you prone to eat more.

3. Make it a combo platter: good carbs, lean protein and healthy fat.

4. Eat less food more often throughout the day.

5. Get a good night’s sleep.

Bonus Tip: Get fit! You will truly increase your body’s capacity and be less fatigued. In addition, people who exercise for 150 minutes a week (which is just 30 minutes, 5 days a week) have been shown to sleep better than those who do not!   

By Heidi Skolnik, MS, CN, FACSM, Nutrition Conditioning, LLC
Women’s Sports Medicine Center at Hospital for Special Surgery

 

To all of our followers, patients, family members and friends….wishing you all a Happy Valentine’s Day!

Remember, the gift of love is in your heart and it’s measured daily by your actions, not in the monetary price you pay or the size and amount of the gift you give on just this one day!