Newest Trends in Weight Loss

It’s 2009, and there are as many overweight and obese people as ever. Obesity in the United States continues to increase, with men and women in racial and ethnic minority populations more likely to be obese. Obesity is strongly correlated with type II diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke. The risk for developing diabetes increases by 25% for each additional unit of body mass index (BMI). In the U.S., 40% of type II diabetes patients had BMIs greater than 30.

Meanwhile, there are more approaches to weight loss than ever. Perhaps no one method will prevail. It may be that weight loss has to be individually determined, but there is no shortage of techniques reported to promote weight loss. Here are some of the more popular ones. Read the rest of this post »

January 1, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Newest Trends in Weight Loss  No Comments

Lose Weight with Cellulose Supplements

The World Health Organization calls obesity one of the most prominent, yet most neglected public health issues in the world today. Worldwide, 1 billion adults are overweight, and 300 million of them are obese. Excessive weight is known to promote type II diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancer.

In the past few years, scientists in Europe have developed weight loss supplements based on cellulose that are reported to induce a feeling of fullness and therefore discourage overeating. These supplements come in capsules, and work by expanding once they reach the digestive tract. A capsule the size of a vitamin pill is said to expand to the size of a tennis ball. This gelatinous mass partially fills the stomach and makes dieters feel full with less food intake. Read the rest of this post »

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