Weight Loss News May 6th, 2008
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Shinn outed for month over weight-loss drug
GAI Waterhouse’s stable jockey Blake Shinn has been suspended for a month by Racing NSW stewards after proving positive to the banned stimulant ephedrine.
The 22-year-old former Victorian leads the Sydney jockeys’ premiership with 57 winners with another Waterhouse rider, Nash Rawiller, second on 49.
“It is pretty upsetting,” Shinn said. “All I want to say is I’ve made a terrible mistake. I’ve learnt the hard way and it will never happen again.”
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American weighing in at 640 pounds starts China weight loss journey
TIANJIN, May 6 (Xinhua) — Alonzo Bland, a 640-pound man from the United States, arrived at a weight-loss hospital in this northern port city early on Tuesday to start a one-year weight loss journey in China.
Bland, 32, standing 182 centimeters high, is from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He won a national contest, Winners in Life, sponsored by a company called China Connection. The prize is one year of free treatment in China.
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Even After Weight Loss, Fat Cells Remain
Adults have about the same number of fat cells in their body constantly, even after losing a significant amount of weight, Swedish researchers say.
Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, made their determination by studying fat samples from liposuction and abdominal reconstruction surgery in lean and obese volunteers, leading them to conclude that the number of fat cells is determined in childhood.
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Using the Concept of Muscle Confusion for Weight Loss
When embarking upon a weight loss journey, there will be hills to climb and plateaus to cross. Some days the scale will not be your friend and others you will want to fall on the floor and kiss that small piece of electronic equipment. The key to kissing the scale everyday during your weight loss adventure is the concept of muscle confusion.
Utilized by bodybuilders, muscle confusion centers on the concept of keeping the muscles guessing all the time in order to see the greatest gains. Everyone who is trying a new weight loss plan, will know the importance of exercise in the plan. Exercise burns calories and creating negative calories means weight loss; the ultimate goal of a weight loss program.
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Regular scuba diving said to promote weight loss
An article in the UK newspaper publication, The Guardian, has published an article giving facts about calorie burning during a scuba dive. They provide the following information, which suggests that regular scuba diving can assist/promote weight loss and increase in strength and general fitness.
Shapely legs: Swimming with fins (flippers) is like water-based weight-training – firming the front of the thighs as you kick down and the back of the thighs as you kick up.
Blocked brain enzyme decreases appetite and promotes weight loss
DURHAM, N.C. – Imagine being able to tone down appetite and promote weight loss, while improving the body’s ability to handle blood sugar levels.
That’s just what Tony Means, PhD, and his team at the Duke University Medical Center were able to do when they blocked a brain enzyme, CaMKK2, in mice.
“We believe we have identified an important drug development target that could potentially turn into a metabolic triple play: appetite control, weight loss and blood sugar management,“ said Means, who is the Nanaline H. Duke Professor and Chairman of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology.
For many years, scientists have been identifying and testing every step of the appetite stimulation and suppression pathways in search of a target. Such research is considered critical to finding ways for people to better control their weight and minimize their risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and other health conditions.
Spa of Weight Loss for Life
Still on the subject of weight-loss, here’s nutritionist Amanda Hamilton handing out the wheat grass juice: “Diets don’t work. Detox does.”
Overhauling your body and your life in just five days sounds tempting. The word “spa” conjures up visions of pampered luxury but, at the place where our five overweight Brits check in, the emphasis is more on coffee enemas than fluffy bathrobes and whale music.
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Weight loss all in the mind
Forget counting calories, new research has found losing weight is all in the mind.
An Otago University study has found ‘non-dieting’ interventions can be effective in reducing psychological distress and medical symptoms in women who are overweight.
Researcher Caroline Horwath says the new approach takes the focus off body weight and instead gets women to listen to their own body signals. She says it focuses on improving lifestyle behaviours to enhance health independently of weight loss.
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Fat chance: A diet pill won’t make you thin
When the fat-blocker Alli hit pharmacy shelves last June, hopeful consumers stampeded for the first government-approved over-the-counter weight-loss drug. But it didn’t take long for the troublesome side effects such as not being able to control your bowels, and the lack of real weight loss for some, to convince many dieters that Alli wasn’t the sole answer to their weight problems.
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More People Choosing Prevention Over Pills
Elliott Colasanto was tired of giving pills to customers for conditions that he was certain could be improved, perhaps even eliminated, through diet.
But the pharmacist and owner of Beacon Pharmacy in Southington didn’t have time to do the kind of nutritional counseling that he knew was necessary to help his customers.
Save your money, forget about diet pills
MSNBC took a look into the effectiveness of diet pills recently and found that, on their own, diet pills won’t make you thin. Despite the reality that diet pills aren’t magic bullets, the drug industry is set to roll out almost 15 new diet pills in the next few years! Many experts agree that diet pills can be used in tandem with exercise to make a difference, but taking them alone is only an exercise in futility.
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