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Concerned about calories? Visit http://caloriecount.about.com for guidance and support. The free site will evaluate your activity level and physical profile and recommend foods with a high nutritional value while determining the barriers for losing weight. It also includes nutrition facts for more than 70,000 foods. -- DESONTA HOLDER Herald.com .
Ask Doctor Vinod
All chemicals, there are thousands of new ones made every year, are considered innocent and can be used by industry as they see fit. Medical science has to prove them bad. That takes years. And when found to be bad for us we do not ban them outright . We just cannot. Examples abound. Some follow- lead, mercury, asbestos, transfats and the many carcinogens in our food and air. Why?
Bismarck is Angry. Why?? .
Slimming pill to be available from chemist
An over-the-counter version of a powerful prescription-only slimming pill may soon be available from chemists. GlaxoSmithKline has applied for a lower dose of its anti-obesity drug Xenical to be made available under the supervision of chemists. The new version of the drug, called Alli, has a lower dose of the active ingredient orlistat and has been available without prescription in the US since June. .
Personal Health: News and Notes
Michigan researchers test pedometer's effectiveness Does wearing a pedometer promote weight loss, or is it just another ineffective fitness fad? For an answer, University of Michigan researchers analyzed the results of nine studies involving 307 participants who wore pedometers for a median of 16 weeks. All but one of the studies led to minor weight loss, on average about 3 pounds per person. The longer they stuck with the pedometer-walking program, the more weight they lost, according to the study, published in a recent issue of Annals of Family Medicine. The researchers noted that regular exercise, including walking, not only pares pounds, but reduces diabetes and heart-disease risk and lowers blood pressure. - Marie McCullough In weight loss, it's not what you eat, but what you read Speaking of weight loss, a new study concludes that magazines aimed at African American women are more likely than "mainstream" women's magazines to encourage fad diets and reliance on faith rather than proven fat-fighting strategies.
Focus on healthy food
The food we eat tomorrow may be little different to the food we eat today, but we might think very differently about what we put in our mouths, scientists say.
A FutureFood roadshow, currently touring New Zealand, creates food scenarios 10 years into the future, based on current scientific research and development.
Through a futuristic kitchen and snap shots of the science and business opportunities emerging in New Zealand that relate to food, roadshow visitors are given a glimpse into healthy eating of the future.
Roadshow host Sarah Gaskin said the show is all about encouraging people to think about food, not just the food they eat but about the impact of their food choices on the world.
�We need to be thinking about the economic cost of the food we eat and about sustainability of that food too.
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