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Sunday, September 14, 2003
Four factors that increase glycemic index
Glycemic index, that is how much does a given amount of food raise blood sugar, is affected by several factors according to Roberts (2000).
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Women lose more weight with Nutrasweet
Women using Nutrasweet (aspartame) lost more weight after one year than women who abstained from using Nutrasweet according to one study that they authors reviewed. These women had been part of a three month study which had them follow a diet of 1000 calories per day.
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Low-calorie more effective than low-fat
Long-term weight loss with low-fat diets is "very small" according to according to a review paper on low-fat diets published in Obesity Reveiws. They concluded that "low-fat diets are as [effective] as other weight-reducing diets for achieving sustained weight loss, but not more so." However, their results suggest that low-calorie diets are more effective.
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Sugar intake associated with lower weight in men
Higher sugar intake is associated with lower body weight in men, but not in women according to Gibson (1996). Men who consumed more sugar were thinner than men consuming less sugar (Gibson, 1996). This was true even in men consuming a high-fat diet containing more than 40 percent of their calories as fat, and after adjusting for age, smoking, energy, fat intake, and dieting.
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Sugar intake associated with lower weight in men (again)
High fat intake associated with higher body weight
High fat intake is associated with higher body weights in both men and women according to Macdiarmid et al (1998).
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High-fat, sugary foods associated with obesity in women
High-fat sweet foods such as cakes, biscuits, and chocolate are associated with obesity according to Macdiarmid et al (1998). Studies have also found that obese women have a preference for these foods.
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Saturday, September 13, 2003
Seroquel associated with modest weight gain
The anti-psychotic drug Seroquel (quetiapine) is associated with modest weight gain that is not dose-related and does not increase over time according to a recently published review paper about the weight gaining potential of anti-psychotic drugs.
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Geodon has a minimal effect on body weight
The anti-psychotic drug Geodon (ziprasidone) has a minimal effect on body weight according to a recently published review paper about the weight gaining potential of anti-psychotic drugs. However, it may cause more gastrointestinal side effects, such as an upset stomach or nausea, than drugs such as Zyprexa (olanzapine).
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Iloperidone causes weight gain in small percent of patients
The anti-psychotic drug iloperidone (not available in the U.S.) only causes weight gain in a small percentage of patients according to a recently published review paper about the weight gaining potential of anti-psychotic drugs.
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Abilify does cause weight gain
The anti-psychotic drug Abilify (aripiprazole) does cause weight gain according to a recently published review paper about the weight gaining potential of anti-psychotic drugs. However, Abilify (aripiprazole) may lower blood sugar levels as well as blood lipid levels.
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Amisulpiride causes 3-6 pound weight gain
The anti-psychotic drug amisulpiride (not available in the U.S.) causes an average weight gain of 3 to 6 pounds according to a recently published review paper about the weight gaining potential of anti-psychotic drugs.
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Sertindole causes 10 pound weight gain
The anti-psychotic drug sertindole (not available in the U.S.) causes an average weight gain of 7.3 pounds in six weeks according to one study and 10.1 pounds after one year according to another study. This according to a recently published review paper about the weight gaining potential of anti-psychotic drugs.
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Risperdal causes weight gain of 5-6 pounds
The anti-psychotic drug Risperdal (risperidone) causes an average weight gain of 5 or 6 pounds according to a recently published review paper about the weight gaining potential of anti-psychotic drugs.
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High-dose Zyprexa causes 26 pound weight gain
Patients taking 1 mg per day of the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa (olanzapine) gained an average of 6.6 pounds, whereas those taking high doses of 12.5 mg to 17.5 mg per day gained an average of 26 pounds according to a recently published review paper about the weight gaining potential of anti-psychotic drugs. Weight gain is dose-related.
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Clozapine causes 13 pound weight gain in women
The anti-psychotic drug Clozapine (Clozaril) causes an average weight gain of 13 pound in women and 7.3 pounds in men according to a recently published review paper about the weight gaining potential of anti-psychotic drugs.
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Friday, September 12, 2003
Patients prefer the word “weight” to “fatness”
Obese women greatly prefer the term "weight" to "fatness" according to a new study from Thomas A. Wadden from Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Elizabeth Didie from the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Penn.
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Weight loss Doctors have a bias against fat people
Doctors who specialize in weight loss have a "very strong weight bias" against fat people according to a study published in the Sept-Oct 2003 issue of Obesity Research. Doctors tended to endorse the stereotype that obese people are lazy, stupid and worthless.
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Exercise: High intensity provides more benefits in women
Women who engaged in "high intensity" exercise of aerobic dance lost 4.6 pounds more than women who followed a "low intesity" exercise program of walking.
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Meridia: Greater weight loss with more than 15 mg
Weight loss was significantly greater when the dose of Meridia used was greater than 15 mg.
Meridia's effect on increasing systolic blood pressure was greater in patients who weighed more than 202 pounds and younger than 44-year-old. Whereas the effect on diastolic systolic was greater only in patients who weighed more than 202 pounds. Read the entire article | Email this article
Meridia's effect on increasing systolic blood pressure was greater in patients who weighed more than 202 pounds and younger than 44-year-old. Whereas the effect on diastolic systolic was greater only in patients who weighed more than 202 pounds. Read the entire article | Email this article
Calcium: Low intake associated with greater body fat
A low intake of calcium is associated with an increase in body fat, especially in women concludes a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Women consuming less than 600 mg of calcium per day were heavier, had higher percent body fat, had a greater body mass index (BMI), and more belly fat than women who consumed more than 1000 mg of calcium per day. Read the entire article | Email this article
Women consuming less than 600 mg of calcium per day were heavier, had higher percent body fat, had a greater body mass index (BMI), and more belly fat than women who consumed more than 1000 mg of calcium per day. Read the entire article | Email this article
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Adding 5-HTP to Phen-Pro: An interview with Dr. Dennis Padla
Psychiatrist Dr. Dennis Padla 5-HTP may help patients who have plateaued but may also increase the incidence of some side effects.
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The importance of omega-3 fatty acids: An interview with Dr. Artemis Simopoulos
Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D. is one of the world's leading experts on the effects of essential fatty acids on health and disease and is the author of "The Omega Diet".
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INTERVIEW
Adding 5-HTP to Phen-Pro: An interview with Dr. Michael Anchors
Dr. Michael Anchors says that adding 5-HTP to Phentermine-Proac helps about half of plauteaed patients to lose more weight.
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Phentermine-Prozac (Phen-Pro): An interview with Dr. Michael Anchors
Michael Anchors, M.D., Ph.D. is the author of the book titled Safer Than Phen-Fen. He is a clinical professor of medicine at Georgetown University and operates a family practice in Maryland.
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Phentermine-Prozac (Phen-Pro) for losing weight: An update with Michael Anchors (1998)
This is an update to the interview with Michael Anchors, M.D., Ph.D. about the use of Phen-Pro, the combination of phentermine and Prozac or certain other SSRIs.
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Interview with Michael Murray, N.D. about 5-HTP
Michael T. Murray, N.D., is the author of numerous books about nutritional supplements. His latest is 5-HTP: The Natural Way to Boost Serotonin and Overcome Depression, Obesity, and Insomnia. Larry Hobbs interviewed Dr. Murray by phone about the use of 5-HTP for weight loss.
This interview was first published in Obesity Research Update, June 1998, Volume 3 Number 6 Page 41. Read the entire article | Email this article
This interview was first published in Obesity Research Update, June 1998, Volume 3 Number 6 Page 41. Read the entire article | Email this article
Interview with Richard Rothman, M.D., Ph.D. about Phentermine-5-HTP
"We wouldn't be in business without 5-HTP," says Richard B. Rothman, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director of BE-LITE Medical Centers located in Virginia and Maryland.
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Lose weight with phentermine, Celexa and 5-HTP: An interview with Marty Hinz, M.D.
"We're getting seventy-eight percent greater weight loss than we got with Fen-Phen," says Martin Hinz, M.D., from Morgan Park Clinic of Duluth, Minn. "This is since we made some additional changes to our program in January of this year."
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Sunday, December 29, 2002
Sunday, July 29, 2001
Body Mass Index (BMI) Table
Wednesday, July 11, 2001
Marcia Angell, MD
“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines.
“I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades [ 21 years ] as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.”
— Marcia Angell, MD, “Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption,” New York Review of Books, Jan 15, 2009
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Thursday, October 05, 2000
Sexual abuse
It is estimated that approximately one in seven women (14.5 percent) and one in fourteen men (7.2 percent) were sexually abused as children.
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Sunday, July 16, 2000
YouTube video example
Here is an example of a YouTube video embeded on my site.
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Saturday, April 29, 2000
COCOA
Cocoa reduces belly fat in rats
Tuesday, April 18, 2000
OBESITY STATISTICS
More than half of California adults are overweight
More than half of California adults are overweight or obese according to a study from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). This means that over 14 million adults over the age of eighteen have a significant weight problem.
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