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hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diets & Weight Loss Plans Announces More Weight Loss with an hCG Diet than Popular …

Posted: November 1, 2012 at 2:10 am

Moringa, or the horseradish tree is getting a lot of attention for its dietary and weight loss properties, but studies show that the best weight loss is still found with a customized prescription hCG diet from Diet Doc.

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Moringa has long been used in Asia and India for its believed health benefits. A single serving of Moringa is believed to contain more essential vitamins and nutrients than many popular foods associated with those vitamins. For instance, an ounce of Moringa leaves are believed to contain more potassium than an ounce of banana, more vitamin C than an orange, etc. But for the best weight loss, as Moringa is now being marketed, it is unproven. While evidence seems to point to Moringa's nutritional viability, claims touting it as the next great weight loss supplement are unfounded. For those looking for a proven weight loss plan, capable of producing the fast weight loss desired with little to no side effects, hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diets & Weight Loss Plans announces a new hCG diet plan. With improved weight loss products and services, a Diet Doc prescription hCG diet is capable of producing the best weight loss on average of 1 pound per day in their clients. CEO of hCGTreatments / Diet Doc Weight Loss Julie Wright adds that "Our modernized hCG diet is currently the most scientifically developed hCG diet in the nation and the only weight loss solution capable of providing the best weight loss with such little side effects. The vast majority of our patients experience no adverse effects from hCG treatments because our in-house physicians thoroughly pre-screen patients before any treatment is provided."

hCG, or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin was initially discovered to produce the best weight loss in 1954 by Dr. A. Simeons, who prescribed an ultra low calorie diet of only 500 calories in conjunction with pure hCG injections. Diet Doc Weight Loss Plans has since completely revamped this outdated weight loss diet to include more calories, up to 1250 daily, and more scientifically sound methods based on the latest nutritional science. Currently, hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diet & Weight Loss Plans offers the only modernized version of the 58 year old hCG diet protocol. "Many doctors begun offering the original 1950's Dr. Simeons HCG diet, which promises dieters they will lose 1 pound per day if they consume a maximum of 500 calories daily while taking injections of hCG a human hormone made by chorionic cells in the fetal part of the placenta during pregnancy" reports Wright.

hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diet offers a clinically superior weight loss plan called the hCG diet that is specifically designed to fight obesity. The program that has helps 97% of patients experience fast weight loss is based on a personalized diet for each person depending on their health history, age, gender, lifestyle and preferences. This sophisticated doctor designed and physician managed weight loss plan also involves prescribing weight loss medication that has little to no side effects along with weight loss products like weight loss shakes and oils.

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Partisan politics hobble Diet

Posted: November 1, 2012 at 2:09 am

Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012

A 33-day extraordinary Diet session kicked off on Monday under unusual circumstances. The opposition in the Upper House refused to listen to a policy speech by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on the grounds that the chamber in the previous session passed a censure motion against him. Thus Mr. Noda gave his policy speech only in the Lower House. Such an action is unprecedented since the current Constitution took effect on May 3, 1947.

It is the Diet's duty to discuss policy matters on the basis of a policy speech given by the prime minister. The refusal to listen to the prime minister's policy speech runs counter to that principle. While a no-confidence motion by the Lower House against the prime minister has a constitutional basis, a censure motion by the Upper House against the prime minister has no legal basis. Therefore, the constitutionally questionable move by the opposition sets a problematic precedent. If the opposition forces take part in the deliberations in the Upper House budget and other committees, it will be difficult to find any logic in their contradictory courses of action.

The showdown between the ruling and opposition camps is not based on policy differences. Rather it is due to Mr. Noda's refusal to indicate when he will dissolve the Lower House despite calls to do so by the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, respectively the No. 1 and No. 3 opposition parties. In an attempt to have Mr. Noda accede to their demand, the LDP and Komeito have taken hostage a bill to issue bonds to cover some 40 percent of the fiscal 2012 budget.

The delay in the passage of the bill is already causing a reduction of spending from the budget. If this situation continues, it will negatively impact people's lives. Both Mr. Noda and the opposition camp must place priority on avoiding such a situation. They should make serious efforts to strike a compromise that will allow the deficit-covering bonds issuance bill to be enacted.

Another important issue pending in the Diet is the enactment of bills to rectify the disparity in the value of a vote between depopulated rural areas and urban areas for both Lower and Upper House elections. The passage of a reapportionment bill for the Lower House is particularly urgent because an election will likely to be held sooner than the Upper House election scheduled for next summer. To prevent the Supreme Court from declaring future election results null and void, the DPJ should give up its rather complicated plan for reforming the Lower House election system and the Diet should simply pass a bill to rectify the Lower House vote value disparity as quickly as possible.

Both the ruling and opposition parties should realize that the stalling of Diet business is causing frustration and anxiety among voters and driving them into the arms of new political forces led by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara.

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Diet, Diabetes, and Doubt: Is Preventive Medicine Lost in Space?

Posted: November 1, 2012 at 2:09 am

A large federal trial, looking at lifestyle--diet and exercise--for the treatment of diabetes was just terminated because, after 11 years, it wasn't working as intended. The Look AHEAD study was stopped early because it was not reducing the rate of heart attack and stroke in the intervention group relative to the control. The termination was reported in a press release by the National Institutes of Health, and picked up by mainstream media. The findings suggest that diet and exercise are not effective for reducing the cardiovascular complications of diabetes.

And so, AHEAD, or at least the media coverage of it, is inviting us to look back, and doubt what we thought we knew about diet as the best medicine we've got--for diabetes, at least. We thought we knew that lifestyle was among the most powerful determinants of health outcomes. We thought we knew that diet and exercise together could prevent heart attacks in high-risk people. Participants in the AHEAD intervention lost 8 percent of their body weight by the end of the first year of the trial and were still down 5 percent from their baseline weight at the four-year mark. We thought we knew that diet, exercise, and weight management like this exerted important influences on the course of diabetes. Now, the AHEAD findings suggest we were wrong. Right? Not so fast.

For one thing, the trial did generate many noteworthy benefits. Prior papers in the Archives of Internal Medicine and the New England Journal of Medicine have reported significant benefits of lifestyle intervention related to weight loss, fitness, blood glucose levels, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and mobility. The study was terminated for failing to prevent heart attacks and strokes, but it did reduce medication use, and conferred other benefits--such as a significant reduction in sleep apnea.

The AHEAD methodology also helps account for the putatively disappointing results of the long-term study. Diabetes requires treatment--so all patients in AHEAD were treated. Those in the lifestyle intervention group reduced their reliance on medication, while those in the control group took more. But since failing to treat diabetes with state-of-the-art medication is unethical, everyone was provided that. The study was actually comparing feet and forks to pharmacotherapy. When both intervention and control groups are being treated, differences between them diminish, an occurrence known in research as "bias toward the null." This exerted a profound effect in the AHEAD trial, making the positive findings more noteworthy still.

But to the extent that the negative results, with regard to cardiovascular event prevention, remain both surprising and disappointing, there is a fundamental explanation for them: too little, too late. What works for prevention may not always work nearly as well for treatment.

Need an image to help that notion really resonate? Let's talk about jumping out of an airplane. A parachute is great for preventing a high-velocity collision with the ground,but it's of no use at all if opened after the landing. Sometimes, timing is everything.

The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)--the precursor to AHEAD, in fact, and based on the very same lifestyle intervention--showed that diet, exercise, and modest weight loss could prevent the development of diabetes in 58 percent of high-risk adults. The best drug we've got, metformin, was only half that good. And let's be clear: complications of diabetes don't happen when the diabetes doesn't happen.

The DPP was not a warm-up band for AHEAD. It was a huge federal trial in its own right, run by many of the same people who ran AHEAD. It enrolled thousands of pre-diabetic adults and was supported with a budget of $174 million. The DPP administered the lifestyle intervention adapted for AHEAD. We can't toss out the original DPP results just because AHEAD didn't serve up a repeat. The results of prior trials don't vanish just because new results come along. Whatever we need to learn from AHEAD needs to be reconciled with what we learned before.

We have long had evidence that a comprehensive lifestyle intervention can shrink plaque in coronary arteries. We have evidence that it can prevent heart attacks in high-risk individuals. And we have evidence that it can even change gene expression, and potentially reduce the risk of cancer occurrence, recurrence, and progression.

How do we reconcile such findings with the latest from AHEAD? As a case of a bit too little, quite a bit too late.

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hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diets & Weight Loss Plans Announces Prescription hCG Diet Still Winning the Weight Loss …

Posted: November 1, 2012 at 2:09 am

The FDA has allowed the release of two new weight loss drugs, with another on the horizon. However, in-house surveys conducted by Diet Doc Weight Loss Plans reveal still much more weight lost with a prescription hCG diet from Diet Doc than each of the new FDA approved weight loss drugs.

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Those considering weight loss often become overwhelmed with the amount of weight loss plans available, some of which are FDA approved. To aid the ever increasing obesity epidemic in America, the FDA recently approved 2 weight loss drugs and is in the process of approval of a third. But in the weight loss race, these drugs only produce nominal weight loss, while the hCG diet leads the pack with an average of a pound per day of real weight loss. In their effort to continually improve the hCG diet, hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diets & Weight Loss Plans has modified the original hCG diet protocol to allow more caloric intake, healthier diet foods made more effective and healthy by modern nutrition science, and the nation's leading diet support plan, integral to lose weight fast and future weight maintenance. Statistics released by the FDA reveal Qsymia's lack of ability to aid fast weight loss in patients. The study states that "After one year of treatment with the recommended and highest daily dose of Qsymia, patients had an average weight loss of 6.7 percent and 8.9 percent, respectively, over treatment with placebo." Likewise, the other new FDA approved weight loss drug Belviq does produce weight loss, but receives similar reviews. WebMD reports that "People taking Belviq had an average weight loss that was 3% to 3.7% greater than people taking placebo. After taking Belviq for one or two years, some 47% of people without diabetes lost at least 5% of their body weight. Only 23% of patients taking an inactive placebo lost this much weight."

For those worried about untested weight loss methods, prescription hCG also has FDA approval and has been proven to produce the best weight loss available. Dr. Harry A. Gusman, M.D. conducted studies on the original hCG diet and found it to "the most productive and safe approach to the best weight loss." Dr. Gusman conducted his study of the hCG diet on the original 1954 Dr. Simeons hCG protocol, and found it safe and effective for the best weight loss. Since then, hCGTreatments / Diet Doc Weight Loss Plans has completely modernized the outdated Simeons hCG protocol based on modern science and research. Diet Doc offers the only modernized version of the hCG diet in the nation, supplementing prescription hCG treatments with a proprietary line of healthy weight loss foods and diet aids that lend to the hCG diet's safety and effectiveness. Since Dr. Simeons discovered the power of prescription hCG treatments, the field of nutrition science has emerged and advancements can now be applied to the hCG diet. Diet Doc has increased the amount of calories allowed while on the hCG diet from 500 to as much as 1250, and is still the best weight loss available. This is due again to nutritional science. With modern nutritional advancements, Diet Doc is able to pack much more essential vitamins and nutrients into less calories, and with human physiology making our understanding of the human body more clear, a diet plan can be created that allows dieters to consume calories without gaining weight, because Diet Doc understands that the type of calories consumed is more important than the amount.

As for providing the best weight loss, the hCG diet is also winning the weight loss race. Capable of producing a pound per day of weight loss, Diet Doc's hCG diet plan produces up to 11 times the weight loss that the new FDA approved diet drugs provide, and without the risk of harmful side effects. Julie Wright, CEO of Diet Doc Weight Loss Plans notes that "Diet Doc provides medically supervised patient care to people across the USA. We provide a collaborative approach to dieting, which is more labor intensive, but also more effective. We work with a team of physicians who are passionate about reducing obesity which is often the cause for many diseases and illnesses." With an hCG diet from Diet Doc, patients receive a clinically superior, physician monitored fast weight loss program called the hCG diet plan that is specifically designed to fight obesity.

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Integrative Medicine: Diet, exercise fight depression

Posted: October 18, 2012 at 7:12 am

The incidence of depression has skyrocketed in children and adults since World War II; depression affects about 10 percent of the population in the United States, and the World Health Organization predicts that by 2030, more people will suffer from depression than any other medical condition.

Antidepressant medication use has also increased (to the tune of 400 percent) since the 1980s, when drugs such as Prozac hit the market, even though recent data suggest that these medications offer little if any benefit to people with mild to moderate depression.

In spite of this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2011 that 11 percent of Americans over the age of 12 take antidepressants.

Why has there been such a dramatic increase in depression?

Although traumatic life events, stress and social isolation can increase the risk of depression, our Western way of life is probably a bigger contributor. Evidence suggests that nutrient-poor diets high in refined carbohydrates and commercially raised animal foods, combined with lack of exercise, all contribute to obesity, heart disease and diabetes.

These diseases are associated with elevated levels of inflammatory markers in the blood such as C-reactive protein, and they are also all associated with depression. People with other inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis are also at increased risk of depression.

Could inflammatory changes in the brain be one of the main drivers behind our epidemic of depression? And could this explain why anti- depressant medications often don't work for people with depression?

This is an exciting new area of research.

In pursuit of the inflammation- depression connection, researchers from Emory University in Atlanta looked at the use of an anti-inflammatory drug called infliximab for the treatment of major depression in people who had not responded to antidepressants. Infliximab, also known as Remicade, is usually given to people with inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis.

The researchers in the study found that 62 percent of depressed people with high blood levels of C-reactive protein had a reduction in their depression while taking the infliximab, while only 33 percent of those with normal CRP levels noted improvement. This was the first time that a drug specifically targeting inflammation was used to successfully treat depression, and provides some support for the depression-inflammation theory.

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Diet.com Awards $2,000+ in Prizes: Giveaway Honors 100 Million Views of Fitness Videos

Posted: October 18, 2012 at 7:11 am

(PRWEB) October 17, 2012

Diet.com, one of the web's leading resources for diet, fitness, and nutrition content and tools, has announced the fifteen winners of last month's giveaway, which marked the surpassing of 100 million total views on their YouTube channel's fitness and recipe videos.

Fifteen viewers were randomly chosen from over 600 entries in the giveaway contest, which was announced via a YouTube video in September and invited subscribers to leave comments answering the question, "What is your favorite diethealth video?" Each comment was treated as an entry into the giveaway of fifteen potential prizes. The winners were announced last week, also via YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB2XvsNtRWc

Five of the winners will take home prize packages, including prizes ranging from healthy snacks and beverages to fitness DVDs and personal Skype sessions with fitness experts. Ten additional winners will be rewarded with 6-month Premium memberships to Diet.com.

Diet.com also awarded each of the 5 prize package winners with a 1-year Premium membership to http://www.diet.com, which includes lifestyle-based meal plans, exercise plans, motivational monthly calendars, and unlimited one-on-one consultations and meal coaching with the site's registered dietitian, Meghan Tiernan, MS, RD, LDN.

Prize sponsors included NatureBox, Vita Coco, Hanneke Antonelli (of PilateswithHanneke.com and the Balance Your Life DVD), Stephen Cabral (of Lose5in7.com and the Lose5in7 Fatlossity Weight Loss System), Sarah Dussault (of DietHealth videos and SarahFit.com), Triumph Team Fitness, Avon representative Carol Carpenter, and Lisa Johnson (of LisaJohnsonFitness.com and ModernPilatesBoston.com).

Diet.com has been creating exclusive "Diet.com Video" content in-house since 2006 and in that time has produced nearly 550 videos. The diethealth YouTube channel currently has over 119,000 subscribers and uploads a new instructional fitness video or healthy recipe video every Monday. The channel officially reached 100 million views in early August.

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About Diet.com: Diet.com is a multifaceted health and wellness organization that provides quality information and cutting edge tools and services to consumers and businesses alike. Since its founding, Diet.com has been a valuable online resource for dieters and those seeking information on living a healthy lifestyle. As one of the web's leading resources for diet, nutrition, and fitness content and tools, Diet.com has created a platform where consumers are able to set and track diet and fitness goals, browse over 1,000 healthy recipes, learn new exercises, and interact with others in the thriving Diet.com online community. The diethealth YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/diethealth) has a library of over 500 videos, over 119,000 subscribers, and has received upwards of 100 million views. For any inquiries please contact Lauren Alford, Director of Business Development, at LaurenA(at)diet(dot)com or 919-616-7532.

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hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diet and Weight Loss Plans Announces A Modified hCG Diet to Balance Hormones thereby …

Posted: October 18, 2012 at 7:11 am

Studies have shown that a diet high in fats and carbohydrates may lead to hormonal imbalance, namely increased estrogen and increase risks for certain types of cancer. hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diet & Weight Loss Plans offers a customized hCG diet centered around prescription hCG for the best weight loss and healthy weight loss foods that act to stabilize hormonal imbalances and thereby reduce the risks for the cancers that can be caused by increased estrogen.

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Studies have shown that a diet high in fats and carbohydrates may lead to hormonal imbalance, namely increased estrogen and increase risks for certain types of cancer. hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diet & Weight Loss Plans offers a customized hCG diet centered around prescription hCG for the best weight loss and healthy weight loss foods that act to stabilize hormonal imbalances and thereby reduce the risks for the cancers that can be caused by increased estrogen.

According to the results of a study conducted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, high-fat diets increase estrogen production, which in turn can increase the risk of developing certain kinds of cancer. Many breast tumors are "fueled" by estrogen, the female sex hormones for both women and men. When estrogen levels are excessively high the risk for certain kinds of breast cancer are also higher. The principal estrogen is estradiol, the amount of fat in the diet is linked to increased levels of estradiol being produced by the body. http://www.cancerproject.org/diet_cancer/pdfs/women.pdf

[Studies show that a Low-fat, high-fiber diet, like that utilized while on an hCG weight loss diet from Diet Doc can reduce estrogen in the body to a more biologically normal level, thereby reducing the risk of estrogen related illness.

hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diet & Weight Loss Plans is the only provider of the modernized hCG diet, offering the best weight loss available, as much as a pound per day. Studies show an hCG weight loss diet offers additional health benefits besides the best weight loss, such as restoring hormonal balance. Offering dieting options as simple as pre-packaged diet foods to pharmaceutical prescription grade supplements including prescription hCG coupled with a customized weight loss plan, Diet Doc offers effective options easily available online. The modern version of the hCG diet represents a new approach to weight loss that includes the use of prescription hCG to suppress appetite and signal the body to use fat as a primary source of fuel.

Some traditional modes of dieting that involve starvation or excessive exercise are fine for some, but the obesity epidemic in America continues to rise despite these yo-yo type diets, so Americans need a better, more effective weight loss solution. Medical Director for hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diet and Weight Loss Plans, Dr. Rao asserts that The role that hormones play in hunger, satiety and fat accumulation is largely undermined only because most people dont realize how important they are. Most of our patients come to us when they hit a dieting wall, when it comes to losing the last ten to fifteen pounds. This is when we use our dieting expertise to focus on the foods they may be eating that affect the production of hormones to bring about the best weight loss. The leptin ghrelin cycle in the body is one of the important hormonal triggers that send signals to the brain to cause feelings of both hunger and fullness. Thus, the ability to lose or gain weight can be largely effected by these two hormones.

hCGTreatments / Diet Doc hCG Diet and Weight Loss Plans has modified the popular hCG diet to include different combinations of foods that work towards balancing the hormones in the body and optimizing its functions. This doctor designed, physician managed, medical weight loss program now incorporates a personalized diet plan that uses hormone-friendly foods such as green-leafy vegetables, lean proteins, healthy fats and essential fibers to transform the body into a fat-burning machine. Diet Doc's hCG diet plan does not allow for complex carbohydrates like breads and pastas, so it forces the body to rely on simple carbohydrates found in fresh vegetables and fruits that can easily be converted to energy. Diet Doc's modified hCG diet uses only whole foods that are beneficial for the body and lack unhealthy fats, forcing the body to begin using unnecessary fats as a primary source of energy and reducing the risks associated with a fatty diet.

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Does the Sensa Diet Really Work?

Posted: October 17, 2012 at 11:16 am

What if you could lose 30 pounds in six months more than a pound a week without dieting or exercising? All you have to do is pepper your food with a special powder.

Thats the claim of Sensa, an appetite suppressant that hit the market a few years ago and has recently been advertised on TV. But do you buy it? And would you spend $354 for a six-month supply?

Hopefully not before doing some homework

The product: Sensa was created by Dr. Alan Hirsch, a neurologist and psychiatrist who founded the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation and authored Whats Your Food Sign? How to Use Food Cues to Find True Love.

According to Sensas How It Works page, the calorie-free product enhances your sense of smell, which helps your scent receptors more quickly signal to your brain that you are full. As a result, you eat less and feel more satisfied.

The proof: The Sensa FAQs state that Hirsch conducted a study of 1,436 people, who lost an average of 30.5 pounds in six months using Sensa and were not asked to change their diet or exercise routine.

The product: Theres nothing unique about Sensas known ingredients

The proof: The Sensa website conveniently omitted the fact that Hirschs study was not published in any peer-reviewed journals, which essentially means the scientific community doesnt recognize it as valid.

The website also contradicts itself: While numerous pages boast that diet and exercise are not required, the How It Works page says, Sensa and Dr. Hirsch advocate a healthy lifestyle consisting of portion control and a regular exercise regimen.

Lastly, Sensa has been around a few years. If it worked as well as promised, you probably would have heard about it from someone besides celebrity spokespeople.

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New triggers: Researchers focus on air pollution, sleep deprivation as weight gain causes

Posted: October 16, 2012 at 3:12 pm

As obesity rates soar worldwide, the antidote may seem obvious: Eat less! Move more! But the common-sense approach hasnt been terribly effective, prompting some scientists to question the simplicity of the formula.

Although personal decisions and self-control certainly play a large role in weight gain, a burgeoning area of research suggests that other factors, from air pollution to sleep deprivation, might be subtly helping humans pack on the pounds.

Obesity, it turns out, is a complex condition that involves multiple genes and pathways. Scientists are finding that certain exposures or conditions can change the bodys metabolism, disrupt the trillions of microbes working in the gut and alter hormonal levels in ways that affect a persons weight.

Studies have identified nearly a dozen factors besides overeating and inactivity that can help make people fat, including chemicals in the environment. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that children and teens with higher levels of the chemical bisphenol A in their urine were more likely to be overweight or obese than others. Its next to impossible to avoid BPA, which is used to make shatterproof plastics and resins and is found in some food packaging, toys, cash register receipts and thousands of other products.

Its an epidemic of 1,000 paper cuts, said Andrew Rundle, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia Universitys Mailman School of Public Health, whose research explores environmental triggers of obesity. For some people, appeals to personal responsibility will work. For others, we have to think about all the systemic things going on. I dont discount personal choice and responsibility. Its just way more complicated than that.

Current public health initiatives on obesity tend to aim at just two targets: Americans lack of physical activity and the marketing practices of the food industry. That somewhat obsessive focus has come at a cost, said David Allison, director of the Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Though the big two play a role, taking a myopic view has led to the neglect of other plausible mechanisms and (to) well-intentioned but ill-founded proposals for reducing obesity rates, Allison wrote in a 2006 study published in the International Journal of Obesity, one of the first to offer creative explanations for weight gain.

Lauren Brush, of Chicago, is one of many who have tried following the conventional advice with little success. Though she says she sticks to a strict 1,200-calorie diet and exercises regularly with a heart-rate monitor, the 24-year-old is still heavier than shed like to be.

I always thought of weight loss as a simple format calories in and calories out, said Brush, who is 5-foot-4 and weighs 160 pounds. Ive found thats not the case whatsoever.

Brush has been fighting to lose weight since childhood. In college, she worked with nutritionists on portion size and making smart food choices. She has been tested for food allergies and tried gluten- and dairy-free diets. She has counted calories and, when that didnt work, ignored them. Doctors have ruled out thyroid issues and problems with her metabolism, she said.

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hCG Diet Plan by Diet Doc is the Best Diet According to Recent Survey of 30,000 Patients, The Diet Doc hCG Diet is …

Posted: October 16, 2012 at 3:11 pm

Diet Doc hCG Diet is the best diet plan according to a new survey of 30,000 Diet Doc weight loss patients. Diet Doc is known for as the best diet plan as the doctor designed and managed hCG diet incorporates prescription hCG, prescription weight loss pills, diet foods along with incorporating the best parts of the Paleo diet, Atkins diet and Gluten free diets into a powerful, doctor designed and managed diet plan.

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The Diet Doc hCG Diet is a sophisticated doctor designed and managed weight loss program that personalizes a diet plan for each person based on health history, age, gender and lifestyle. This modern day hCG diet also incorporates the best attributes of other diets clinically shown to help provide weight loss, such as: Paleo diet, Atkins diet, Gluten free diet, Protein diet, healthy diet and more.

Diet Doc hCG Diet also incorporates diet foods and prescription weight loss pills that when combined with prescription weight loss drugs and a personalized diet plan, all result in fast weight loss that is long term.

Diet Doc is a medical, weight loss program that utilizes the best diet plans into a powerful, effective diet. Diet Doc provides medical weight loss nationwide.

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