Diet weight loss products do not deliver long term diet loss. A frustration for many trying them.
According to the Better Business Bureau, no matter how enticing the claim, steady weight loss cannot be achieved :
Weight loss schemes promise the world, and deliver mainly frustration. Diet products and programs that "guarantee" quick and easy weight loss are bogus. The only thing you’re likely to lose is your money.
Long-term weight loss requires eating nutritious foods and regular exercise.
Learn to identify the buzzwords that often signify misleading promotions for fraudulent diet products. These include promises of "immediate," "effortless" and/or "guaranteed" weight loss. Beware of claims that a diet product is "a breakthrough", "secret," "exclusive," or "miraculous." These are not scientific words!
Before committing to a weight loss product or program, check with your physician or a qualified nutritionist or dietitian.
What are your experiences?
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Be Aware! Diets Don't Work, May Even Be Dangerous
Diets Don't Work, May Even Be Dangerous
A comprehensive review of dieting research by the University of California found that dieting doesn’t work.
If you’ve vowed to lose a couple of pounds by going on a diet, you might as well skip the diet and try some exercise instead.A comprehensive review of dieting research by the University of California found that dieting doesn’t work. “You can initially lose 5 to 10 percent of your weight on any number of diets, but then all of the weight comes back, plus more" said lead researcher Dr. Traci Mann.In fact, Mann and her team discovered that it would have been better for most people if they had never gone on a diet at all. In their analysis of more than 30 long term dieting studies, Mann found most people on a diet typically lost 5 to 10 percent of their weight in the first 6 months. But over a 4 to 5 year period, not only did they gain the weight back, 33 to 66 percent actually gained even more weight. Janet Tomiyama, who co-authored the study, said several of the studies actually indicated that dieting is a consistent predictor of future weight gain.In one particular study the research team examined, men and women who took part in a weight reduction program actually gained significantly more weight than those who did not over the same period of time.Also, repeated weight loss and regain put people at a greater risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and altered immune function, said Dr Mann and colleagues.Dr Mann suggests that eating in moderation and exercise do make a difference. "Exercise may well be the key factor leading to sustained weight loss,” said Mann, who pointed to numerous studies where people who reported the most exercise also had the most weight loss.""The benefits of dieting alone are too small and the potential harm is too large for dieting to be recommended as a safe, effective treatment for obesity," said Dr Mann.The results of Mann and Tomiyama’s study can be found in this months edition of ‘American Psychology.’
jm
http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_100153401.html
A comprehensive review of dieting research by the University of California found that dieting doesn’t work.
If you’ve vowed to lose a couple of pounds by going on a diet, you might as well skip the diet and try some exercise instead.A comprehensive review of dieting research by the University of California found that dieting doesn’t work. “You can initially lose 5 to 10 percent of your weight on any number of diets, but then all of the weight comes back, plus more" said lead researcher Dr. Traci Mann.In fact, Mann and her team discovered that it would have been better for most people if they had never gone on a diet at all. In their analysis of more than 30 long term dieting studies, Mann found most people on a diet typically lost 5 to 10 percent of their weight in the first 6 months. But over a 4 to 5 year period, not only did they gain the weight back, 33 to 66 percent actually gained even more weight. Janet Tomiyama, who co-authored the study, said several of the studies actually indicated that dieting is a consistent predictor of future weight gain.In one particular study the research team examined, men and women who took part in a weight reduction program actually gained significantly more weight than those who did not over the same period of time.Also, repeated weight loss and regain put people at a greater risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and altered immune function, said Dr Mann and colleagues.Dr Mann suggests that eating in moderation and exercise do make a difference. "Exercise may well be the key factor leading to sustained weight loss,” said Mann, who pointed to numerous studies where people who reported the most exercise also had the most weight loss.""The benefits of dieting alone are too small and the potential harm is too large for dieting to be recommended as a safe, effective treatment for obesity," said Dr Mann.The results of Mann and Tomiyama’s study can be found in this months edition of ‘American Psychology.’
jm
http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_100153401.html
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Different Gastric Bypass Surgery for Weight Loss
According to Dr. Roberto Rizzi (Franco e Rizzi) there are three major variations of gastric bypass suurgery. If you are considering gastric bypass surgery to obtain weight loss, you should be aware of the differen gastric buypass procesdures available to you.
1. Loop Gastric Bypass (later called the Mini Gastric Bypass) The first gastric bypass was in 1967, It used a loop of the small bowel for re-construction. Although simple to create, it allowed corrosive juices from the small bowel to enter the gastric pouch, sometimes causing severe inflammation and ulcers. It was was abandoned but recently re-employed by a few surgeons, as the "Mini-Gastric-Bypass", mainly to simplify the reconstruction, when performed laparoscopically. Although the mini gastric bypass has a low complication rate, there are now multiple reports in the medical literature of serious long-term complications with the procedure, even requiring revision surgery.
2. Proximal Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. This is by far the most commonly performed bariatric procedure in the United States. It is the operation which is least likely to result in nutritional difficulties. The small bowel is divided about 18 in below the lower stomach outlet, and is then re-arranged into a Y-configuration, to enable outflow of food from the small upper stomach pouch, via a "Roux limb". In this proximal version, the Y-intersection is formed near the upper end of the small bowel. The Roux limb is constructed with a length between 30 to 60 inches, preserving most of the small bowel for absorption of nutrients. The patient gets quickly a sense of stomach-fullness, followed by a satiety feeling, shortly after the start of a meal.
3. Distal Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. As the Y-connection is moved farther down the Gastro intestinal tract, the amount of the bowel capable of fully absorbing nutrients is reduced. The Y-connection is made closer to the lower end of the small bowel, usually 40 to 60 inches from the lower end of the bowel, causing reduced absorption of food, mainly fats and starches, but also various minerals, and fat-soluble vitamins. The unabsorbed fats and starches pass into the large intestine, where bacterial action produces often irritants and malodorous gases.
Dr Rizzi is specialized in performing affordable Laporoscopic Proximal Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery in Brazil
1. Loop Gastric Bypass (later called the Mini Gastric Bypass) The first gastric bypass was in 1967, It used a loop of the small bowel for re-construction. Although simple to create, it allowed corrosive juices from the small bowel to enter the gastric pouch, sometimes causing severe inflammation and ulcers. It was was abandoned but recently re-employed by a few surgeons, as the "Mini-Gastric-Bypass", mainly to simplify the reconstruction, when performed laparoscopically. Although the mini gastric bypass has a low complication rate, there are now multiple reports in the medical literature of serious long-term complications with the procedure, even requiring revision surgery.
2. Proximal Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. This is by far the most commonly performed bariatric procedure in the United States. It is the operation which is least likely to result in nutritional difficulties. The small bowel is divided about 18 in below the lower stomach outlet, and is then re-arranged into a Y-configuration, to enable outflow of food from the small upper stomach pouch, via a "Roux limb". In this proximal version, the Y-intersection is formed near the upper end of the small bowel. The Roux limb is constructed with a length between 30 to 60 inches, preserving most of the small bowel for absorption of nutrients. The patient gets quickly a sense of stomach-fullness, followed by a satiety feeling, shortly after the start of a meal.
3. Distal Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. As the Y-connection is moved farther down the Gastro intestinal tract, the amount of the bowel capable of fully absorbing nutrients is reduced. The Y-connection is made closer to the lower end of the small bowel, usually 40 to 60 inches from the lower end of the bowel, causing reduced absorption of food, mainly fats and starches, but also various minerals, and fat-soluble vitamins. The unabsorbed fats and starches pass into the large intestine, where bacterial action produces often irritants and malodorous gases.
Dr Rizzi is specialized in performing affordable Laporoscopic Proximal Roux en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery in Brazil
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