Mother awarded ($400,00) £800,000 after ’six pints of water a day detox diet’ left her brain damaged
A dieter suffered permanent brain damage after being advised to drink six pints of water a day and cut salt intake to lose weight.
Dawn Page, 52, has been awarded £810,000 in damages from her nutritionist, although the practitioner denies fault.
Mother of two Mrs Page, who weighed 12st, became ill within days of taking up the [...]
Low Carb Diets Good For Overweight Diabetics-
This study may help re-popularize the Atkins diet, which can be a good diet for those trying to regulate their blood sugars. However, it is usually difficult to do for more than a few weeks. As a result, the South Beach Diet may be a good alternative since it is high protein for the first [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )20 Desk Exercises! No More Excuses-
Are you a deskbound all day long? No time for exercise? Do these 20 desk exercises and get buff!
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Not everyone has the time to make it to the gym during their lunch break. But just because you can’t get out of the office (or your cubicle) doesn’t mean that you can’t get some exercise, or “deskercize” during the day. [...]
Sweet N’ Low” Makes you Big And Fat?
Researchers think the sweetener blunted lab rats’ ability to burn off calories from their regular food portions.
By Denise Gellene, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Casting doubt on the benefit of low-calorie sweeteners, research released Sunday reported that rats on diets containing saccharin gained more weight than rats given sugary food.
The study in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience [...]
Weight Training As Good As Running To Burn Fat
Lifting weights ‘good as running’
Weight training could be as effective as endurance exercises like running when it comes to burning fat and warding off diabetes, a study suggests. American scientists created mice which carried a gene that, when switched on, gave them muscles similar to those produced by weight training.
When the gene [...]
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