Diabetes-Weight Control Link - How Important is It?

One diabetic is very sensitive to diabetes-weight control link. It's true that everybody should care about weight control. But, this topic is extremely more important to diabetics.

Actually, there is a 'confusion' regarding weight control. In fact, diabetics face weight loss and gain problems. And they are asking why and how is this possible. This is true for both type 1 and 2 diabetics.

So, if you have type1 diabetes, at the beginning, when... read more

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Bitter Fruit for Better Weight Loss

Are the rumors true? Could grapefruit -- touted for years as a weight loss wonder -- actually work?

Possibly. In one 12-week study, obese people who ate half a grapefruit before each of three daily meals shed more pounds than their counterparts did.....

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Biocompatibles in $422M Deal With AstraZeneca in Diabetes

Biocompatibles International plc sealed a deal with AstraZeneca plc worth a potential €302.3 million (US$422.6 million) for a glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) analogue for treating diabetes and obesity.

As yet, the compound is in discovery. Signing the agreement triggers payment of €8.8 million to complete preclinical development and take the product through to Phase IIa. "At that point AstraZeneca will decide whether or not to take up the option to license [the product], in which... read more

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FDA Warns Consumers About Tainted Weight Loss Pills

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers nationwide not to purchase or consume more than 25 different products marketed for weight loss because they contain undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients that may put consumers’ health at risk.

These weight loss products, some of which are marketed as “dietary supplements,” are promoted and sold on various Web sites and in some retail stores. Some of the products claim to be “natural” or to contain... read more

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Eat Often to Rev Up Your Metabolism

When it comes to losing weight, how many pounds you lose isn’t as important as what those pounds are made of. For example, if you lose 10 pounds, but half the weight is muscle, your metabolism is going to suffer. That’s because, pound for pound, muscle burns more calories than fat. Surprisingly, the frequency at which you eat when dieting affects the type of weight you lose. In a British Journal of Nutrition study, weight-loss... read more

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Easy Way to Balance Your Blood Sugar and Lose Weight

If your blood sugar is going up and down then it’s the time to think that something is wrong. If it is not balanced then your body will stop using up energy and will convert it into fat and store it and ultimately you won’t lose weight. Research shows that the best foods for enjoying good weight are those that don’t cause a sharp rise in blood sugar levels. Are you overweight and want to... read more

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Vivus says obesity drug leads to 9 pct weight loss

LOS ANGELES, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Drug developer Vivus Inc (VVUS.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Thursday the first of three late-stage trials found that obese patients treated with the highest dose of its experimental drug Qnexa on average lost 9.2 percent of their weight.

Vivus said the 28-week, 756-patient study met its main goal of superior weight loss with two different doses of Qnexa, compared with the drug's individual components and a... read more

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Weight loss diets: what does the science say?

Obesity has rapidly become a serious problem and with over half of the population recorded as either overweight or obese, weight loss is of major concern. The Health Survey for England (2003) stated that 24 million adults, 65.4 per cent of men and 55.5 per cent of women, were either overweight or obese, and the prevalence of obesity alone was 22.2 per cent in men and 23 per cent in women. The incidence of generalised... read more

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Is Gastric Bypass A Solution To Diabetes?

WCCO) Diabetes is a disease that can hurt you in so many ways causing heart disease, stroke or kidney failure. And the rate of new cases has doubled in the past 10 years.

That has some Twin Cities researchers thinking it's time for drastic action.

John Derocker owns a thriving tech firm and he's a man on the go. But he hated having to slam on the brakes four times a day for... read more

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The Tongue Is The Start Of The Route To Obesity

Obesity gradually numbs the taste sensation of rats to sweet foods and drives them to consume larger and ever-sweeter meals, according to neuroscientists. Findings from the Penn State study could uncover a critical link between taste and body weight, and reveal how flab hooks the brain on sugary food.

"When you have a reduced sensitivity to palatable foods, you tend to consume it in higher amounts," said Andras Hajnal, associate professor of neural and... read more

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