12 Jun 08 Glucomannan Good, Lipozene Bad (and a Scam, too!)
Fiber in general and Glucomannan in particular, are very good for weight loss. But not 2 pounds per week. That isn’t even healthy. Glucomannan has been used to treat diabetes, hypoglycemia, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, constipation and weight loss (moderate), so, what is it? When you’re trying to trim down, soluble fiber is your BFF — it expands in your digestive tract, making you feel fuller and warding off snack attacks. But a girl can down only so many bowls of All-Bran before she feels so gassy and bloated she’s afraid to leave the bathroom. There is one kind of soluble fiber, however, that works without the nasty side effects. Glucomannan, which comes from an Asian plant known as the konjac, or elephant yam, is nature’s get-skinny sponge. Able to expand up to 50 times its own water weight, it’s one of the world’s most effective fibers, so you can cut down on calories without even trying. Researchers at Chicago Rush University College of Nursing reviewed 12 clinical trials to determine the benefits of glucomannan and found that it promotes weight loss and satiety.
Glucomannan is also flavorless, so you can add it in powder form to just about anything, from smoothies to frozen entrées to sauces. Mix it in thoroughly (otherwise you might get unappetizing clumps that can stick in your throat) and wait 2 to 3 minutes for it to soak up whatever sauce, broth, dressing, or other liquid is on your plate. It will thicken your food and fill up your stomach, sending satiety signals to your brain. Because of that, you’ll want to wash it down with plenty of water, so drink at least 8 ounces of H2O with every meal or snack. A good brand is FibraSlim - This month is on sale two bottles - 360 caps for just $29.99 with shipping. The same amount of Lipozene would be at least $90!
Lipozene is brought to you by the same marvelous company that had to pay fines to the FTC for making bad claims about Propolene.
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07 Jun 08 Constipation
The popular painkiller codeine can be ineffective or, worse, cause serious reactions if you are among those people whose bodies do not process the medication properly.
The liver converts codeine into morphine using the enzyme CYP2D6, a process that causes pain relief in most people. However, genetic differences in some people cause either too much or too little of the enzyme to be produced, resulting in less than pleasant results, reports Public Citizen, a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy group, in its June Worst Pills, Best Pills newsletter.
People whose liver’s produce higher than normal CYP2D6 levels convert more of the codeine into morphine — a situation that could cause excessive sedation, severe constipation and other side effects. While this only occurs in about 4 percent of Caucasian North Americans, prevalence is much higher in people from Greece and Portugal (10 percent), Saudi Arabia (20 percent) and Ethiopia (30 percent).
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06 Jun 08 Parents are Big Part of Problem, Block Teen Weight Loss
Kids really need a drill sargent. The drill sargent really lives the troops he drills all day. Parents want to be best friends with their children and so when it comes to weight loss, parents talk about it but provide almost no meaningful support. This is the conclusion tof research published in this weeks Journal of Pediatrics.
The parents who correctly recognized that their teen need to lose weight would talk a good game about dieting but did not prepare good meals and keep nutritious snack around the house. Instead they would bring salty snack and colas for the teen to eat.
Glucomannan is a safe diet pill for teens:
Although the exact mechanism of how fibers promote weight loss has not been determined, a number of hypothetical theories have been put forward by scientists.
- Dilution of Energy Density: It is known that fibers have a low caloric value as compared to other food sources [2]. For this reason, adding it to the food creates a lowering of the energy-to-weight ratio of food, thereby reducing the amount of calories that are taken in.
- Promotion of Satiety: A number of studies have shown that dietary fibers like glucomannan promote satisfaction in the human food consumption. Many different hypotheses as to how fibers do this both psychologically, physically and chemically have been shown. [2, 3, 4, 5]
- Fecal Energy Loss: Studies have shown that soluble fibers act in the gastrointestinal tract and have been known to reduce the absorption of proteins and fats [6]. It has been further proposed that dietary fibers do this by reducing the contact of these substances to the walls of the intestine, and therefore prevent their absorption. There is considerable evidence to show that glucose and carbohydrate uptake is also reduced because of this action, thus it also shows its hypoglycemic effects [7]. Although these are just propositions, the exact mechanism of this still remains unclear [2].
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06 Jun 08 Glucomannan for Weight Loss
Glucomannan (use to treat diabetes, hypoglycemia, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, constipation and weight loss)
What is it? Glucomannan is a dietary supplement used for diabetes, hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), high blood pressure, high cholesterol (blood fats), constipation (difficulty having a bowel movement), and weight loss.
Other names for Glucomannan include: Glucomanna, Konjac, Konjac Fiber, Konjac Glucomanna, Konjac Glucomannan, and Manna.
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