Obesity

Diabesity the Focus of Two Live Events

Health expert and best-selling author Mark Hyman, MD, will discuss whole systems evaluation and treatment to reverse diabesity at two live events hosted by Metagenics. ...More
April 19, 2012
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Slide Show: Managing Diabetes

Minerals, botanicals and specialty nutrients can help address complications that arise with a diabetes diagnosis, such as high blood glucose levels, insufficient insulin and ulcers. ...More
April 16, 2012
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Keeping Blood Sugar Slow and Steady

Type 2 diabetes has swept over the nation, bringing unstable blood sugar levels and other complications such as weight gain and heart disease. Natural ingredients from minerals to botanicals and sugar alcohols have been shown to address various aspects of the ...More
March 15, 2012 By Sandy Almendarez
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A Magic Solution for Weight Loss?

Understanding consumer needs and motivations for losing weight will help pave the way for product manufacturers to provide weight-management tools. ...More
March 6, 2012 By Steve French
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Slide Show: Ingredients for Improved Weight Management

Obesity and overweight issues are not going away. Losing weight is not always simple, nor is it easy, but several nutraceutical ingredients have undergone research investigations that reveal some benefits for weight management. ...More
January 23, 2012
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Grasping Metabolic Syndrome

Clutching a cluster of risk factors borrowed from other high-profile health conditions, like heart health, diabetes and weight management, metabolic syndrome is still trying to find its own space in the health and wellness market. Market opportunities are tied to delivering ...More
December 5, 2011 By Steve Myers
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Health Care Pros Recommend Weight Loss Supplements

More than 88 percent of health care professionals believe weight-loss supplementation is one of many components in a successful weight-management program, according to a survey of 45 medical doctors, physician's assistants, nurse practitioners and registered dietitians at ...More
November 15, 2011
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FTC Settles Hoodia Claims Cases

WASHINGTON—FTC continues its enforcement of deceptive and misleading claims made for weight-loss products, recently settling cases against three individuals and two companies associated with a 2009 complaint involving claims made for hoodia products. The original complaint ...More
November 4, 2011
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Balancing Omega3s, 6s Saves Money, Health

While the wine might be the sexiest part of the Mediterranean diet, but it’s the omega-3s that make it so healthy, said Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D., FACN, at the Natural Health Research Institute’s (NHRI) 6th Annual Scientific Symposium on Oct. 28, 2011. She said in the ...More
November 1, 2011
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Just Us Girls

The breasts are a beautiful signal of womanhood, but they can also be the cause of severe illness and death. Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, but natural ingredients such as phytoestrogens, ...More
October 28, 2011 By Sandy Almendarez
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