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Friday, October, 23, 2009

What Is A Low Calorie Diet

Meridia may not work for obese teens

October 03, 2008
Obese teens who are put on a low-calorie diet may not be helped by going on the diet med Meridia, a Dutch study suggests. In previous studies Meridia was associated with increasing metabolism and helping adults on a low-calorie diet lose weight more quickly than with diet changes alone. But researchers say Meridia appears to have no effect on teens' metabolic rate. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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To Lose Weight, Should You Go on An Extremely Low Calorie Diet?
By Kenn Kihiu , Health Expert

Extremely low calorie diets such as the "Very Low Calorie Diet" VLCD are starvation diets that... Read more »

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Low Carbohydrate and High Protein/High Fat Diets: Good or Bad for
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...Atkins’ diet was compared to a conventional low fat low calorie diet, a few interesting... Read more »

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Pork and Spin
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...Gretchen's Candy Bars Could Cure Diabetes   A very low calorie diet combined with a daily... Read more »

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Let's focus on goals
By The HealthGal , Health Expert

...to exercise and if you choose to eat an extremely low calorie diet.  Or maybe it's another... Read more »

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Do low-carb diets promote a healthy heart?
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

I absolutely detest the culture of "fad" dieting that is so prevalent today. In America, it is... Read more »

Health Guide

Losing weight
To successfully lose weight, you must carry out a plan to balance your caloric intake with exercise. Ideally, dieting should be done by eating a nutritionally balanced, low-calorie... Read more »
Hypothyroidism: secondary
Pituitary hypothyroidism Treatment The purpose of treatment is to replace the deficient thyroid hormone. Levothyroxine is the most commonly used medication.... Read more »
Drug-induced hypothyroidism
The drug causing the hypothyroidism must be discontinued if possible. However, do not stop taking prescribed medications without first consulting your healthcare provider, as some... Read more »
Diabetes Diet: Weight Control for Type 2 Diabetes
...calories a day. Naturally, the more severe the daily calorie restriction, the faster the weight loss. Very-low calorie diets have also been associated with better success, but extreme diets can... Read more »
Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Risk Factors
About 20 million Americans harbor gallstones. Only 1 - 3% of the population, however, complains of symptoms during the course of a year, and less than half of these people will experience... Read more »

Medications

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This medication is used along with a low-calorie diet to help people with obesity lose weight.... Read more »

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Drug Mimics Low-Calorie Diet
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Big Breakfast Helps Weight Loss
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Low-carb diet beats low-calorie diet at burning liver fat: study
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Mediterranean diet beats low-fat diet for diabetics
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The low-carb Mediterranean-style diet is more effective than a low-fat, low-calorie diet for diabetics, a new study has found. The four year Italian... Read summary »

Power plate may shed weight faster than aerobics
May 12, 2009

Using a vibrating "power plate" may help dieters shed twice as much fat as conventional exercise, a new study has found. Researchers studied 61... Read summary »