HCG diet’s effectiveness debated in obesity battle
Katie Wilkinson, who started the diet after seeing a friend’s success, now tastes her cooking and spits it out. Week after week, body-conscious Middle Tennesseans pack weight-loss clinic waiting rooms, listening for their names to be called. They step on a scale, learn their weight and body mass index, and then collect a supply of […]
Are Socioeconomics Behind Racial Disparities in Weight?
The rate of obesity and chronic diseases varies substantially across different racial and ethnic groups, but the underlying causes of those disparities remain obscure. In a new study, low socioeconomic status (SES) appears to account for more of that disparity than does lack of knowledge of healthy eating habits and diet-related health risks.The study appears […]
IAPAM’s hCG Training Helps Physicians Capitalize on the $2 Billion/Year Weight Reduction Services Industry
The IAPAM’s hCG Training for Physicians provides physicians with all the education and resources they need to capture a portion of the $2 billion dollar annual market for weight reduction services. Over 300 physicians attended the IAPAM’s hCG Training in 2011, and are now poised to capture the “2012 New Year’s Resolution” market for loosing […]
hCG Training Helps Physicians Meet Seasonal Weight Loss Demand
The IAPAM’s hCG Training gives physicians all the tools they need to add an hCG for Weight Loss program to their practice this holiday season. The IAPAM’s hCG Training will help physicians launch an hCG Diet program , just in time to get their patients into their favourite holiday party dresses. Terms related to weight […]
Does The hCG Diet Work?
The controversial new diet using human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in combination with a highly caloric restrictive diet may help patients lose a large amount of weight in a short period of time. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 33.8% of Americans are obese. In the past 2 decades, the […]
More chewing, fewer calories
Study notes differences between obese, normal people at breakfast. People who chew their food more take in fewer calories, mainly because more chewing is related to the levels of hormones that regulate appetite, according to a Chinese study. Chewing food 40 times instead of a typical 15 times caused the study participants to eat nearly […]
Artificial Sweeteners, Diet and Weight Loss
by Dr. James Long Aspartame – (NutraSweet, Equal, AminoSweet) – It is a Non-saccharide (non-sugar), dipeptide (linkage of two amino acids, aspartic acid and phenylalanine). It has intense sweetness and provides calories similar to a protein, but with the amounts used to sweeten foods, the caloric value is negligible. Limits of use: at high temperatures […]
Bariatrics Decline as hCG for Weight Loss Explodes
The IAPAM predicts strong growth in hCG for weight loss, supported by recent 1Q results published by Allergan, the makers of Botox. Physicians who incorporate hCG and other medically supervised weight management programs into their practices, will reap significant fiscal reward in 2011. The IAPAM’s goal is to provide industry-leading education for physicians by offering […]
IAPAM Predicts Strong Growth in hCG for Weight Loss
The IAPAM predicts strong growth in hCG medical weight management programs for 2011. Physicians who incorporate hCG for weight loss into their practices will reap significant profit in 2011. The IAPAM’s goal is to provide industry-leading hCG training for physicians, by offering the most comprehensive, physician-led hCG Medical Weight Management Training. Jeff Russell, Executive […]
Some worry as popularity of hCG diet grows
A diet that uses injections of the pregnancy hormone hCG to “trick” the body into accepting an ultra-low calorie diet is growing in popularity — and controversy. Proponents say the diet is safe and effective. But plenty of other doctors say the diet is anything but. Kelowna, B.C., nurse Debbie Driscoll is currently on the […]