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The vitamins in our daily diet are immensely important to our overall health and well-being. If we are lacking in the vitamins necessary to keep us healthy, we can wind up with vitamin deficiency anemia, a...
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The Saw Palmetto Berry
The Serenoa, a small palm tree indigenous to the south-eastern US, has provided the natives of that area with its fruit, a small, reddish-brown to black berry, for hundreds of years. The name...
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Heart Problems Caused by Diet Pills
Frederick R. Jelovsek MD
By now, most women have heard of some heart problems caused by diet pills, especially the regimen called fen-phen (fenfluramine Pondimin® and phentermine Fastin®, Adipex P ®). Most are unaware of...
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The large pharmacy chain CVS made a recent mistake that earned them a tongue-lashing from eating disorder experts. The company promoted a commercial laxative product in the section of a recent advertising circular devoted...
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It’s no secret that our busy lifestyles make eating a balanced diet challenging at best. And while getting off track in our healthy eating is sometimes unavoidable, there are things we can do to...
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Weight Loss Diets and Supplements: Basic Principles
Frederick R. Jelovsek MD, MS
"Some friends of mine are on the diet program Herbalife ®. They say it is dr. approved and it seems to be working for them. What is your opinion of...
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It seems more women are beginning to move to natural methods of weight control, as opposed to taking supplements that guarantee magic weight loss using words you can't pronounce, and costing more than most can...
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What are anabolic steroids?
Anabolic Steroids, a banned substance in the US, are a form of testosterone, the male sex hormone. Since steroids are not a naturally occurring in women, when they are introduced into...