4 Weight Loss Products Recalled

Jul 19, 2009 Author: Mary | Filed under: WebMD

Young You Corp. Recalls 4 Weight Loss Supplements After FDA Finds They Contain an Undeclared Drug, Sibutramine

By
Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News

Reviewed by
Brunilda Nazario, MD

July 17, 2009 — Young You Corp. of Tarzana, Calif., is recalling four of its weight loss products because they contain an undeclared drug, sibutramine, according to the FDA.

The recalled Young You products are:

Slimbionic: 30 capsules per box
One Weight Loss Pill: 30 capsules per box
SlimDemand Capsules: 30 capsules per box
Botanical Weight Loss: 30 capsules per box

Those products were sold online and through Young You’s Weight Loss and Rejuvenation Center in Tarzana, Calif.
Sibutramine is the active ingredient in Meridia, a prescription appetite suppressant for weight loss. But the FDA hasn’t approved sibutramine for use …
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Weight Loss Without Drugs

Jul 18, 2009 Author: Susan | Filed under: LifeTips

Unless your doctor prescribed you diet pills for your specific health condition, do your best to avoid over-the-counter weight loss drugs. It is possible and by choosing this drug-free way , you will avoid serious complications, sometimes even fatal. Side effects of such drugs may include fast heart beat, mood swings, sleeplessness, restlessness, high blood pressure, etc. Even the toughest weight losers like competing bodybuilders (if they are "natural" of course, and not on steroids) achieve very low body fat percentage by eating right and exercising a lot. Any diet can be right or wrong for you, the question is, which one to choose. Here are three things to consider.

If you are not an elite athlete or a heavy labor worker, a low fat diet is probably not your best choice. Research showed that low fat diets were inferior of low carb diets on both short term and long term plans.
The low carb group of diets attracts many dieters because …
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The Truth Behind the Top 10 Dietary Supplements

Jul 17, 2009 Author: Mary | Filed under: WebMD

What you need to know about the most popular dietary and nutritional supplements on the market.

By
Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD
WebMD Weight Loss Clinic-Feature

Reviewed by
Brunilda Nazario, MD

A visit to the health food store can be an overwhelming experience. It’s tough to figure out what to choose from among the dizzying assortment of dietary and nutritional supplements on the shelf. From vitamins to minerals to weight loss pills, there are thousands of options to choose from. But do you really need any of them? Do they really work, and if so, which ones are best?

WebMD turned to some experts for answers about the multibillion-dollar dietary and nutritional supplement industry.
Total sales for the U.S. dietary supplement industry in 2006 are estimated at $22.1 billion, with vitamins accounting for $7.2 billion of that, says Patrick Rea, editor of the market research publication Nutrition …
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Calcium Pills May Not Slow Weight Gain

Jul 17, 2009 Author: Mary | Filed under: WebMD

Study: Calcium Supplements Don’t Appear to Curb Weight or Fat Gain in Obese or Overweight Adults

By
Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News

Reviewed by
Louise Chang, MD

June 18, 2009 — Taking calcium supplements may not prevent weight gain in overweight or obese people, new research shows.

That finding, published in the June 16 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, comes from a two-year study of 340 overweight or obese adults in the Washington, D.C., area.
Participants were about 39 years old, on average; most were women. They volunteered for a study about the health effects of calcium but weren’t told that it was about weight.
Participants took 1,500 milligrams of either calcium carbonate or a placebo daily for two years, without knowing whether they were taking calcium or the placebo. They weren’t asked to diet or exercise for the study.
At the end of the study, participants had gained nearly 3 pounds and 1.8 pounds of fat mass, on average. There were no differences in weight gain or fat mass gain in patients taking calcium compared to those taking the placebo. No side effects …
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Contrave: New Weight Loss Drug Advances

Jul 17, 2009 Author: Mary | Filed under: WebMD

Study: Obese Patients Lose Weight With Wellbutrin/Naltrexone Combo Pill

By
Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News

Reviewed by
Louise Chang, MD

June 8, 2009 – A new weight loss drug looks good in late-stage clinical trials.

The drug is Contrave, from Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. It’s a combination of two existing drugs: The antidepressant Wellbutrin and the addiction drug naltrexone.
Contrave doesn’t work in the belly. It works in the hypothalamus, the brain’s central thermostat that controls appetite, temperature, and how the body burns energy.
It’s already known that people lose weight soon after starting Wellbutrin treatment. But this effect soon wears off, and people regain weight. That’s where the naltrexone comes in, says endocrinologist Dennis D. Kim, MD, MBA, Orexigen’s senior vice president for medical affairs.
“Naltrexone comes in and lifts the brake on the Wellbutrin effect,” Kim tells WebMD. “So you have a synergistic effect to signal the hypothalamus to reduce food intake. Weight decrease is maintained over time.”
That sounds good in theory. But does it work?
The drug was tested in a clinical trial that enrolled nearly 700 obese people — 90% of them women, with an average weight of 223 pounds. All study participants …
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