Waking up every morning for an eventful jog and drowning your sorrows in that tasteless spinach smoothie right after might be an ordeal to keep up with if you want to lose weight. Pursuing a gym routine every week in order to shed those extra pounds might be stressful and tiring as well. While lifting weights and […]
People all around the globe want to have a flat stomach desperately, and this is why they are increasingly opting for all natural diet supplements that promise quick results without any side effects. You can also find several diet pills that are useless as they increase the risk of heart attacks and diabetes. No matter […]
Should you be supplementing your diet with omega-3 fatty acids? There have been several clinical trials conducted to date and recently an American Heart Association Expert Panel got together and assessed its utility. The American Heart Association already recommends a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids. They recommend eating fish (particularly fatty fish) at least […]
It’s easy to assume that anyone on a vegan, plant-based diet is healthier than everyone else. But that’s not always the case, said holistic cardiologist Dr. Joel Kahn. Dr. Kahn warned against foods that cover their lack of nutritional value with labels that say “vegan” or”plant-based”, saying that vegans can easily get duped into a poor diet […]
Popular weight-loss supplements containing green tea extract could be dangerous to your liver, an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace reveals. The supplements — which are licensed by Health Canada as “safe and effective” — are available over the counter at many popular retailers, including health stores and pharmacies. But Marketplace discovered more than 60 documented cases worldwide of liver failure […]
The main benefits of herbal diet pills are that they act as appetite suppressants and metabolism stimulants. The result is that you will eat less and burn more calories throughout the day, both of which are recipes for successful weight reduction. Some companies use implied advertising to make people think that herbal weight loss supplements […]
Herbal and dietary supplements are frequently mislabeled. According to The Liver Meeting® — held by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases— herbal and dietary supplements should be evaluated as a potential cause for liver damage. More than 20 percent of liver injury cases reported to the United States Drug Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN) are attributed to […]
Every year, supplements send roughly 20,000 people to the emergency room. Last year, the world’s largest dietary supplement maker, GNC Holdings Inc, agreed to pay $2.25 million to avoid federal prosecution over its alleged sale of illegal pills and powders. And the Food and Drug Administration has ordered the makers of several supplements to recall their products after […]
Research from WIT research centre shows sustained vision improvement among people with most common cause of blindness who use dietary supplement A major, two-year European Research Council-funded programme involving over 100 people diagnosed with the early stages of the most common cause of blindness has shown an improvement in the vision of those taking a […]
The ketogenic diet is is enjoying a surge of popularity these days and for good reason. Going “keto” can help you tap into your body’s stored fat—up to 100,000 calories of readily available energy—allowing you to push longer and harder during training without constantly refueling. Of course, this comes at a price: You have to […]