Genetics and weight loss
Look around the bookshops and read some of the reviews for the latest books on weight loss and there’s a new buzzword on offer. It seems the genes you inherit from your parents change the way your body absorbs fat and carbohydrates. Gone are the days when a one-size-fits-all diet would sell like the proverbial hot cakes (unsweetened, of course). Now we are into the idea of personalized diets with DNA kits and gene testing offered as the way of designing the most effective way for you to lose those unwanted pounds. Except, there’s no science to support any of these claims. Myths help separate you from your money. The truth remains boring and does not sell many books. Let’s start with the facts. The science of genetics has been around for centuries. Farmers, sports fans and governments have been selectively breeding animals (and plants) for their taste, speed or killing abilities. The results can be seen everywhere you buy food, on the race track, in the police and military compounds, and so on. There’s nothing new in aiming to select characteristics to transmit through the generations. And that’s where the science stops and the science fiction takes over. Although some scientists can now identify individual genes that may contribute to different characteristics, there’s no such thing as gene splicing – no designer babies for us humans to order – and no proven link between any combination of genes and human body weight. Human body chemistry stays the same no matter what genetic make-up you have. What does change, and sometimes quite dramatically, is behavior. If you travel back to a time when people ate less processed food in smaller quantities, you find most children grew up thin. Now look around. Children are surrounded by peers and authority figures who all eat large portions of unhealthy processed food and the children get overweight. This has nothing to do with genetics. This is socialisation in a country that eats too much unhealthy food. Using genetics is an excuse when people fail to keep to a diet. They claim they cannot lose weight because their genes make them big. They are then suckered when they see claims that only by paying for gene testing can an effective diet be devised for them. This is a sad state of affairs. You can only lose weight by making lifestyle changes. You have to eat less and exercise more. If you feel hungry when you start a diet, a drug like phentermine is available to control the hunger pangs. Phentermine has been on the market for some fifty years and remains the scientifically proven way of controlling your appetite. So long as you avoid feeling hungry, it’s easy to stay on the diet and feel the weight fall away. Overall, you are following a simple rule. So long as you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose weight. If this means increasing your activity rate, rise from your couch and go for regular brisk walks. A calorie-reduced diet combined with exercise and supported by phentermine is the one-size fits-all-genetic types approach to weight loss.
With people around the world thanking him for his professional approach of discussing the topic, Vasia is a frequent writer for http://www.phentermineguide.net/articles/genetics-and-weight-loss.html and is happy to share his vision with you there.
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At first thought the idea of insisting that your teenager submit to home drug testing seems horrible. It’s an invasion of privacy; it betrays the trust between parent and child. No one believes that their child will start doing drugs. No one believes that their child will drink and drive. The truth though is that no matter how many talks you have about the dangers of drugs the evils of drunk driving every year some kids just fall through the cracks and start using drugs and/or alcohol. The fact is though that sometimes they do and some might just do it once but for some it becomes a problem. That’s when the at home drug testing can be an invaluable tool
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It’s one thing to talk to our children about drugs but a lot of the trouble is that other parents are not as diligent about talking to their kids about drugs and telling them of the consequences. It’s so hard to fight this battle alone. One important way to help is to network with other parents
When MTV’s award-winning reality show True Life which targets teens and young adults takes up prescription drug addiction you can be sure it’s a widespread problem. The only improvement might have been more about the advantages of medical drug detox and coverage of some successful rehab modalities
You love animals. You may even be a vegetarian. You know that testing chemicals on rabbits and monkeys is cruel but you’re not sure what one person can do about it
Recently an international team of researchers based in Texas and Japan have been experimenting with an obesity treatment nicknamed ‘Fatostatin’ that has been shown to not only make mice lose weight but also shows great promise in the treatment of diabetes and even the lowering of cholesterol. These scientists have identified a small molecule therapy program that alters the genetic code involved in the way the human body turns food into fat
Carl Icahn the hostile takeover master who was THE original corporate raider is often quoted as saying ‘In this business if you want a friend get a dog!’ The rest of us already knew that dog was man’s best friend and with good reason. Dogs as pets date back at least as far as the days of Pompeii where the remains of a dog stretched out next to a little boy were recovered from the rubble at Pompeii
After stopping her bio-identical hormone therapy a few years back and now on the verge of menopausal crisis a former patient returned to her nurse practitioner’s care. The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study reported an increase risk of cancer in those subjects using HRT but let’s set the record straight. The WHI was studying synthetic NOT bio-identical hormones
You’ll Be Sleeping with the HID Kit Light After Viewing These New European Horror Movies
A list of a few groundbreaking and exciting new European horror movies that show that American directors have some competition when it comes to terror and frights. You’ll have to sleep with the hid kit light on after viewing these films.
“Eden Lake”
The plot of “Eden Lake” isn’t anything groundbreaking: a couple set out for a romantic weekend at an idyllic and remote lake that the boyfriend grew up near. Once there they are hassled by a group of young kids who insult the couple and pop the tire on the couple’s jeep. Things only continue to escalate when the boyfriend confronts the kids again in the woods. While it may not be the most original idea, it is played out with the utmost realism and the British setting gives it a unique spin, with the acting by Michael Fassbender and Kelly Reilly will give you chills.
“Calvaire”
Influenced by the middle-of-nowhere horror of “Deliverance” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” this French horror film finds a traveling entertainer the prey of an eccentric inn owner. A slow burning horror film with some extremely violent moments it is not for the squeamish as the horror and brutality often seems like it is random and uncalled for. For fans of extreme terror and films like “Straw Dogs” or “The Hills Have Eyes,” “Calvaire” marks a turning point for European horror.
“Isolation”
European fears of mad cow disease and genetic modification fuel this Irish horror film from newcomer Billy O’Brien. A cattle farmer in the remote Irish countryside is convinced to take part in a genetic experiment on his cows which leads to horrific results that threaten not only his livelihood but his life. The film is an obvious warning about dangerous road the world is going down with experimental modification drugs and “Frankenstein Fruit” that is often genetically created for profit and greed.
Alan McGee is a freelance writer from MN.
Genetics and Nutrition – Shaping the Future of Supplements
DNA-guided products have arrived and are about to profoundly impact the nutrition and personal care industries. We now have the technology to develop nutritional supplements and personal care products based on your bodies genetic profile. This new technology will provide your body with the optimal mix of nutrition providing you a happier, healthier lifestyle.
DNA-guided products and the companies that offer them are designed to help people live longer, happier, healthier lives by providing consumers with the optimal mix of nutritional supplements needed by your body to achieve peak levels of performance and wellness.
How it Works?
The process of obtaining DNA-guided supplements is very simple. The company you chose will provide you with a kit used to collect a sample of your DNA and a service to analyze your personal genetic strengths and weaknesses. Upon receipt of your kit:
You simply:
1. Open the kit and take out the tray and cotton swabs they provide
2. Swab the inside of your cheek several times using the sterile swabs included with your kit
3. Allow the swabs to dry for 5 minutes
4. Insert the swabs into the self-addressed envelopes that go back to the labs analysis
I just recently completed the process myself and it could not be any easier.
Your DNA sample is then sent off to a lab for assessment. This usually takes 2-3 weeks. Once your DNA assessment is complete you will receive a report containing the results of your genetic profile. The report will be the basis for determining your product system (ingredients).
The product system is then custom made for you based on your DNA assessment. The supplements come in a “take-it or break-it” capsule that is taken once a day either whole or broken into your beverage of choice. You no longer have to take multiple pills to get the vitamins your body needs, now you are able to get everything you need in one simple capsule.
The cost of DNA-guided supplements is very affordable. Around $4 per day retail or depending on how you purchase the product it can be for free. Some companies offer customer referral and affiliate programs that allow you to get your products for free.
Why is this important?
Up until now taking supplements to optimize your bodies health has been a guessing game. Now with advances in technology and emerging new companies, consumers have a revolutionary new approach available to them for personal care products and services. And its the Genomics industry that has enabled these advances in technology. The genomics industry is around $12B annually and is expected to more than double by the year 2012.
So, if you are a consumer or distributor of nutrition and health related products this is very exciting news. This new technology and trend is predicted to fuel a whole new area of nutrition and personal care products available for consumers.
GeneWize and DNA-guided supplements, health and wellness products are changing the way people think about personal nutrition. Learn more about their exciting new products and income opportunity at: http://www.rayforrest.com/genewize
Diagnostic Kit for Swine Flu Detection
Fatal as it can be described, the A1 (H1N1) influenza virus is already a global treat. Though this was the case its effects can be minified by means of early detection. Every government is doing its best preventive measures to put everything ready if ever the spread of this influenza virus reached every corner in the world.
Simple it may be but vital are diagnostic kits in this kind of scenario; with the aid of such kits is the detection of possible infection in the human system. It is no doubt that different countries are developing their own diagnostic kits in preparation for possible virus outbreak in their area. Singapore as an example has designed and developed a diagnostic kit to detect the presence of the new virus, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) data on the virus genome sequence. Putting it on the simplest words, it is ready for use. Ready in a sense that the Singaporean Health Ministry is still waiting for the genetic extract of the swine flu virus coming from the WHO. Similar with what the Singaporean Government has developed, a Swiss hospital has also developed a diagnostic kit that has the ability to detect the swine flu virus in the span of 36 hours.
As what health officials have advised, the intake of tamiflu is not recommended unless otherwise the condition is confirmed to be positive. The vitality of these instruments applies. Truly, early detection would still your best armor in this virus with an unknown origin. In the process of suspecting that you have it, this diagnostic kit will help you in determining whether it’s a positive or the other way. Upon knowing the results then it is the time you need to ask for the assistance of health professional.
Priscilla Partlow graduated from the Huntington College in 1984 and became a licensed pharmacist in Indiana that same year. She also served on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission from 1990 to 2008, where she assumed the position of director in 2005. She’s onto distribution of infectious diseases kits and onestep test kits.
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