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Diet pills are a very alluring option for someone who has many failed diets under their belt. Moreover, commercials promoting weight loss pills always promise fast and easy weight loss. It is important to know that many diet pills and weight loss aids are counterfeit. Americans spend an obscene amount of money on weight loss products, especially weight loss pills. “According to Fat -- Exploding the myths,” by Lisa Colles, Americans reportedly spend between $30 and 50 billion annually on diets, weight loss programs and products.

A whopping $6 billion is spent on weight loss pills and products that are not genuine.


There are many different types of diet pills that can be broadly classified into the following types:

Prescription diet pills: These pills are primarily created for those suffering from debilitating obesity. Weight loss pills are not a mock solution for the problem, nor are they proposed as replacement for the conventional weight loss and management methods such as exercise and diet. When traditional weight loss techniques fail to produce the desired results, most people lose motivation and faith in the process. As a result they turn to quick fix answers like diet pills.

The pills that are prescribed are only given for certain conditions and in certain dosages. Furthermore, their side effects have to be closely watched.

Over the counter weight loss pills: The weight loss industry is already cashing in on the average American's insecurities surrounding body image and a certain definition of beauty based on how skinny you can be. This further fuels the diet industry's success. They make diet drugs and call them food supplements and these so called “supplements” are largely unregulated.

They are not subjected to stringent testing by federal authorities nor are labeling requirements enforced, as in the case of prescription weight loss pills. Moral of the story: if weight loss diet pills are your only recourse, better see a doctor before you take them rather than after..

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Health and fitness software, what should be in it? Part 1

Let's keep the answer simple; everything that is related to your health.

The most important indicators for your state of health can be measured though your vital signs, like blood pressure, cholesterol level, heart beat, body mass index etcetera. The major input that influence these health indicators are what and how much you eat and drink, smoke, medication use, life style, daily activity and air quality.

Beside our genetic disposition, we are what we eat, drink and breathe.

A good health and fitness software program should be able to capture the above mentioned input and correlate the results with the output, or health indicators. This way you create a cause and effect system that the user can analyze and consequently take corrective measures and improve his or her overall health.

The bigger picture teaches us that an effective health and fitness software program contains modules that can monitor our food intake, record...

Health and fitness software, what should be in it? Part 1
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How Exactly Does Fiber Help Your Health??

Copyright 2006 Adam Kessler

When you go to the doctor does he/she ask you about how much fiber you are getting?
It seems that fiber is being discussed as a possible solution to everything, including the ozone layer.
Okay, maybe not the ozone problem, but it is looking like if you get enough fiber in your diet, your chances reduce dramatically of acquiring many diseases you could be susceptible to as you get older.

What exactly does fiber help to prevent?
Studies have shown that a diet with plenty of fiber in it can reduce the chances of heart disease (by cutting cholesterol), diabetes (by slowing the release of sugars from foods into the blood), diverticulosis, and other diseases.
The thought that it helps prevent cancer are conflicting, but by eating the foods you need to acquire fiber (fruits, vegetables, and whole grains) you also get a lot of vitamins and minerals that are very beneficial to the body.
Bonus, baby!!! How Exactly Does Fiber Help Your Health??
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How To Decrease Your Weight Just As Easily As You Increased It!

Copyright 2006 Phil Brull

Yes, it's always the same? You look in the mirror and you say to yourself "Oh yeah, it's OK! Could be worse?" and then a tiny little voice in your head starts whispering "C'mon? Darn it! That's awful! There's at least the weight of one big, juicy watermelon too much!" And then, maybe you say to yourself "Yes, I know? but, after all, it isn't so bad?" and maybe you plan to change your eating habits and to exercise more? or to begin with. And the best is, you are really willing to do it but then this great meal crossed your way and besides, no one who would be in his right mind would have rejected this little, yes almost tiny piece of delicious chocolate cake in the afternoon? and so, days go by and nothing really changed, except your weight but not in the way you wanted?

After some time you think maybe you would be too weak to lose weight or that being overweight might be your destiny, that the weight would be a part of you and that...

How To Decrease Your Weight Just As Easily As You Increased It!
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Professional Weight Loss Coach Provides Solutions Beyond Dieting

Folsom, CA (ContentDesk) June 18, 2006 -- Losing weight isnt just a matter of dieting. Weight loss coach Brooke Castillo supplies the facts and gives readers the tools to be a weight loss winner in If I Am So Smart, Why Cant I Lose Weight? Tools To Get It Done. Many people are frustrated by diets that dont seem to work. Thats because most diets are formulated for groups of people rather than for a unique individual. For any person to achieve the desired results from a diet, they need motivation and encouragement.

In If I Am So Smart, Why Cant I Lose Weight? Tools To Get It Done, professional weight loss coach Brooke Castillo empowers readers, teaching the psychological skills needed to get a toned, slimmed body, while giving readers the emotional tools for continuing on their own.Certified North Star Coach, trained by Harvards Dr. Martha Beck, Brooke Castillo has not only lost over 70 pounds herself on this method, but shes helped countless people overcome their lifelong...

Professional Weight Loss Coach Provides Solutions Beyond Dieting
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