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Are Your Prescription Medications Stopping Your Weight Loss? PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 16:43

Struggling to lose weight and not getting anywhere? Maybe gaining weight on medications? Are your prescription medications slowing your weight loss?

Prescription drugs are common source of weight problems or at least difficulty losing weight. The fall into two large categories:

1. Anti-depressants, Mood Stabilizers, Anti-Psychotic Drugs: These Drugs Lead the Way in Weight Difficulties: Overall-25% chance of gaining weight

The earliest antidepressants drugs including Elavil, Tofranil, and Zyprexa (an anti-psychotic drug) are a source of significant weight changes. Other old drugs including Parnate, Nadil and Remeron, also have significant weight problems.. Newer antidepressants have less potential for weight groblems.. The new anti-depressants Paxil, Zoloft, Prozac and Effexor are the newer drugs with a weight gain potential, but not as great a the older drugs. Wellbutin is an anti-depressant that is not in the SSRI group and does not cause weight gain. In fact weight loss has been reported. Newer drugs like Celexia and Lexapro cause the least weight gain in this group. Some researchers feel the weight changes my be due to improvement in the depression.

2.Steroids, Estrogens, Diabetic and Blood Pressure Drugs

Numerous other drugs have been associated with unusual weight changes. The estimate is there are more than 50 drugs known to cause weight gain. These drugs are well known causes of weight problems and include: Steroids: both legal and illegal, this includes prednisone, testosterone, and estrogens.

Corticosteroid Drugs Include:

Betamethasone (Celestone)
Cortisone (Cortone) Dexamethasone (Decadron)
Hydrocortisone (Cortef)
Methylprednisolone (Medrol)
Prednisolone (Prelone)
Prednisone (Deltasone)
Budesonide (Entocort EC
Anabolic Steriods (most are illegal)
Testosterone
Diababol
Methyl-testosterone
Fluroxytestosterone.
Diabetic Drugs Causing Weight Problems.
Insulin may cause hypoglycemia (low-blood sugar), which stimulates appetite.

Sulfonylureas -- such as Diabinese (chlorpropamide), Amaryl (glimepiride), Glucotrol (glipizide), and DiaBeta or Glynase (glyburides) -- The thiazolidinediones -- Actos (pioglitazone) and Avandia (rosiglitazone)- produce fluid retention and the increase accumulation of fat inside of fat cells.

High Blood Pressure Drugs Cause Weight Problems:
Some beta blockers, especially the older ones, such as atenolol (Tenormin) and metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol-XL) can cause an average weight gain of about 5 lbs. Newer beta blockers, such as carvedilol have less weight gain potential

Avapro, a newer anti-hypertensive agent has been report to produce both weight problems: gain and weight loss.
Other, non beta blocker, high blood pressure drugs that may cause weight gain or difficulty losing weigh include:
Cardura® (doxazosin),Hytrin® (terazosin),Minipress® (prazosin), Altace®(ramipril),
Lotensin® (benazepril), Vasotec® (enalapril), Prinivil®(lisinopril). Zestril®
Atacand® (candesartan). Cozaar® (losartan)
Migraine Medications Cause Weight Gain

Other Drugs Causing Weight Gain

Valproic acid (VPA), Gabapentin
Reported Weight problems in a few other drugs:
Antihistamines such as Nytol® Benadryl® (diphenydramine)
Antibiotics such as Bactrim or Levoquin Anti seizure medication: depakote

What to do if you suspect your medications may play a role in weight gain or even just difficult weight loss?

First, never stop them cold turkey. That may be even worse. Keeping in mind that everyone responds to these drugs differently, switching from one to another one can often can lessen the weight problems. You need to see your personal physician who prescribed the drugs to make the correct changes.

Other means to prevent weight gain may simply be adding the same modalities people without medical problems use to treat their obesity. This includes limiting high calorie foods, especially carbs, as well as exercising. Exercise, especially has great benefits for depression.

 
Dr Lipman's HCG Plan: FAQ's PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:50

HCG Diet Frequently Asked Questions from Dr Lipman's HCG Plan

What is HCG and how does it work?

HCG is a hormone naturally produced in the body. It has many functions and is used medically to treat a variety of conditions. It is the pregnancy hormone. This hormone allows the body to metabolize fat and use it as energy for both mother and fetus. This acts as a “fail-safe” mechanism when energy is needed immediately. For weight loss, we use only a very small amount of HCG to capitalize on this same mechanism. Using HCG in this way does not mimic pregnancy; in fact, it can be safely used by both men and women.

HCG is extremely safe. Women may experience very high levels during pregnancy with no adverse affects. Currently there are no known established clinical side effects.
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How do they make HCG?

Although it is a natural substance, it does not come from humans or animals, it is grown artificially in sterile cells.

Is HCG natural?

All HCG is made in a laboratory, so whether that’s “natural” or not depends upon your definintion. It’s a copy of a naturally occurring hormone.

What sets Dr Lipman’s HCG product apart from the rest?

You will not find this product being sold by other companies; it is a proprietary formula using more expensive quality ingredients that work. My HCG Formula spray and drops may not always be the lowest price but they will always have the highest quality and diet effects. You need to be careful when you buy HCG, especially over the Interent:

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Introducing Dr Lipman's HCG Diet Plan PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 16:56

I would like to introduce you to a new weight loss program that involves no surgery or starving, no outrageous exercise programs, no dangerous pills or expensive packaged meals. You won’t feel tired, hungry or grumpy as with most diets.  It's Dr Lipman's HCG Diet. Plan.
    
Although the HCG diet has been receiving a great deal of attention lately, it actually is not a new concept.  In fact, using HCG for weight loss was first reported by British physician, Dr. A.T.W. Simeons in 1954. Dr Simeons working in Rome discovered that small doses of HCG given to overweight individuals (men and women) decreased their appetite, and made them lose inches specifically around their hips, thighs, buttocks and stomachs. He published a booklet, Pounds and Inches. You can download the full Simeons report:

Dr. Simeons was impressed by HCG because it could be paired with a low calorie diet without causing the same side effects commonly associated with low calorie diets.  For example, Dr. Simeons noticed that his patients could drastically reduce their caloric intake without experiencing irritability, hunger pains, headaches, or weakness while also taking HCG.  The HCG Diet has been used since then for weight loss in very obese persons as well as those wanting to shed a few unhealthy or unwanted pounds.

    As Dr. Simeons continued his research, he found that an HCG injection did more than just help his patients lose weight.  In fact, he found that the injections also helped to naturally reshape his patient’s bodies even if they did not engage in exercise while on the diet.  Dr. Simeons concluded that this was because the patients lost their fat tissue from fat stores around the waist, hip and buttocks which made changes in the body shape more visible.

 Dr. Simeons noticed several important factors including the lack of symptoms one would expect from a patient on a very low calorie diet. For example, his patients had no headaches, hunger pains, weakness, or  irritability as long as the low calorie diet was combined with HCG. Tens of thousands of people used this simple, inexpensive, safe HCG diet treatment and  achieved miraculous, fast, and permanent  weight loss.

  My program is based on Dr. Simeons’ research and, when accompanied by a low-calorie  diet, can  result in an average weight loss of about  1 pound or more a day!

When you join my program, we provide you with valuable information and a system when followed, can help you look better, feel better and contribute to an overall  healthier lifestyle.

 More About HCG Weight Loss Plan :
HCG is a natural water-based hormone present in great amounts in pregnant females. HCG products can safely be used by both males and females who need to lose weight. 
    The HCG hormone speeds up your metabolism, by signaling your body to burn more fat. Following the HCG diet protocol your metabolism will operate over 30%--a much more efficient level to burn, rather than store fat. HCG opens only the excess fat cells allowing excess fat to be burned. No other time in the human body does this happen, and so other diets often remove fat cells the body needs, causing us to lose in places we don't want to first, and finally where you need it last. HCG forces you to burn the excess fat cells taking the needed fat, and literally sculpting the body, losing inches as well as pounds.


    We generally think of fat as just “fat,” but in fact there are three distinct kinds of fat, two of which we need, and one we don’t. If you’ve tried dieting, and found that the weight comes back, it’s because diets can’t rid us of the one kind of fat that most needs to be eliminated.  Here are the different types of fat in the human body:
1) Structural Fat* is the first type of fat. It fills the gaps between various organs, and acts as a protective barrier. Dr Simeons describes this fat: “Structural fat also performs such important functions as bedding the kidneys in soft elastic tissue, protecting the coronary arteries and keeping the skin smooth and taut. It also provides the springy cushion of hard fat under the bones of the feet, without which we would be unable to walk.”

2) Reserve Fat* is the second type of fat which fuels the body when the nutritional intake is insufficient to meet the body’s needs. Normal reserves are localized all over the body.

*Both these types of fat, structural and reserve, are normal, and even if the body stocks them to capacity this can never be called obesity.

3) Abnormal Fat is the third type of fat which has the potential of providing fuel for the body, but rather than being available for nutritional emergencies, it is locked away in fixed deposits. It is this visible fat that people want to eliminate.
    In studying various weight loss programs, Dr. Simeons found that when patients starved themselves, they first lost their Reserve Fat and after that the Structural Fat was
lost. In the HCG plan the “abnormal fat” is mobilized first. That’s the fat that most people
want to eliminate.
           
    Dr Simeons explains these fats and weight loss: “When an obese patient tries to reduce by starving himself, he will first lose his normal fat reserves. When these are exhausted he begins to burn up structural fat, and only as a last resort will the body yield its abnormal reserves, though by that time the patient usually feels so weak and hungry that the diet is abandoned. It is just for this reason that obese patients complain that when they diet they lose the wrong fat. They feel famished “
 

 
Having Difficulty Losing Weight? Think About Speeding Up Your Metabolism--Not Eating Less PDF Print E-mail
Written by Richard   
Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:10

Have a friend or family member than can eat a pint or more of Haagen-Dazs without gaining a pound while you gain weight after eating a spoon or two? The answer lies in your metabolism-the energy burning furnace we all have in our bodies that burn calories 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Metabolism, is every metabolic process that is going on in your body. Each time you eat, whether its fat, protein or carbs, the chemicals in the cells of your body tear apart the food and turn it into energy that keeps your heart beating, your brain working and your body warm. The faster the metabolism, the faster calories are being consumed. The more you burn, the easier it is to lose weight.

Your daily metabolism consists of 4 different components:

1. Basal metabolism: 1300-2000 calories/day: This is the energy needed to breathe, maintain a normal body temperature, maintain circulation and brain activity. There is a great variation in this number, based on age, gender and you genes.

Amount of Energy: variable but as much as 1300 to 2000 calories per day

Can I Increase It? NO, this is fixed, genetically, age, gender dependent

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Weight Gain and Menopause: It's the Hormones, Women Need to Stop Blaming Themselves PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 16:54

When a woman's menstrual periods have stopped for a year or when her blood shows high levels of LH and FSH hormones (LH and FSH are hormones called gonadotrophins that are made by the pituitary gland in the middle of the brain) she is said to be in the menopause. Usually this occurs between 45- 55, but there is a lot of variation. Often women follow patterns of older female family members. Menopause is associated with many symptoms and problems, for most women the most significant t is unintentional weight gain. I will discuss menopause in brief, and then the hormonal reasons for the weight gain and what you can do about it.

Ovulation and Irregular Menses:
Prior to menopause, a woman's FSH and LH levels rise and fall each month as eggs are matured and released by her ovaries. The normal aging process effects the ovaries just like every other organ in the body. It's the normal aging process of the ovaries that is the root of the whole problem. As the ovaries decline in function eggs are not released every month and periods begin to be irregular. This period right before menopause is called the Peri-imenopause which may last for years. Women begin to experience hot flashes, night sweats, fatigue, mood changes and weight gain. Gradually the ovaries no longer respond to gonadotropohins and ovulations stops.

Declining Hormones: Estrogens, Androgens, Progesterone and Weight Gain:
Estrogen, the female hormone made primarily in the ovaries, begins to decline as ovarian function decreases. This causes skipped periods and failure to ovulate and eventually full menopause. Estrogens are responsible for fat distribution in females: the "pear shape" where most of the fat on the buttocks and thighs rather than the "apple shape" where most of the fat is around the abdomen. Increasing fat distribution around the belly, itself causing serious medical problems, begins in perimenapause well ahead of the last menstruation. Estradiol (an estrogen) is responsible for the normal cycle of breaking down fat molecules. With low estradiol levels, fat cells become engorged with more and more fat-the result is weight gain. Along with the fall in estrogen are falls in progesterone, another cause of menopausal symptoms and-weight gain.

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