The Dutch food agency has warned consumers about two herbal preparations with ingredients that could pose a risk to public health.
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) advised people not to buy or use herbal preparations called Shambala and OPEN UP that came from the United Kingdom
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An Irish website selling a weight loss aid that may have been sold in the United States has been closed.
The website was marketing capsules containing 200 milligrams of 2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP) using an address that implied the substance may be used for weight loss. DNP is a yellow powder, often
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Eating too much is what makes us gain weight, and calories alone are more significant than protein when it comes to a weight-loss regime.
That’s the finding of a new study published in the current issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study involved 25 healthy
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Fad diets tend to promise a lot, but they really rely on one thing: short-term weight loss and health. The Paleo (Paleolithic) Diet is a very popular diet based on Dr. Loren Cordain’s book, which asserts that the diet our ancestors may have followed more than two million years ago
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