Posts Tagged ‘New research’

People Unaware Of ‘Waist Fat’ Risk

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Just under 90% of people don’t know about the risks involved of carrying additional fat around the waistline, reports safedietpills.co.uk

The study, conducted by GlaxoSmithKline, the makers of the first FDA pill approved over the counter pill Alli, interviewed 12,000 people across Europe.

The survey found that the vats majority had no idea that a thick waist was a sign of a buildup of a dangerous type of fat around the internal organs.

The study  said that this “viscersal fat” was strongly linked with type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The survey found that once people were aware of such risks, they would lose weight.

The author of the study, Dr Terry Maguire a senior Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast, said that people were ignorant of the fact that visceral fat, which you cannot see or feel and which sits around organs, exists or that it poses a threat.

Scientists believe that this type of fat is related to the release of proteins and hormones that can result in inflammation that can damage arteries and enter the liver, effecting how the body breaks down sugars and fats.

Rather worryingly, just 25% of those questioned believed that being overweight was a threat to long term health.

“Most overweight people still see themselves as having a body image issue not a health problem and they need to understand the health benefits of weight loss as well as the cosmetic results,” Dr Maguire revealed.

When quizzed on losing weight, 65% of respondents said they would try and lose weight in the new year.

The report’s co-author, Professor David Haslam, chair of the UK National Obesity Forum, warned, however,  that steady sustainable weight loss is the best method for long term sustainable weight loss.

He warned that ‘crash diets’ were doomed to fail and that “they can actually do more harm than good”.

The survey was commisioned by the makers of Alli, the first FDA approved weight loss supplement sold over the counter.

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Weight Loss Drug Targets Body Not Brain

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Scientists in Australia claim to have developed a weight loss supplement that has shown potential to change the way the body uses fat, reports safedietpills.co.uk

Researchers from the Garvin Institute of Medical Research believe that the new pill can control weight gain in mice by preventing the body receiving signals from the brain.

The majority of weight loss drugs, such as Acai Berry Select, Proactol and Unique Hoodia prevent the brain from sending hunger signals to the body.

The Head of neuroscience at the Garvin Institute, Professor Herbert Herzog, believes, however that these therapies do have some limitations.

“”What we’ve found is that blocking one system that influences appetite and body weight regulation might not be enough to cause a significant change in reducing body weight,” he said.

“If you take one signal away, others take over.”

As a result researchers sought to reverse the traditional approach and prevent the body from receiving hunger signals from the brain.

In addition to acting as an appetite suppressant, the pill also acts a fat burner.

“The body can decide if it uses fatty acids or protein for generating energy. So if one can direct the body to use more fatty acids, which is stored in fat tissue, then the reduction of body weight might be greater,” Professor Herzog said.

The drug has shown to be successful on mice, with results showing that body fat was reduced whilst muscle mass remained the same.

“It will definitely improve the effects of losing weight by a normal diet,” Professor Herzog said.
“This might not be really suitable for extremely obese people, but for moderately obese people, it might be a real alternative.”

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