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...even Hatch could halt the industry's dose of bad press, though, over ephedra. The FDA received more than 800 reports of adverse effects from the Chinese weight-loss herb before it proposed limiting doses in 1997. A subsequent study tied 155 deaths to various ephedra products, but uncontrolled sales weren't banned until 2004. Utah company Neutraceutical Corp. is still arguing that lower doses are safe, but in August the firm was overruled by an appeals court...
Finger-pointing is not a recognized weight-loss exercise. But you wouldn't know it from the vigor with which they do it in the fashion industry. Particularly when the subject of skinny models comes up. And recently it has come up a lot, what with one malnourished South American model dying when she stepped off the runway, the Madrid fashion shows barring models who are too thin, and the scary walking chopsticks who came down the runway in New York City this month...
...body is biologically programmed to stay around a certain weight and will fight attempts at maintaining a weight more than 2-3 kg below that set point. Given less food than it's used to and responding to a drop in leptin, a hormone produced by fat cells, the body clicks into survival mode, slowing metabolism to save energy and triggering cravings for high-kilojoule foods. Now what may be looming for the dieter is months or years of fluctuating weight, possible use of potentially dangerous weight-loss pills, a heightened risk of binge eating and other eating disorders, feelings...
...itself pathological, what's driving the obesity panic? In the same article, the authors point out that many of the world's leading obesity researchers who've been involved in defining overweight and obesity have received funding from the pharmaceutical and weight-loss industries; some manage weight-loss clinics themselves and so have "an economic interest in defining unhealthy weight as broadly as possible and overstating the hazards of obesity." While stressing he's not an obesity expert, David Henry, professor of clinical pharmacology at the University of Newcastle, notes the potential for disease mongering among the overweight...
...that gently plumps out the face." The procedure has to be performed once a month for four months and then once a year after that. Other highlights include sliding into the body-length Lyashi Dome?a Japanese invention?which rids the body of toxins and is offered as a weight-loss and cellulite treatment. Jaulin also features Ayurvedic massage using warm sesame oil as well as traditional facials, pedicures and eyelash tints, which come with soothing hand massages...