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Diet pills not a quick fix to weight loss

Deborah Gabriel posted an article on Deborah Gabriel's Blog - Mar 17, 2010, 3:59 pm
A UK company is looking to recruit a human guinea pig to test diet pills and Precious star Gabourey Sidibe has been targeted by a diet pill company. But beware – diet pills are not a quick fix solution to weight loss and good health. A company called Proactol has already posted their job ad
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England and Scotland sitting on obesity time bomb

Deborah Gabriel posted an article on Deborah Gabriel's Blog - Feb 22, 2010, 2:47 pm
Last week, a survey found Londoners to be the leanest people in Britain. But this week, according to other research, both England and Scotland are sitting on an obesity time bomb. Figures from the National Heart Forum from 1993 to 2007, based on the National Health Survey for England, suggests that ...
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North south divide extends to obesity

Deborah Gabriel posted an article on Deborah Gabriel's Blog - Feb 16, 2010, 2:36 pm
According to a recent poll, people “up North” not only have greater levels of poverty than people in the south, they also have greater levels of obesity too. A survey on obesity and weight loss revealed that people in the East Midlands are the fattest in the UK, with an average BMI of 28.9. Peop...
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Low carb diets can cause heart disease

Deborah Gabriel posted an article on Deborah Gabriel's Blog - Dec 14, 2009, 2:07 pm
The Atkins Diet was recently slated as a fad diet, which in the long term is likely to lead to weight gain. Now research has shown that low carb diets like Atkins can lead to heart disease. At the height of its popularity, the Atkins Diet attracted substantial publicity with claims of rapid weight l...
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Maintaining a healthy weight is now a matter of life and death

Deborah Gabriel posted an article on Deborah Gabriel's Blog - Dec 9, 2009, 1:28 pm
Losing weight and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is not merely about aiming to look your best and boosting your self-confidence. It’s now become a matter of life and death. New research by the Netherlands Heart Foundation has revealed that one in three deaths from heart disease is caused by obes...
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The folly of fad diets

Deborah Gabriel posted an article on Deborah Gabriel's Blog - Nov 30, 2009, 8:35 pm
It came as no surprise to me to hear that fad diets can make you fat and should be avoided, so warns Professor Chris Hawkey, president of the British Society of Gastroenterology. I’ve been on one or two of them myself and can testify to the fact that it’s possible to lose a reasonable amount of...
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Deborah Gabriel Aug 22, 2009, 7:10 am
I have twice gone vegetarian (fell off the wagon in between). But whenever I give up meat, my health improves and I feel so much better in myself. However, I would not even attempt to go vegan as I enjoy eating fish and would just find it too restrictive a diet . I wrote about my experience in a blog a few months ago:

http://www.deborahgabriel.com/...

You might also find it interesting to note that recent studies show that those who give up meat but who still eat fish still also enjoy better health than meat eaters:

http://www.peoplewithvoices.co...

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About Me

I’m a journalist, author, lecturer, PhD researcher, social entrepreneur and avid blogger! My PhD research project is on black bloggers in the UK and pretty much all of my personal and professional activities are linked to informing, educating and empowering people! My Lifestyle Challenge blog is about my mission to lose 58 pounds and provides tips and advice on weight loss and caring for afro textured hair - gained through personal experience and a bit of research!

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