The American Heart Association has set out some new guidelines on sugar as a way to curb obesity and the resulting heart disease that could come from such a diet. From a study done in 2004 by the government, people were consuming about 22 added teaspoons of sugar a day for most adults. The…
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Playing The Odds With Your Health
The FDA is investigating reports that a drug called orlistat, which is in the over the counter diet drug Alli and it’s prescription cousin Xenical, is the cause of some liver damage. These two diet drugs work by preventing fat from being absorbed into the intestines. The difference between the two drugs is that…