Insulin Status Is Important Determinant Of Weight Reduction On Vascular Function

While obesity confers serious health concerns and increased all-cause mortality, the vast majority of deaths are due to cardiovascular causes such as ischemic heart disease and stroke. Researcher prospectively followed 208 overweight or obese patients (BMI ?25 kg/m2) receiving medical/dietary (48 percent) or bariatric surgical (52 percent) weight loss treatment during a period of approximately one year. They measured plasma metabolic parameters and vascular endothelial function using ultrasound at baseline and following weight loss intervention, and stratified analyses by median plasma insulin levels. They found that individuals with higher baseline plasma insulin levels (above median >12 uIU/ml), who had greater than 10 percent weight loss had Garcinia Cambogia Reviews significantly improved brachial artery macro-vascular flow-mediated vasodilation and micro-vascular reactive hyperemia.
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Behavioural correlates of successful weight reduction over 3 y. Results from the Lean Habits Study

Baseline assessment took place at the start of the programme, follow-up measurements (FU) after approximately 10 weeks, after 1, 2 and 3y. Subjects were invited by mail and telephone to FU if they no longer participated in the programme. Until February 2000, a total of 6857 subjects was included in the study. Until May 2003, 1593 subjects (23.2%) attended the 3y FU. Because 10 week or 1y FU data were missing for some of these 1593 subjects, the present analyses are based on 1247 subjects with complete data.
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Hormone Therapy Should Not Be Used For Disease Prevention, Study Says

During the trial, the risks of taking estrogen plus progesterone outweighed the benefits, the researchers write. But many of those risks fell during follow up. For example, they found hormone use could account for six additional cases of heart disease per 10,000 women each year during the trial. That dropped to two extra heart disease cases per 10,000 women every year after women stopped taking hormones. Women who were assigned to estrogen plus progesterone continued to have an increased risk of breast cancer after stopping hormone therapy, however. Among women who took estrogen alone – who had all previously had their uterus removed – the risks and benefits were more balanced from the beginning. During the trial, estrogen alone was tied to about 11 extra strokes per 10,000 women per year.
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Hormone therapy in the 50s not linked to memory loss

Francine Grodstein, who wrote an editorial accompany the new study in JAMA Internal Medicine, told Reuters Health the findings are primarily reassuring. “So for (younger) women who really need hormone therapy to treat menopause symptoms this study didn’t find hormone therapy had the amount of harm as it did for older women,” said Grodstein, an associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Espeland told Reuters Health there could be a few possible explanations for the difference between older and younger women using hormone replacement therapy. One possible explanation could be that older women already have more memory problems and hormone therapy accelerates the decline. It could also be that a woman’s brain adapts to lower levels of hormones after menopause and hormone therapy disrupts that process. The new study, however, may not have had enough participants to measure any moderate benefits from taking hormone therapy during the early stages of menopause, said Grodstein. “One study is not going to tell us everything,” she said.
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 Skin As A Mirror Of Our Healthâ

The most popular peptides: Acetyl hexipeptide 8, Pentapeptide (Matrixyl) Lipids – Ceramides, Sphingolipids Phospholipids- Cell hydration and regeneration. Antioxidants and Botanicals: Vitamins A, C, E, Bioflavonoid, Polyphenols. Plant Stem Cells – Collagen boosters, cells rejuvenators. The full range of topical agents works synergistically, resulting in more youthful, firmer, healthier and vibrant skin. Delivery System – Essential factor for SKIN CARE PRODUCT EFECTIVENESS Have you ever wondered why some products penetrate immediately on the skin surface and others remain on the skin without absorption?
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Ideal Beauty By Skin Care Essentials Launches 1st Product

Formulated with Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein to increase skin firmness and retain moisture, and potent botanical extracts to gently cleanse and balance skin without irritation or dryness. Skin is left clean, clear, smooth, and energized. Good for all skin types. Radical Difference: This was a very intriguing product for me and I was delighted at the opportunity to try this. It is a unique concept — a cream that you wear underneath your moisturizer that acts as an anti-oxidant barrier. This locks in nutrients and keeps out irritants such as makeup residue.
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Science Meets Nature in GOLDFADEN MD Skin Care

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data. Reasons to Get this Report * Get a detailed picture of the Skin Care market; * Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change; * Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands; * Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop. Euromonitor International has over 40 years’ experience of publishing market research reports, business reference books and online information systems. With offices in London, Chicago, Singapore, Shanghai, Vilnius, Dubai, Cape Town, Santiago, Sydney, Tokyo and Bangalore and a network of over 800 analysts worldwide, Euromonitor International has a unique capability to develop reliable information resources to help drive informed strategic planning.
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New Market Study Published: Skin Care in Tunisia

It is for this reason that Ideal Beauty has developed this revolutionary new product which targets the skin’s collagen rebuilding process. The key ingredient that makes up Ideal Beauty’s Anti-Aging Wrinkle Cream is Matrixyl 3000. Matrixyl 3000 is a combination of two skin active peptides, palmitoyl oligopeptide and palmitoyl-tetrapeptide-7 that work better together when combined than each separately. A small human study involving two groups of 24 volunteers demonstrated Matrixyl 3000 performing significantly better than the placebo. The results showed that those who received the active ingredient, saw a reduction in wrinkle volume, wrinkle depth as well as a reduction in skin roughness after 2 months of use.
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Will Vitamins Extend Your Lifespan Or Just Shrink Your Piggy Bank?

“Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in Egypt” Published

Eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, lean protein, and the right kind of fats — if you do that, the research seems to support that you’ll get most of the nutrients your body needs. Now don’t get me wrong: Evidence supports the use of some vitamins and supplements for specific medical conditions, such as prostate health for men. That’s why my wife and I won’t eliminate all our vitamins and supplements. My advice is to discuss the use of vitamins and supplements in light of your specific health conditions with your doctor during your annual physical – which you should be doing anyway if you’re over the age of 50. Self-medicating and self-diagnosing just doesn’t make sense. This issue won’t go away quietly.
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Physicians Recommend Key Vitamins to Prevent Signs of Aging

Forecasts to 2017 illustrate how the market is set to change. Full Report Details at Product coverage: Dietary Supplements, Paediatric Vitamins and Dietary Supplements, Tonics and Bottled Nutritive Drinks, Vitamins. Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data. Reasons to Get this Report * Get a detailed picture of the Vitamins and Dietary Supplements market; * Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change; * Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands; * Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.
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Importantly, collagen makes up 75% of our skin and gives it support and volume. Vitamin B3 As a damage corrector, test-tube studies have shown that vitamin B3 boosts collagen production and clinical studies have shown that it reduces dark spots,” says Dr. Arlene Noodleman. In one significant study, 50 Caucasian women applied a 5% vitamin B3 solution to one side of their faces every day for 12 weeks. They had a marked reduction in dark spots, redness and yellowing, and increased elasticity. The two doctors advise that, for best results, people should buy these topical vitamin products at concentrations that have proved effective and use them for the length of time recommended.
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