Fitness Watch

Kids should get moving to avoid obesity

2009-12-04T05:06:00.002-06:00

Nope. Exercise is a terribly inefficient way to lose or control weight.

"Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn't appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows."

But the second part of the sentence is true.

"Sitting around" is not the issue.

The best way to control weight is caloric intake control.

And knowing how to do that whether active or not is the key.

Learn how and success is yours.

Health Care Savings Could Start in the Cafeteria

2009-12-04T05:04:00.005-06:00

Hey, look! It's an idiot with s**t for brains trying to take your money with a prepared meal program.

"In home offices around Boston, a shoestring operation of three full-time employees is working on an unusual answer to that question. As the wrangling over trillion-dollar price tags continues on Capitol Hill, a start-up company...is undertaking its own version of health care reform by using a simple, low-tech premise: Eat healthier food and you’ll become healthier...

Unlike most corporate nutrition and weight-loss programs, which offer predictable prescriptions about portion size and calorie control, Ms. Totten’s plan allows employees surprising amounts of free rein in deciding how much to eat. 'You can eat when you’re hungry, as much as you want, as long as you pay attention to when you’re full,' she advises. 'And then you can eat again whenever you feel hungry.'”

Isn't that what the fat folks who shop at Whore Foods do?

It is the same old canard, eat all you want as long as it is "healthy" food you will be just fine.

Screw you, you ginormous idiot.

Overweight and obesity result from more Calories in than out and the source matters not.

Anything else, like this Totten's crap is plainly and simply wrong.

You want to lose weight? Go here and learn how to do it on your own. (or see here, here, here, here and here)

You are a business person and want a chance at cutting sick care costs? Go here and learn what you will really need to do.

You are a fool and want to fool yourself more? Listen to Totten and her ilk.

But do not expect the rest of us to pay for your rescue.

Gestational Glucose Intolerance Linked to Metabolic Syndrome

2009-12-04T05:04:00.001-06:00

Kudos, fatsos. Gestational diabetes and metabolic syndrome are more common in fat people.

"Even mild impairment in glucose tolerance during pregnancy is associated with a greater risk of postpartum metabolic syndrome, researchers found.

Women who had either gestational glucose intolerance or gestational diabetes were about twice as likely to have metabolic syndrome three months after giving birth than those with normal glucose tolerance, according to Ravi Retnakaran, MD, of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, and colleagues.

The findings were reported online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

The study raises "the important possibility that [these women] represent a patient population at particularly high risk for the future development of metabolic and vascular disease," Retnakaran said in a statement.

Screening for gestational diabetes may allow for the detection of otherwise unrecognized latent metabolic syndrome and enable the early modification of cardiovascular risk factors, the researchers said.

Further study with long-term follow-up is necessary, they said, to determine whether this would have an effect on rates of disease.

Previous studies have found an association between gestational dysglycemia and increased risks of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, both of which have also been linked to metabolic syndrome, the researchers said."

You put your unborn kids and yourselves at risk.

The Pig Is Clever Like A Fox

2009-12-04T05:03:00.000-06:00

Oprah's participation in the weight loss debate is an Orwellian nightmare - the pig is in charge.

Well, the pig is clever like a fox.

Just in time to rollout the new version of the book she co-wrote with Bob Greene, AdipOprah, an IMHO whore-for-the-money and clear threat to people's health, devoted the cover and cover story of her O(bese), The AdipOprah magazine, to her weight woes.

In typical fatso style she basically blames her alleged mere 40-pound weight gain on her poor, defenseless, thyroid gland (again).

She is clearly spewing the slop in which she rolls.

The rollout of her “updated and revised” book together with the rollout of her personal story about why she cannot get the rolls out of her belly are an interesting coincidence.

I will bet, it was not “updated and revised” to tell people it is crap and that she and Bob are liars.

Personally, IMHO, it is nothing more than another attempt by a crooked person to rip-off money from desperate people. (According to the bovine billionaire herself, there are "more than 2.4 million" of them who read the magazine. Add to that the people who watch her TV show, listen to her radio programming, watch her TV network and visit her website and you have an awful lot of impressionable people being fooled.)

What she is talking about this 2008 holiday season is, IMHO, nothing more than another attempt at thievery. This is not new for them as Bob and Oprah, IMHO, have a history of using lies and falsified images to scam the public.

(IMHO, Oprah with Bob are every bit as crooked as Oprah is with her other boys, Mehmet and Michael, David and Jorge.)

Despite the fact that the IMHO whore-for-the-money admits that she was gaining weight beginning "in February 2007," she was too greedy to recuse herself from promoting the diet scheme concocted by her and Bob, instead averring how well it worked for her. Even to this day.

I just pulled this (12-14-08) from their diet website. The website is copyright, 2007. The hardcover edition of the book came out December 26, 2006. The paperback edition came out December 26, 2007. The "I" is fatso "O":

I lost weight in stages. First I became active, and I still work out even though I really hate it, but I know if I don’t I will end up 200 pounds again. Then I started working on my eating. I stopped eating past 7:30 at night. When Bob told me it would make a big difference in my weight, I resisted. I thought it was going to be too hard. But I was surprised to find that it wasn’t; even more surprised when it turned out to be one of the most effective changes I made.

I’ve now taken most of the bad foods out of my diet and replaced them with good. I eat smaller portions and I eat healthy foods as a way of life, not a diet to go on and off.

Liar.

And the picture used on the website to promote the diet is:

Double liar.

(Here are real images of Oprah on her/Bob's diet.

Triple liar.)

Which is the same picture (the background was changed) she and Bob used to rip people off in 2008, on their website:

Quadruple liar.

And other places on the web:

Quintuple liar.

And at a "discount":

Sextuple liar.

And they promoted her and still promote her (12-24-08) as a "success" on their diet (enlarge the image if you have to or just click on it to get to the page):

Septuple liar.

Scummy Oprah and Bob are all talk about integrity as if it means something to them. This is from the complaint to the FTC about Bob and Oprah and their false and deceptive advertising:

"As will be seen in Exhibits A, B and M, there is much made of 'truth' and 'truthfulness' by both Mr. Greene and Ms. Winfrey. Likewise, they speak of accepting responsibility for one’s actions. In fact, 'truthfulness' and 'responsibility' appear in the General Index on pages 272 and 271, respectively, in the hardcover edition.

I submit that in the FTC’s taking of its responsibility it has the opportunity to not only protect consumers from what I contend (and what I posit a reasonable consumer would contend if he/she were aware of them) are clearly false and deceptive advertising practices, but also to provide Ms. Winfrey and Mr. Greene with opportunities to accept responsibility for and the consequences of their dishonesty and untruthfulness."

You can check out the Exhibits here.

Here is their chance to stop the talk and do the walk, which, incidentally, Oprah claims is a big part of the fatso "cure":

"All you have to do is work out harder and eat less! Get your 10,000 steps in!"

What to do?

Give back all the money they took under clearly false pretenses (plus interest earned and any damages), apologize to the world, do some jail time for being the IMHO crooks they are, shut their mouths for good (and the mouths of Oprah's other experts), stop publishing/writing on topics at which they are failures, slither off into the sunset and just go away for good.

That is integrity.

Incidentally, there is one truth among all this drivel of hers.

"All you have to do is…eat less!"

If this means fewer Calories in than out, then she is right.

And what is most important is that you do not need their sh**ty book in order to do that.

Complain to the FTC about her, Bob, Mehmet, Michael, David and Jorge, so it will get these IMHO parasites out from the broadcast media.

The sooner the better. Stop them before they harm again.

You can make a difference.

Oprah and Bob Greene Scamming The Public - Again

2009-12-04T05:02:00.000-06:00

The headline links to the Oprahcide or Death By Oprah website.

This link will take you to the Jail For Oprah website where you will find FTC complaints filed re:

Oprah and Bob and
Oprah and her diet expert's books and
Oprah, Jorge Cruise and David Katz.

Here is a picture of Bob and an Oprah that never existed in reality:

I am clear that, IMHO, Oprah and Bob are two of the leaders in the nutritional homicide movement. There are others, like Mehmet Oz, IMHO.

But what is so grossly apparently dishonest, is the Photoshopped image of AdipOprah.

Her entry into the fitness/weight loss domain is like the book Animal Farm.

The pig is in charge.

She claims to be all about integrity, but it is clear to me that she is a dishonest person who has a profit-motivated integrity of convenience that is basically the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help her Photoshop.

This is how Oprah really looks.

Big and fat and with chinny chin chins.

And big thighs and fat ass.

To see more images of AdipOprah and how she really looks following Bob's and Oprah's Best Life Diet, go:

here
here
here
here
here
here

The images above cover the period of time from around the release of their book, December 26, 2006, until just about the present.

But when you are a whore for the money, well, truth in extra-large packaging goes out the door.

However, "Sale Pricing" does not.

Here is a new "deal" Bob and The Killer Queen of Daytime TV are offering.

One look at the real Oprah - same faked image.

One look at the real Oprah - same doomed to fail advice.

One look at the real Oprah - same guaranteed to make you poorer and them richer scam.

This is how The Best Life Diet is described at amazon.com:

"From the bestselling author of Get With the Program! and Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover comes The Best Life Diet, a lifetime plan for losing weight and keeping it off. Bob Greene helped Oprah achieve her dramatic weight loss, and he can help you too. You'll eat the same delicious food that Oprah enjoys, and, just like Oprah, you'll have Bob to encourage you at every step."

Just like he did for Oprah! (see images and image links above, in case you have forgotten how good Bob is and/or how fat Oprah is)

Shame on her.

She should be ashamed but I suspect she is not.

If she ever had an ounce of shame, it has likely been replaced by pounds of fat.

In Oprah's own words:

"Excerpt from The Best Life Diet (sic) - by Oprah Winfrey

You cannot ever live the life of your dreams without coming face to face with the truth. Every unwanted pound creates another layer of lies."

Right.

And Oprah is the multi-layered liar.

Laughing all the way to the bank with your money.

To find out more about what I believe is going on, read the FTC complaint filed regarding her and Bob. It is available here.

Consumer Reports - Profile In Incompetence (Update)

2009-12-04T05:01:00.000-06:00

Today is December 04, 2009. No response from CR since June 11, 2007.

Here is a chronicle of my communications with Consumer Reports re: their June 2007 cover story on "Rating the Diets."

The quality of their work is, IMHO, shamefully shoddy and their analytical skills fatally flawed - just like diet programs.

Of particular interest is CR's response, via a Mr. Harzewski speaking for the Editors.

Read it all.

Then, you decide.

To me, these folks are dangerously incompetent.

Caveat subscriber.

To access all the Fitness Rants, click here.

Herbal supplements may raise blood lead levels

2009-12-03T05:06:00.000-06:00

Oops.

"Some herbal supplements may boost the levels of lead in the blood of women, new research shows.

Among 12,807 men and women age 20 and older, Dr. Catherine Buettner, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues found blood lead levels about 10 percent higher in women, but not men, who used specific herbal supplements.

When they examined herbal supplement use among women of reproductive age (age 16 to 45 years old), 'the relationship with lead levels was even stronger, with lead levels 20 percent higher overall, and up to 40 percent higher among users of select herbal supplements compared to non-users,' they report in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Lead accumulates in the body over time and may pass from a woman's placenta and breast milk to developing fetuses and infants. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not specify safe lead limits, or even routinely test for this toxin in herbal supplements.

Buettner's team found that women using Ayurvedic or traditional Chinese medicine herbs had lead levels 24 percent higher than non-users, while those using St. John's wort and 'other' herbs had lead levels 23 percent and 21 percent higher, respectively, than non-users.

When combined with prior studies hinting at excess lead in specific supplements, the evidence strongly suggests use of specific herbal supplements may result in higher lead levels among women, Buettner said."

Still think they have any idea what a "safe" supplement is?

High-Impact Exercise Reduces Stroke Risk

2009-12-03T05:05:00.000-06:00

Very wrong. Beware of their advice.

"Regular workouts are protective against ischemic stroke, say researchers. They suggest that the intensity of the activity is important and the effect is independent of the improvement exercise has on hypertension, diabetes, or dyslipidemia.

'We believe that maintaining, and even initiating, moderate- to heavy-intensity activity, such as racket sports or swimming, is an important component of risk reduction strategies against ischemic stroke,' said Joshua Willey, MD, from Columbia University in New York."What they meant was "

High-INTENSITY," not high impact.

High impact can result in real problems, especially for people with bone issues.

By age, the people with stroke risk and the people with bone mineral problems overlap significantly.

This just goes to show how even the alleged experts can put out misinformation even after they get the principles right.

'Arthritis risk' for middle-aged exercise addicts

2009-12-03T05:04:00.000-06:00

Stupid.

"Middle-aged men and women may be risking arthritis if they overdo their exercise regime, research suggests."

Well, if you OVERDO something...

Duh.

It Can Be Predicted The Reaction Obese Patients Will Have To A Diet

2009-12-02T05:06:00.000-06:00

With certainty.

"The presence of increased body fat, and therefore higher levels of inflammatory substances in the blood, hinders the loss and maintenance of body weight; as shown by a research project of the University of Navarra conducted by Estíbaliz Goyenechea Soto, a scientist at the School of Pharmacy."

The reaction?

I don't wanna...it's too hard...whine...whine...whine.

Feeding The Clock

2009-12-02T05:05:00.003-06:00

Crap.

"When you eat may be just as vital to your health as what you eat, found researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their experiments in mice revealed that the daily waxing and waning of thousands of genes in the liver-the body's metabolic clearinghouse-is mostly controlled by food intake and not by the body's circadian clock as conventional wisdom had it."

It is plainly and simply impossible for any one or any time to defeat the Laws of Thermodynamics that govern weight gain, weight loss and the whole known universe.

As long as you consume fewer Calories than you burn, you must lose weight.

Time of day is irrelevant.

What you eat is irrelevant.

This research is irrelevant.

Ginkgo no help for heart, but may aid leg arteries

2009-12-02T05:04:00.001-06:00

Yes and no.

"The popular herbal supplement ginkgo biloba does not appear to prevent heart attacks and strokes in older adults, but may help lower their risk of blocked arteries in the legs, a new study suggests.

Ginkgo, one of the most widely used herbs in the U.S. and Europe, is often touted as a memory enhancer, but it is also being studied for its potential cardiovascular benefits.

The herb contains antioxidants called flavonoids, which may promote healthy blood vessel function; there is also evidence that ginkgo, similar to aspirin, prevents blood cells called platelets from clumping together to form clots.

For the current study, researchers randomly assigned more than 3,000 adults older than 75 to take either 120 milligrams of ginkgo or inactive placebo pills twice a day. They found that over the next six years, ginkgo users were no less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke as those on the placebo.

The herbal group did, however, have a lower risk of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD), a buildup of artery-clogging plaques in the legs that reduces blood flow and can lead to pain and cramps when a person walks.

The finding is in line with past research showing that ginkgo supplements helped people with PAD walk farther without pain.

Still, it is too soon to recommend the herb for preventing PAD, the researchers report in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Only 35 study participants developed PAD -- 23 placebo users and 12 who were on ginkgo -- and those numbers are too small to prove the herb made the difference...

It's not clear why ginkgo might have an effect on PAD risk but none when it comes to heart attack or stroke. Larger studies are needed to see whether and why the herb may have unique effects on PAD, according to Kuller's team.

Although ginkgo is available over-the-counter and generally considered safe, experts advise older adults to talk with their doctors before trying the herb.

Supplements can interact with each other or with any medication a person may be taking. With ginkgo, the primary concern is its potential to raise the risk of bleeding by interacting with drugs or supplements that 'thin' the blood -- including aspirin and other non- steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, like ibuprofen and naproxen, as well as supplements like vitamin E and garlic."

Yes - it is no help for the heart.

No - it will not aid leg arteries.

Care to bet?

Lack Of Energy-Regulating Gene Caused Mice To Become Obese And Insulin Resistant

2009-12-01T05:06:00.000-06:00

BS.

"A team of scientists in the US found that mice lacking a gene that is involved with and controls enzymes that regulate energy production in cells became obese and insulin resistant even though they ate less and exercised more than their brothers and sisters.

The findings are the result of a study by Dr Rob Lewis of the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, and 26 other researchers from various centers in the US. It was published in the journal Cell Metabolism on 4 November.

Lewis told the press that the genetically modified mouse, which they bred to lack a protein called Kinase Suppressor of Ras 2 (KSR2), was interesting because while it ate less and was more active than its normal brothers and sisters, it got fat."

It is all about Calories in vs. Calories out.

If, for example, you burn fewer Calories for whatever reason, if you consume fewer Calories it will be impossible for you to gain weight and it will be possible for you to lose weight.

Period.

Molecule Discovered That Makes Obese People Develop Diabetes

2009-12-01T05:05:00.001-06:00

Yep.

"Many people who are overweight or obese develop insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes at some stage in their lives. A European research team has now discovered that obese people have large amounts of the molecule CXCL5, produced by certain cells in fatty tissue.

The main risk factors for type 2 diabetes are obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. The biomedical community has known for many years that substances produced by fatty tissue are responsible for the link between obesity and diabetes."

The molecule is also known as "Eat-too-darned-much-inol."

Put down the fork and back away from the table.

Obesity May Have Adverse Role In HIV Treatment

2009-12-01T05:04:00.000-06:00

Kudos, fatsos.

"The immune systems of HIV patients who are obese don't respond to antiretroviral therapy as well as do those of people of normal weight, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). The findings were presented by San Diego-based Nancy Crum-Cianflone, MD at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America."

Give yourself and the drugs a chance.

Some People OK With Obesity

2009-11-30T05:06:00.001-06:00

Here are some of them: idiots, people who get the rest of us to pay for their sick care, child abusers and undertakers.

"Nearly one obese person in 10 feels no need to lose weight or prevent further weight gain, researchers found.

Most obese people with these body size misperceptions thought their health was above average and their lifetime cardiovascular and diabetes risk low, said Dr. Tiffany Powell of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and colleagues."

Unfortunately, this message is brought to us by the people who are absolutely incapable of solving the problem but continue to tell us that they can.

"Their analysis of the Dallas Heart Study, reported at the American Heart Association meeting last week, suggested that physicians have a role in correcting these impressions."(see here)

The enablers of overfatness, e.g., physicians, are the among the last who should be trusted.

Women At Increased Risk Of Dementia If Prone To Collecting Fat Around The Middle

2009-11-30T05:05:00.000-06:00

Solution: Don't collect fat around the middle.

"Women who store fat on their waist in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy."

Problem solved.

Next.

Women Can Quit Smoking And Control Weight Gain

2009-11-30T05:04:00.000-06:00

Medical feminism - how big of the folks at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

"Many women don't quit smoking because they are afraid of gaining weight. That's because nicotine suppresses the appetite and boosts a smoker's metabolism.

But a new meta-analysis (results of several studies) shows that women who quit smoking while receiving treatment for weight control are better able to control their weight gain and are more successful at quitting cigarettes."

Next study, "Women Can Walk And Chew Gum At The Same Time."

Such arrogance.

Niacin Not Beneficial in Patients at Goal With Statins: NIA Plaque

2009-11-29T05:06:00.000-06:00

More evidence that they have no idea what is going on.

"The addition of niacin to statin therapy in secondary-prevention patients resulted in a significant improvement in LDL- and HDL-cholesterol levels but failed to significantly alter atherosclerotic disease progression as measured by MRI, compared with statin therapy alone.

The results, from the NIA Plaque study, are in contrast with the findings from the Arterial Biology for the Investigation of the Treatment Effects of Reducing Cholesterol: HDL and LDL Treatment Strategies in Atherosclerosis (ARBITER 6-HALTS) study and with a recent imaging study showing that niacin helped with plaque regression when used on top of optimized statin therapy, but investigators say the patient populations differ significantly."

Better to be fit, than to rely on this stuff.

Folate Supplementation Linked to Increased Cancer Incidence and Mortality

2009-11-29T05:05:00.001-06:00

More evidence that they have no idea what is going on.

"Folic acid and vitamin B supplementation was associated with an increase in cancer incidence, cancer mortality, and all-cause mortality in a new analysis with long-term follow-up of data from 2 trials conducted in Norway, where there is no folic acid fortification of foods."

Still trust them?

Trust fitness instead.

New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Opposed by Societies

2009-11-29T05:04:00.003-06:00

And they have been dealing with breast cancer screening for decades.

In the domains of fitness and health, face it, they are oftentimes guessing.

"Several professional organizations and expert groups have voiced their objections to new recommendations for breast cancer screening issued by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and published in the November 17 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine."

Still think they have any idea what they are talking about?

New Antioxidant Compounds Have Been Identified In Foods Such As Olive Oil, Honey And Nuts Using Two Analytical Techniques

2009-11-28T05:06:00.000-06:00

Oh-oh - honey, nuts and olive oil may be bad for you. (see, e.g., here, here and here)

"Scientists at the University of Granada have identified and characterized for the first time different antioxidant compounds from foods such as olive oil, honey, walnuts and a medicinal herb called Teucrium polium. They have used two new techniques, capillary electrophoresis and high resolution liquid chromatography, that have enabled them to identify and quantify a great part of the phenolic compounds contained in these foods."

Oops.

Giant Snails Could Address Malnutrition

2009-11-28T05:05:00.000-06:00

Likely to be a slow address about "eating healthily" Nigerian/UK-style.

"A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her country by baking up snail pie. In a research paper to be published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health, she explains snail is not only cheaper and more readily available than beef but contains more protein.

Ukpong Udofia of the Department of Home Economics, at the University of Uyo, has looked at the moisture levels, protein content, and iron composition of the flesh of the giant West African land snail and compared it to beef steak. Snail pie is much more nutritious than a beef pie, she says.

Udofia and her research team baked pies of both varieties and asked young mothers and their children to try the tasty meal. Most of them preferred the taste and texture of the pies baked with the snail Archachatina marginata to those made with beef. The kids and their mothers judged the snail pies to have a better appearance, texture, and flavor."

Here is a recipe for the enlightened:

Ingredients

100ml Olive oil
500 g salted boneless pork shoulder, (or butt), or gammon joint, cut into 2cm pieces
1 medium Onion, finely chopped
48 large snails, tinned
4 cloves Garlic, chopped
1 Bay leaves
8 tinned anchovies, canned, chopped
150ml dry White wine
150g shelled walnut pieces
100ml double cream
1 x 250g ready-made shortcrust pastry
1 Egg, beaten, for the glaze

To serve

mashed potato
green beans

Method

1. Pour the olive oil into a heavy-based pan and add the pork. Cook over a medium-high heat until the meat is sealed - about 10 minutes. Add the onion, snails, garlic, bay leaf and anchovies. Sauté for 3-4 minutes before pouring over the wine.

2. Simmer for a further 10-15 minutes to reduce about a third of the cooking liquid. Scatter over the walnut pieces, add the cream and continue cooking over a low heat for 10-15 minutes. Leave on one side to cool slightly and tip into an 18cm diameter pie dish. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4.

3. Roll out the pastry on a floured surface and use to cover the pie dish. Make a hole in the centre of the pie to allow steam to escape while it cooks.

4. Brush the pie with the beaten egg and bake for 30 minutes, until the pastry is golden. Serve with fluffy mashed potato and green beans."

Bon appetit.

Study Raises New Questions About Merck Pill Zetia

2009-11-28T05:04:00.001-06:00

And you can bet they will find more problems with the IMHO malpractice known as diet drugs.

"A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin — drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.

In the study, Zetia failed to shrink buildups in artery walls while a rival drug, Niaspan, did so significantly. Zetia users also suffered more heart attacks and other problems although the numbers of these events were too small to draw firm conclusions...

Statins such as Lipitor and Crestor have long been used to lower LDL, or bad cholesterol, and are known to cut the risk of heart problems. Nevertheless, many statin users still suffer heart attacks, so doctors have been testing adding a second medicine to further lower risk."

Still think they have any idea what they are doing? (besides taking your money)

Study Says 43 Percent Of Americans Could Be Obese By 2018 - Costing $344 Billion Annually

2009-11-27T05:06:00.001-06:00

Kudos, fatsos.

"A study has found that, if left unchecked, 43 percent of Americans will be obese by 2018, costing the health care system $344 billion annually."

Stop paying for these fat folks.

Fight back.