Diet Pills Recalled

On May 1, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the voluntary recall of the widely-used diet pills, Hydroxycut, by their manufacturer, Iovate Health Sciences, Inc., of Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

Consumers are warned to stop using the recalled Hydroxycut products immediately. You can return them to their place of purchase for a refund.

These supplements are used by both dieters and bodybuilders.

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7 Recent Weight Loss And Diet News Stories

Here are seven of the latest news headlines concerning weight loss and diet…

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How Lack Of Sleep Can Make You Fat

It turns out that poor sleep, such as from chronic insomnia, disrupts one of our hunger hormones, which can make us fat.

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Is Your Marriage Killing You?

If you’re a woman in a strained marriage, it just might be.

Here’s why…

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10 Easy Ways To Lose Weight

For everyone adopting a New Year’s resolution of losing weight, here’s a roundup of 10 easy ways to lose weight…

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5 Dieting and Other Holiday Myths

Here are 5 holiday myths, including diet and dieting myths, that have recently been disproved by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine:

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New Diet Pills Warning From the FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new warning about diet pills which are mostly sold on the Internet and are believed to be coming mainly from China.

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Is Obesity Hardwired Into Your Brain?

There’s new evidence that if you’re severely overweight, obesity may be hardwired into your brain and you simply can’t help overeating.

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Low-Carb Diets Can Affect Your Memory

If you’re on a low-carb diet and you’re having trouble with your memory or thinking in general, you may want to reintroduce some carbohydrates into your diet.

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Dark Chocolate May Help To Keep Your Weight Down

Dark chocolate makes you feel more satisfied than milk chocolate.

That means you’ll crave fewer sweet, fatty, and salty foods with dark chocolate according to some new research from the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen.

So if you want to eat chocolate over the holidays, dark chocolate may be the way to go.

Here’s how the researchers came to their conclusion…

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