The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it is reviewing adverse event reports of liver injury in patients taking the weight loss drug orlistat, marketed as the prescription drug Xenical and the over-the-counter medication Alli.
Between 1999 and 2008, the FDA received 32 reports of serious liver injury in patients taking orlistat. Of those [...]

Young You Corporation has been informed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that four weight loss dietary supplements sold and marketed by the firm contain an undeclared drug ingredient. FDA lab analyses of dietary supplements distributed by the company were found to contain undeclared Sibutramine, an FDA-approved drug used as an appetite suppressant [...]

Title: Hormones & Healthy Weight Management Lecture by Dr. Suzette LanzarottaLocation: Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op 1900 Alhambra Boulevard Sacramento, CA 95816Description: Have you noticed a gradual weight gain over a period of years?
Do you eat well and exercise but cannot get weight off?
Join Dr. Lanzarotta for a discussion about the hormonal influences of [...]

According to a a new study published in the journal Lipids in Health and Disease, the African mango (Irvingia gabonensis) has potential as a weight loss aid, and may help lower cholesterol levels.
For the study, 102 overweight or obese adults were assigned to receive either 150 milligrams of the African mango seed extract or [...]

Regardless of carbohydrate, protein or fat content says long-term study that also found that attending counseling sessions also key to promoting weight loss
Many popular diets emphasize either carbohydrate, protein or fat as the best way to lose weight. However, there have been few studies lasting more than a year that evaluate the effect on [...]

New weight loss diet recommends high-carb and protein loaded big breakfast to start the day. 
Researchers may have found a better way to overcome the common problem of dieters abandoning their diet and regaining lost weight.  Eat a big breakfast packed with carbohydrates (”carbs”) and protein, then follow a low-carb, low-calorie diet the rest of the [...]