Weight Loss

thadmin — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:15:42 -0600

In the context of physical health, weight loss is the process of reducing body weight, typically by losing fat.

To achieve weight loss, more energy must be expended than taken in. This can be achieved by reducing the amount of food consumed, increasing physical activity or a combination of the two.

For healthy weight loss, most experts recommend a combination of healthy eating patterns and regular physical exercise.

Other methods of losing weight include the use of herbal medicines or drugs that decrease appetite and/or increase physical activity. Examples of these are fenfluoramine, ephedra, nicotine or cocaine. Surgical options are also available. Liposuction removes targeted area of fat and tissue while bariatric surgeries can result in large weight loss by reducing the size of the stomach or reducing the absorption of food energy. Surgical and drug options may have serious side-effects.

Iridology

thadmin — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:21:06 -0600

Therapy Guide

Iridology is an alternative medicine practice in which patterns, colors and other characteristics of stromal fibers of the iris are examined for information about a patient's systemic health.

Practitioners match their observations to iris charts which divide the iris into many zones , believed to correspond to specific parts of the human body.

Iridologists claim that they do not diagnose specific diseases, but rather that they "highlight" those systems and organs in the body that are healthy and those which are described as "overactive" or "inflamed." These are said to point to a tendency in the patient towards certain illnesses, to reflect past medical problems, or to predict health problems which may be developing.

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Weight Loss

Iridology