Curcumin, the natural pigment that gives the spice turmeric its yellow colour, may prevent reduce body weight gain, and help in the fight against obesity, suggests new data from a study with mice.
California-based Natural Products has agreed to stop making further
false and misleading claims about its weight-loss products, said
the Federal Trade Commission this week.
There is little evidence to support the use of many commercial
weight loss programs, according to a study in the US, which
suggests that the search for new, more effective methods will
continue to preoccupy dieters.
Boys and girls who diet to lose or maintain weight may actually be
doing the reverse, according to Harvard researchers, who add that
the phenomenon may be due to bouts of binge eating between dieting
periods.
An estimated 3 million people in the UK have tried the Atkins Diet,
according to a poll which confirms the rapidly growing popularity
of the controversial diet.
The weight-loss services provider Weight Watchers International is
suing Florida-based supplement company USA Prescriptions for
placing unauthorised pop-up ads for diet drugs on the
WeightWatchers website.