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When Janet Holwell first joined Weight Watchers seven years ago, she lost 43 pounds in one year and considered the popular commercial weight-loss plan “miraculous.”

“I felt like I had found the magic key, the secret that eluded me all of these years,” said Ms. Holwell, who has maintained most of her weight loss by continuing to adhere to the program.

But the magic disappeared when Weight Watchers overhauled its weight-loss plan little over a year ago. Under the new system, called Points Plus, Ms. Holwell, has not been able to lose the five pounds she recently gained.

“It just doesn’t work for me,” said Ms. Holwell, 61, a research consultant who attends weekly Weight Watchers meetings in Middle Village and Glendale, Queens.

Millions of people around the world belong to Weight Watchers International, ranked best commercial diet plan by U.S. News & World Report last year, and even nonmembers look to it for guidance and recommendations. It is best known for its points system, which assigns specific values to different foods and permits each member a daily allotment. At its weekly group meetings, healthy eating and exercise are emphasized over rapid-fire results.

The latest iteration of the weight-loss plan, called Points Plus, was intended to steer people toward more healthy food choices, encouraging people to eat more fresh fruits by giving them zero points, as most vegetables already were. But many longtime members who were familiar with the earlier plan, like Ms. Holwell, have been grumbling about slow weight loss under the revised plan.

“I have been doing Points Plus for about a month and keep gaining and losing the same few pounds,” a commenter at one weight-loss Web site complained shortly after the new plan was introduced. Others chimed in to reassure her she was not alone.

In December, in a move that seemed to acknowledge the difficulty many dieters were having with the new system, Weight Watchers recommended that all members consider reducing their daily food intake, or points allotment, by 10 percent, not counting fruits and vegetables. (For those who’ve missed a few meetings, that means most women might cut their daily Points Plus allotment to 26 per day, down from 29.)

Although Weight Watchers officials say the change in points allotments was optional — that members could adjust their daily points up or down — and insist that it was not a response to members’ failure to lose weight, many longtime members unhappy with the newer plan say they feel vindicated. “I think they miscalculated,” Ms. Holwell said.

Many members said they were not given a choice. “One day we came in and they said there were changes, and suddenly I had 26 points,” said a member in New York City who asked that her name not be published to avoid alienating those in her group.

Company officials insist that the only reason Weight Watchers modified the plan was because they had become convinced members were getting more than adequate nourishment under the new plan and would not be harmed by eating less.

“We chose to be conservative when we introduced the plan, because we wanted to make sure that the things we stand for, nutritional health and well-being, weren’t going to be compromised,” said Karen Miller-Kovach, a registered dietitian who is chief scientific officer of Weight Watchers.

Still, she said the company had been following the progress of members who use online tracking tools and had found that dieters have been gaming the new system. “People were having to circumvent the system in order to lose weight at a healthy rate,” she said.

Judy Weinstein, a Manhattan opera director in her 50s, has attended Weight Watchers meetings regularly for nearly eight years and is very committed to the program. But while she found it enormously helpful when she first joined, losing 33 pounds, she has had less success with Points Plus.

So six months ago, she committed what was once the ultimate Weight Watchers no-no and cut her own points allotment. That Weight Watchers has now suggested this for all members, but as an option instead of providing clear guidance, disturbs her.

“That’s not really helpful,” Ms. Weinstein said. “People wouldn’t be here if they could do it on their own.”

Fruit has been a particular conundrum for dieters on the new plan. As fresh fruit “costs” zero points, dieters can have as much as they’d like, “within reason,” Ms. Miller-Kovach said. Many members dislike the vagueness of this recommendation, since they tend to overeat when left to their own devices. But people who are overweight did not become fat because they binged on fresh fruit, said Elizabeth Josefsberg, who leads meetings in New York City.

“You know how it is with a cookie — you want six cookies,” she said. “When you finish a banana, you don’t say, ‘Gosh, I want another banana.’ ”

Other experts are less sanguine. “No single dietitian I know would count fruit as a ‘free’ food if someone is on a diet and trying to lose weight. You have to account for it,” said Marjorie Nolan, a New York City dietitian who speaks on behalf of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She expressed surprise that even bananas (which used to cost two points under the previous Weight Watchers plan) are zero points.

“That just doesn’t make sense,” she said. “They’re a denser fruit.”

But Dr. Jeffrey Mechanick, vice president of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, said there was no evidence that indulging in fruit impedes weight loss.

The reason fruit and most vegetables are zero points is that the formula actually “prepays” those points, Ms. Miller-Kovach said; the daily points allocation already includes an allowance for what the plan has determined is a typical daily consumption of fruits and vegetables. Ms. Miller-Kovach said she could not divulge the number of fruits and vegetables used in the calculation because the information is proprietary and not revealed even to participants.

But since average consumption of fruit is low in this country, usually not reaching the five to nine servings a day recommended by government health experts, the prepayment may underestimate the effect of more liberal fruit consumption on waistlines.

Results of randomized clinical trials of the new Points Plus program have not been published in peer-reviewed journals. But two brief reports have been presented at scientific meetings on obesity, and the authors found no difference in weight loss between the old and new points plans.

In one of those studies, participants lost an average of 8.2 pounds over 12 weeks and saw significant improvements in their total cholesterol and triglyceride measures. But only 111 overweight adults completed the 12-week trial, and only 55 people were following the new Points Plus program.

Weight Watchers officials said the number of participants was sufficient to provide statistical proof that the new diet system works.

The new Points Plus plan also was evaluated in an earlier unpublished trial, Ms. Miller-Kovach said. And Weight Watchers has been following more than 12,000 members in Germany since the introduction of the new Points Plus program there. So far no differences in weight loss have been found between users of the new and old programs, she said.

The transition to a new system seems to have been traumatic for many members. Ms. Holwell is optimistic that the plan will work again for her but wonders now if it will need further revision.

“The jury is still out on the 26 points,” she said.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthy People Co is recalling 15 lots of seven different dietary supplements because they contain appetite suppressants or a drug for male erectile dysfunction, the Long Beach, California, company said.

The seven brands of supplements were sold at the company's store at 13105 Ramona Boulevard, Irwindale, California, Healthy People said in a Friday statement carried on the Food and Drug Administration's website.

Five of the supplements -- Mince Belle, Everlax, Ever Slim, Ever Slim Shake Mix Dietary Supplement Strawberry, and Ever Slim Shake Mix Dietary Supplement Chocolate -- contain sibutramine, an appetite suppressant.

Sibutramine can increase blood pressure or heart rate and has been withdrawn from the U.S. market, the statement said.

Two other supplements -- Perfect Men Dietary Supplement and Herbal Drink Acai-man Mangosteen Dietary Supplement -- contain tadalafil, used to treat male erectile dysfunction.

Tadalafil may interact with nitrates in prescription drugs such as nitroglycerin and may dangerously lower blood pressure, the statement said.

The statement did not say if any deaths or injuries had resulted from their use.

(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Tim Gaynor)

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ATLANTA, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "Showing a little heart" never goes out of style. That's why actress Minka Kelly and iconic fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg are teaming up with Diet Coke and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) The Heart Truth® campaign. The goal: to raise awareness of women's heart health educational programs. Five lucky Diet Coke fans will join these women for the star-studded Red Dress Collection Fashion Show on February 8, which kicks-off New York Fashion Week. 

To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please visit: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/54306-diet-coke-red-dress-collection-fashion-show-the-heart-truth-minka-kelly 

This year marks the fifth year Diet Coke will play an active role in The Heart Truth® campaign. Diet Coke is taking its efforts online, on packaging and on the runway to call attention to women's heart health educational programs. Minka Kelly will join Diet Coke and walk the Red Dress runway in a custom Diane von Furstenberg dress.

Diet Coke fans walked their own virtual runway by using their social networks to "show their hearts" for the cause and entering to win a chance to attend the annual Red Dress Collection Fashion Show. Using the hashtag "#ShowYourHeart," people shared photos of themselves wearing red via Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram. The entries were judged, and the five best photos were selected. Minka Kelly then judged the five winning photos to choose one grand prize winner, who received a shopping spree with a style expert. All five winners will be attending this week's event.

"I loved the creativity the winners showed in their photos, and now I can't wait to show off Ms. von Furstenberg's creation and raise awareness at the Red Dress Collection Fashion Show," said Minka Kelly. "Heart health is important for women of every age, and it's up to each of us to help spread the word to the women we love." 

In addition to the dress Minka Kelly will be wearing in the Fashion Show, Diane von Furstenberg created a limited-edition collection of Diet Coke aluminum bottles featuring her iconic prints. The bottles will be sold in select Diane von Furstenberg stores in New York and on DVF.com during the month of February. Proceeds from the bottle sales will benefit the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), in support of The Heart Truth® and women's heart health research and educational programs.

The Heart Truth® supporters can also help raise funds for the cause by "donating a tweet." For each person who re-tweets Diet Coke's The Heart Truth® post on February 8, Diet Coke will donate $1 to the FNIH, up to $100,000.

Throughout the month of February, Diet Coke drinkers also will be treated to special packaging featuring the now familiar stick figure painting a large, red heart. Additionally, more than six billion packages of Diet Coke will feature The Heart Truth® logo throughout the year.

"For five years, Diet Coke has been a passionate supporter of The Heart Truth® and its efforts to raise awareness about the importance of heart health," said William White, Brand Director, Diet Coke North America. "While we've shared this vital message with millions of people through our partnership with the NHLBI, we'll reach even more this year with creative online programs, in-store activations and eye-catching packaging."

Through successful heart health educational programs and with the support of scores of people dedicated to the cause, including Diet Coke fans, awareness of heart disease among women has nearly doubled in the last 12 years. More than half (54%) of women recognize that heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, up from 30 percent in 1997.*

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Diet Coke is activating national heart health programs with key retail and restaurant customers across the nation, including SUBWAY® Restaurants. Together with Diet Coke, SUBWAY® will donate $50,000 toward heart health education and research programs. SUBWAY® fans can also help trigger an additional $50,000 for the cause. For every fan who uploads their own photo using the hashtag "#SUBWAYHeartTruth" from now until February 29, a $1 donation will be made to the FNIH, up to $50,000. The SUBWAY® restaurant chain, is ranked "number one" by consumers in the Zagat® Fast Food Survey in the "Healthy Options" category and their FRESH FIT® menu options include sandwiches and salads containing 6 grams of fat or less and "better for you" sides and drinks, such as yogurt, apple slices, low-fat milk, bottled water and sparkling beverages.

The Heart Truth® is also supported by advertising and digital initiatives. Diet Coke's support of The Heart Truth® is another expression of Coca-Cola's Live Positively commitment to encourage active, healthy lifestyles in the lives of people and communities.

The Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO - News) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Led by Coca-Cola, the world's most valuable brand, our Company's portfolio features 15 billion dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia and Del Valle. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy our beverages at a rate of 1.7 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that reduce our environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe, inclusive work environment for our associates, and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. Together with our bottling partners, we rank among the world's top 10 private employers with more than 700,000 system employees. For more information, please visit http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CocaColaCo.

The Heart Truth® Campaign

The Heart Truth® is a national awareness campaign for women about heart disease and is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Through the campaign, the NHLBI leads the nation in a landmark heart health awareness movement that is being embraced by millions who share the common goal of better heart health for all women.

The centerpiece of The Heart Truth® is the Red Dress, which was introduced as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002 by the NHLBI. The Red Dress® reminds women of the need to protect their heart health, and inspires them to take action.

To learn more, visit http://www.hearttruth.gov.

® The Heart Truth, its logo, and The Red Dress are registered trademarks of HHS.

National Wear Red Day is a registered trademark of HHS and the American Heart Association. Participation by Diet Coke does not imply endorsement by HHS/NIH/NHLBI.

* Source:  Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, the journal of the American Heart Association, February 2010.

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'Diet Solution' not best health solution

ORLANDO, Fla. -

The weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar industry for a reason. People are always trying to find a way to drop those extra pounds,

There's a diet phenomenon on the Internet that calls itself the solution to the nation's dieting troubles.

The Diet Solution promises you'll burn 10 percent of your unwanted weight in body fat in 30 days.

In its online video it criticizes other diets for being misleading, saying, "The problem is its mixed in among a bunch of ridiculous misinformation, hypes, and scams."

Online, this diet is everywhere. And when you Google "diet solution," "diet solution review", and "diet solution scam", the links you find send you right back to the diet's homepage and sales video.

So with all of the program's own hype, Local 6 wanted to know is the diet really a solution?

One claim of The Diet Solution is that, "Most people are not eating enough calories."

Dr. Susan Hewlings, a nutritionist and professor at the University of Central Florida disagrees with that statement.

She does however say that we don't eat enough of the right calories, instead relying on processed foods, sugary drinks or "empty calories that have no value."

But processed is not the same as pasteurized.

The Diet Solution claims that along with organic proteins and specialty grains and oils, dieters should be drinking raw dairy.

That's a choice Dr. Hewlings calls dangerous and potentially deadly.

"That's probably the most remiss part of the diet," said Hewlings.

But eating high quality foods is not enough. The Diet Solution claims you need to select the foods that your body burns best.

Once you buy the program and take the metabolic quiz, The Diet Solution claims you'll know which foods to choose.

Hewlings says while we all have different metabolic types, the science of food and nutrition is not yet at a point where that can be determined by a simple test.

Local 6's Bridgett Williams asked Hewlings to go through that quiz which asked about times of day you get hungry, personality type, and whether you like hot or cold.

"People love quizzes," said Hewlings. "The whole diet is an excellent marketing plan, they've done a great job at appealing to what most dieters are looking for."

But when Hewlings watched the online sales video, she could not find enough facts to support those claims.

"That's the thing, again, partial truths," said Hewlings.

The video shows orange juice and wheat breads and says, "These are foods that can cause you to gain, not lose weight."

Hewling responded to that claim by saying, "It's making it so extreme, like orange juice is a bad guy, like orange juice is bad for you.  It's presented here like its bad to have blood glucose, it's not."

The video also shows a stick of butter and says, "Want to know the truth? The right kind of fat will actually burn a ridiculous amount of fat off your body."

Hewlings responded to that saying, "Are they (processed margarines and oil) preventing you from losing fat? No. Eating too much and not exercising is preventing you from losing weight."

Hewlings gave The Diet Solution a C grade saying she agreed with some of the basic ideas, but was disappointed in the lack of science and research to back up the claims.

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Diet Coke. David Greene likes it.

I would like to rise up today in defense of Diet Coke. All diet sodas, in fact. But Diet Coke happens to be my favorite.

I like the stuff.

Cracking open a can of it, or pouring some over ice, helps me survive a long work day.

This love of Diet Coke is one reason my re-entry into the United States has been a little rocky. When I moved back recently after a reporting assignment in Russia, nobody warned me that war had been declared on Diet Coke.

The artillery was fired by Men's Health magazine.

I had heard the old argument that Diet Coke doesn't live up to its billing as a diet-helper.

But now, in the magazine, comes the accusation that diet sodas make you eat more?

The magazine cited a study, claiming that if you give up regular soft drinks and start downing diet soda, you end up eating more desserts, more bread and you get fatter.

I'm willing to take serious advice about better eating. Goodness knows, battling obesity is one of the most serious challenges in the U.S. today.

But living abroad helped me to see just how obsessed we are in the U.S. about giving each other tips about what not to put in our mouths.

Just for fun, here are a few other gems from Men's Health.

If you're hung over, choose asparagus.

I'll quote the magazine: "When South Korean researchers exposed a group of human liver cells to asparagus extract, it suppressed free radicals and more than doubled the activity of two enzymes that metabolize alcohol."

Really?

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David Greene guest hosts for NPR's Morning Edition, Weekend Edition Saturday and Weekend Edition Sunday.

OK, how about this one: Practice total recall. The magazine quotes British scientists who said if you think about your last meal before snacking, you'll remember how satisfying that meal was, and you'll be less in the mood to snack.

I call baloney.

I can't remember the last time thinking back to my ham and cheese sandwich suddenly made me less interested in the pretzels on my desk.

Definitely my favorite: Turn off the TV. The magazine says people who watch TV during a meal chow down almost 300 calories more than a non-TV watcher.

I know I'm no scientist. But I'm sorry. If you're listening to this radio program while eating a fat-free yogurt, can we jump to the conclusion that radio-listening will make you a healthier eater?

Count me as unconvinced.

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13-12-2011 13:02 In this episode of the Running Raw Project: Tim Van Orden shares his daily dietary routine. He also talks about how his version of a raw diet has transformed over the past seven years. For more information go to runningraw.com

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You are addicted to Diet Coke. You need one before leaving the house in the morning. You need one at lunch. You need one in the late afternoon, as a pick-me-up. You need Diet Coke in Europe, on holiday. You need it Utah, while skiing. And you need it Ocean City, at the beach.

But, slight problem: Up until now, you were unlikely to find Diet Coke in plentiful supply in Ocean City. It has officially been a Pepsi town. Diet Pepsi is okay, in an extreme emergency perhaps, but it’s not Diet Coke.

Well, now you will be happy, content, and at peace with our highly caffeinated world after you read this bit of news: Ocean City just signed a five-year deal with Coca-Cola to be the beach resort’s official drink. Coke products will be solely featured at town properties and at town events.

This is not just mind-blowing news for Diet Coke addicts like you (and me). It’s good for the town’s coffers: Coca-Cola will pay Ocean City about $65,000 annually, as well as cough up commission on product sales.

You are happy now, right? Or are you Diet Pepsi addict?

Excuse me while I go pop my second Diet Coke of the day to celebrate.

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Here's another reason why you might want to curb that diet soda addiction.

A new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine shows that drinking diet soda every day is linked with a higher risk of stroke and heart attack.

Researchers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Columbia University Medical Center examined the soda-drinking habits of 2,564 people who participated in the Northern Manhattan Study over a 10-year period.

The researchers found that people who reported drinking diet soda on a daily basis had a 43 percent higher risk of having a vascular event than people who didn't drink any soda, even when accounting for conditions like high blood pressure and diabetes.

However, researchers did find that people who tended to drink diet soda more occasionally -- between six a week and once a month -- and people who drank regular soda didn't have the increased risk of a vascular event.

Study researcher Hannah Gardener warned that more research is needed, but said in a statement that the "results suggest a potential association between daily diet soft drink consumption and vascular outcomes. However, the mechanisms by which soft drinks may affect vascular events are unclear." Gardener previously presented her findings last year at the International Stroke Conference.

Health.com reported that people who drink diet drinks -- not just soda -- don't just stop at one: They drink several of the drinks a day.

Health.com explained why people seem to be drawn to diet soda:

Although diet soda clearly isn't as addictive as a drug like nicotine, experts say the rituals that surround diet soda and the artificial sweeteners it contains can make some people psychologically -- and even physically -- dependent on it in ways that mimic more serious addictions. And unlike sugared soda, which will make you gain weight if you drink too much of it, zero-calorie soda doesn't seem to have an immediate downside that prevents people from overindulging.

Last year, a study presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting showed that drinking diet soda is linked with having a wider waistline.

"Data from this and other prospective studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners as healthy alternatives may be ill-advised," study researcher Helen P. Hazuda, Ph.D., a professor and chief of clinical epidemiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio's School of Medicine, said in a statement. "They may be free of calories but not of consequences."

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31-01-2012 07:33 The wrong diet foods could be making you fatter. This is your ultimate grocery list -- 99 foods Dr. Oz wants on your shopping list. Save time, save money, and lose weight.

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