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Weight loss in a pill sounds strange. It says you can fit everything you need to be slim in a capsule an inch by a half inch. This makes it sound as if the path to weight loss is a pill away.

Get Real

There was a study called the Scout trial which is important for the field of obesity. It seems that this study contradicts what has been a long-held presumption, which is weight-loss drugs are more than just cosmetic. These geniuses assumed that a little pill will actually reduce serious health problems in the obese.

The Scout study was the first to test this presumption, to see if a diet drug could reduce the risk of a heart attack. The finding was that sibutramine actually increased cardiovascular risks in some patients. Now they think this could raise questions about the safety of other diet drugs. I guess Pfen-fen didn’t do it for them.

Why would anyone medicate people on a presumption? Allopathic medicine has taught the public to fear sunlight, while promoting untested drugs.

Surprise

The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended that the appetite suppressant sibutramine should no longer be prescribed by doctors and that pharmacists should no longer dispense the drug.

The European reaction to the dangers of the drug Merida, which contains the ingrediant Sibutramine was to pull it from the market. Since the studies indicate that people with specific health problems had more heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events that people taking a placebo.

The F.D.A. suggested a stronger warning label on the diet drug Merdia after a study showed the risks. This should not be surprising, since sibutramine seemed to significantly increased blood pressure and heart rate in numerous people. It seems no one keeled over on the spot, so why not let the drug pushers profit.

The F.D.A. recommended people on sibutramine should see their doctor to discuss an alternative, the same doctor that already prescribed this looser of a pill. In the mean time they can safely discontinue its use.

Obstacles

The real obstacle is sibutramine promotes weight loss with meager results, and no proven safety record. By having people think weight loss is one pill away, we are sticking to a failed method. Currently pills have no place in the management of obesity.

They help fuel a pill mentality and earn drug companies ill begotten fortunes. The diet pill industry should be falling to pieces. However, the trend is still the same supplying the public with a  magic bullet. While the drug companies should be shaking in their booties, they are reeling in a fortune. The only thing the magic bullet will do is shoot us in the heart.

The race is on to find the weight loss solution in a pill. A glimpse into the future will show, the lure for a pill to control weight will be a quest for the holy grail. The arsenal of weight loss medication will not change in the foreseeable future. One lawsuit after another has not brought change.

The Legacy of the 21^stcentury will not be only of biopharmaceuticals advances. They will not shape the future unless we want a world hell bend on a disease model that helps people cling to life.

Health and wellness companies of the future will fill the void left by healthcare. There are companies that are turning on light bulbs. Yes, literally and are re-engineering our healthcare system.

Science

The health and wellness companies of the future will boost our horse power, more power means more mileage. With the future rushing into the present at a pace never before experienced, we are at the mercy of events we are not prepared for.

There are innovative companies that use information and apply it to teach people successfully master their lives in these troubling times.

Better than our healthcare system they are able to get results. The first one we are going to feature is a weight management company.

Metabolic Balance

This company gets amazing results. They proceed using a thorough blood analysis, and the support of a certified consultant that takes the guessing out of weight management. Personalized weight management is one part weight control, and another part lifestyle management. This isn’t a “here we go again diet.” This is the answer to why you are overweight.

They create a lifestyle for you and stay fully vested in helping you achieve it. This is a sure fire way for everyone, and yet it is a sure fire way for only one individual at a time. This is unprecedented in the weight loss industry.

Validation

This company has taken off in Europe, and is now being introduced in America. The European countries know there is no substitute for real health. The line between health and food is not blurred in Europe. Where here in the United States it is not just blurred, but wiped out altogether.

Europe is seeing the future. They do not allow our re-engineered food to be sold in their country. They have been demonized for protecting their citizens. Why?  Big business profits come from stocking the shelves of supermarkets with hybrid foods.

The European Union has banned hormone-treated beef, and genetically modified foods. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) is an artificially inserted foreign ´gene´ that was developed in the laboratory and then injected into the DNA of a plant. The primary reason companies genetically engineer-plants is to make them tolerant to their brand of herbicide. These GM plants are designed to survive a deadly dose of pesticides. These crops have much higher residues of toxic herbicides. About 68% of GM crops are herbicide tolerant.

The Fake Slim

It seems that everyone thinks they are meant to be super thin, and can consume faux foods, pills, and in some cases abandon eating enough calories to subsist. Just like we are approaching being the fattest nation, we are also fantasizing about becoming the slimmest.

The trouble with that is we are stuck with a poor model of what healthy weight is, and how to archive it. Metabolic Balance is helping people who are stuck, and keep trying solutions that fail. It is a sane approach to both finding the power, and will to know what you need to succeed.

While it slims you down  it rebuilds your body by supplying the right nutrients. This way your body can find its optimal weight.

Perfect Clarity

Not only are the results perfectly clear, but so is the roadmap that is supplied. New Year means not just another resolution, but a new solution. What is needed is a transformation in lifestyle, not a short term weight lost. The thinking for the last few decades was that weight loss methods were not the great concern.

The lamest reasons were behind many of the weight loss efforts. The most used; fit into a wedding dress, look great at a high school reunion,  get ready for bikini season, and be able to wear the holiday party dress.

We have come a long way from that kind of thinking, however, the diet industry had just begun to leave the shadows of antiquated thinking.

Cracking the Code

Metabolic Balance takes you where you need to be. Finally a weight management company that does what it promises. Metabolic Balance is on track to become one of the leading health and wellness companies. That is because they know what’s right for you. They have cracked the code to what makes you function at your best. It is a science based company, which puts your health first.

Viagra is America’s answer to sexual function, and it is not the right one. Another pill for another problem that is preventable through lifestyle changes. The primary cause of impotence is physical. Many times it is the first sigh of an underlying medical condition. About 60% of adult-onset diabetes is found because this symptom is the first clue. 

Causes

The major causes are all the chronic conditions that are at the center of our healthcare crises. With the alarming rates of Diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol this is going to be a major complaint. All these conditions contribute to this condition. The arteries usually have blockages that slow the blood supply that is needed.

In oriental diagnosis this is a sign of blockage in the arteries. In 80% of the men it is an underlying physical problem that causes impotence.

Lifestyle Factors

Just as lifestyle influences all aspects of your health, it also is a contributing factor to this condition. This includes smoking, excessive alcohol, drugs both illicit and prescriptive, obesity and lack of exercise. Exercise is also said to improve testosterone production, which improves sexual functioning.

Medication

Antidepressants, anti-psychotics, tranquilizers, blood pressure drugs, appetite suppressants, antihistamines, and beta blockers for controlling angina and high blood pressure contribute to this condition. Some are the primary cause of Erectile Dysfunction.

Oral Pills for Sexual Dysfunction

These pills be it Viagra, Cialis or Levitra are part of a much larger problem. This is a metaphor for a larger problem that is compounded and expressed in every avenue of our health. Dysfunction of any systems means that the body is impaired. There are other disorders that sharply increase disease risks.

Summary

Optimized health prevents breakdowns in functions. Sexual vigor is tied to overall health. Aging is not going to explain the prevalence of lost libido and impotency. Controlling glucose, keeping blood pressure in check, weight management, and a good diet, getting enough sleep, and remaining active are what should be prescribed.

There are complementary treatments that offer benefits, but to rely on a pill for mechanical action, and not address the underlying problems is malpractice. Saw Palmetto berry has been shown to lower the incidence of sexual dysfunction in men treated for benign prostate enlargement (BPH).

An article published online in the Journal of Sexual Medicine states that research conducted at the University of Rome found that it may be necessary to reduce homocysteine before treating erectile dysfunction (ED). There is an association of this condition with vascular disease, and both of these conditions are caused primarily by the factors that affect the coronary arteries.

Giving a pill for short term action when it is linked to insufficient blood flow, and not address the real issues, the benefits will be short lived. Restoring health and vascular function that contribute to this is important. This is a system-wide problem that triggers a cascade of events. One of them happens to be Erectile Dysfunction