Dieters Dealt a Body Blow From Recent Labeling of Hydroxycut as Unsafe for Human...

Dieters Dealt a Body Blow From Recent Labeling of Hydroxycut as Unsafe for
Human Consumption

Food Intolerance Testing: Natural Alternative to Hydroxycut?

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The country's estimated 50
million dieters were dealt a body blow on Friday when the FDA declared
Hydroxycut (containing hydroxycitric acid, a purported liver toxin) unsafe for
human consumption and warned users to immediately stop using the product.
Millions of dieters were taking Hydroxycut.

With increasing awareness that being even slightly overweight increases the
risk of diabetes, heart diseases and even susceptibility to infection and
cancer, many Americans are seeking short cuts to weight loss. Following the
FDA ban on phen-fen years ago, a popular drug combination that was later found
to cause a rare but potentially deadly respiratory and lung disease, the
weight conscious have increasingly turned to the use of herbs and other
non-drug products.

Herbs, although natural, can have negative side effects. According to the
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a division of
National Institutes of Health, "natural" does not always mean "safe".
Additionally, the term "standardized" does not necessarily guarantee product
quality or consistency.

A recent study published in the Middle East Journal of Family Medicine has
shown that avoidance of hidden food allergies (or food intolerances, as they
are sometimes called) can be every bit as effective and far safer than the use
of drugs, herbs or even severe calorie restriction.

In the course of the 12 week study, the 27 patients underwent a single
treatment: avoidance of foods that were shown to be immune reactive according
to blood testing through a system known as the ALCAT test. The study
participants showed an average weight loss of approximately 37 pounds plus an
average drop of six points of BMI (body mass index) and an average decrease of
30% of body fat.

Food intolerance testing is safe as it only requires a small blood draw, so
long as the dieter maintains sufficient nutritional intake. The results come
about not from calorie restriction but rather by removing factors that cause
inflammation and interfere with normal metabolism

With the ever increasing rate of overweight and obesity in not only adults but
also children now, maybe a dose of food intolerance testing is just what we
need to save America's waistline and health care budget.

Media Contact: Mr. Daniel Lassman 1-800-US-ALCAT or visit
http://www.ALCAT.com

Reference: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2009/NEW02006.html

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SOURCE Cell Science Systems

Daniel Lassman of Cell Science Systems, +1-954-426-2304, DLassman@alcat.com