Drink Water Before Meals!

Drink Water Before Meals! Leads to 15 lb weight loss!Amplify’d from http://www.medscape.comWater May Be Secret Weapon in Weight LossBill HendrickAugust 26, 2010 — Drinking water before each meal has been shown to help promote weight loss, according to a new study.Brenda Davy, PhD, an associate professor of nutrition at Virginia Tech and senior author of …

Beware Clostridium Difficile Infection

Beware Clostridium Difficile Infection; Especially if you are taking Prilosec/Nexium etcAmplify’d from http://www.medscape.comFrom Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology The Growing Incidence and Severity of Clostridium Difficile Infection in Inpatient and Outpatient SettingsSahil Khanna and Darrell S PardiPosted: 08/25/2010; Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010;4(4):409-416. © 2010 Khanna and Pardi; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.Abstract and IntroductionAbstract Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) …

Ghrelin Makes You Hungry

Ghrelin significantly increased food intake (P = .015) and diminished the amount of postoperative weight loss (P = .019) without any significant adverse effects.Amplify’d from http://www.medscape.comAn Easy Fix for Esophagectomy-Induced Weight Loss?Albert B. Lowenfels, MD Randomized Phase II Study of Clinical Effects of Ghrelin After Esophagectomy With Gastric Tube Reconstruction Yamamoto K, Takiguchi S, Miyata …