Recent Study Confirms that Eating a Low Calorie Diet Can Boost Your Immune System

May 27, 2010 -- Are you looking to slim down for summer? If so, losing weight might help with more

than just looking better in a swimsuit this season. As it turns out, your immune system may also be enhanced by cutting back on calories.

A new study, published by ScienceDaily, found that following a very low calorie regimen, such as the one recommended by the HCG drops diet program (http://hcgdropsdiet.com/store/products.php?product=40-Day-hCG-Package), not only helps people lose weight but can also help boost their immune system. Researchers funded by the Agricultural Research Service studied a group of overweight adults and put them on reduced calorie diets of different amounts for six months. After the study ended, researchers tested the subjects’ immunity and found that the low calorie diet led to improvements in all measured areas.

These findings come as good news for Jon Boynton of the HCG Drops Diet (http://hcgdropsdiet.com) company in Queen Creek, Ariz.

“We’ve gotten dozens of letters and phone calls from customers who are on the HCG drops diet program that say they have not only lost weight but that they feel better and are staying healthier,” Boynton said.

“At first, we thought it might be coincidental but now we know that there is science to back up these stories. We are thrilled to be promoting a product that helps people enhance their health in so many ways.”

The study is the first of its kind to demonstrate that a calorie reduction can help make you healthier.

Wellness No Passing Fad: Global Market Estimated at Nearly $2 Trillion, According to Landmark Study Unveiled at Global Spa Summit

May 26, 2010 -- Wellness is often represented as a

passing fad or niche market, but a major study conducted by SRI International (SRI), released at the 2010 Global Spa Summit (GSS) (http://www.globalspasummit.com) in Istanbul, Turkey, reveals that the yearly worldwide wellness industry is poised to cross the $2 trillion mark.

The report, titled “Spas and the Global Wellness Market,” represents one of the first analyses of the wellness industry and the consumer forces driving its growth. The study also for the first time presents wellness as an integrated industry cluster with nine core segments, adding definition to what has been an amorphous market.

Global Mega-Trends Drive Growth

Three mega-trends will ensure continued growth in wellness: (1) an aging world population; (2) failing conventional medical systems, with consumers, healthcare providers, and governments seeking more cost-effective, prevention-focused alternatives to a Western medical/”sickness” model focused on solving health problems rather than preventing them; (3) increased globalization, with consumers more aware of alternative health approaches via the Internet and the powerful reach of celebrity wellness advocates such as Oprah Winfrey, Deepak Chopra, and Jamie Oliver.

While the study finds that there are 289 million active wellness consumers in the world’s top 30 industrialized nations alone, wellness has proved exceptionally resistant to definition. SRI does not offer a single definition, but the report describes wellness as: (1) multidimensional and holistic, integrating physical, mental, spiritual, and social approaches; (2) complementary and proactive, not only treating illness, but more importantly, focused on preventing sickness and improving overall quality of life; (3) consumer driven, relying on consumer choice rather than patient necessity.

“Whether you find the term meaningful or not, wellness is a vast, mainstream, and very real industry, with an extraordinary global ancient and modern history. It’s interesting that this $2 trillion dollar market has received so little research and that there is not more consensus on key definitions and benchmarks,” said Katherine Johnston, senior economist with SRI. “Governments, health professionals, and investors need to take consumer demand for wellness products and services very seriously, because, with the shortcomings in the global healthcare system, a shift toward wellness and prevention not only will, but must, accelerate.” Johnston further noted that 81 percent of consumers surveyed have a strong interest in improving their personal wellness.

Fattest Cities Poised for Future Healthcare Crisis

May 21, 2010 -- Achieving a Top 10 position is usually an accomplishment. In this case, it is a dubious honor. The recent release of America's Top 10 Fattest Cities

is an omen of future health issues and increased healthcare costs. Science has shown that weight plays a significant role in the development of type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and heart disease. Research has also shown that being and staying overweight brings increased lifetime medical expenses to the individual, as well as Medicare and Medicaid.

In the study, The Lifetime Medical Cost Burden of Overweight and Obesity: Implications for Obesity Prevention, the obese group had substantially higher healthcare costs than people of healthy weight. Published in Obesity, the study found lifetime medical expenses for adults in their mid-twenties, 30 pounds or more overweight, was $5,000 to $20,000 higher than healthy-weight peers. For those defined as extremely obese, 70 pounds or more overweight, lifetime medical expenses are $15,000 to $29,000 more.

Despite the growing body of evidence that excess weight is a contributing factor in ill health, people continue to resist losing and maintaining their weight. According to the executive vice president of the dietary supplement SlimShots, Ron Boger, resistance stems from one of two beliefs; that changing one's eating and exercise habits requires more willpower than possessed or that weight management tools are too expensive to use.

"Today, there are effective dietary supplements that help suppress the appetite so you can reduce calories," said Boger. He explained, "SlimShots is a single dose liquid appetite suppressant that has been clinically shown to help users eat up to 30% all day. For about a dollar a day, a person eating 2000 calories a day can potentially reduce that to 1400 calories with this aid, so the cost and lack of willpower arguments are really non-issues with products like SlimShots."

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