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Diet News for December 12, 2006


Safe Diet Supplements (ThirdAge) By Suzy Cohen, R.Ph. QUESTION: I'm trying to lose weight. Are there any safe diet supplements that truly work? ANSWER: Yes, there are. Be careful choosing, because the vast majority of diet supplements can really jack up your heart rate and blood pressure.
The pastrami and cheesecake diet... (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A New York federal judge on Monday tossed out a lawsuit by a Florida man against the company behind the Atkins low-carb diet that he alleged caused his cholesterol to skyrocket and necessitated an angioplasty.
Diet guide warns of weight loss risks (Independent) Amid the avalanche of seasonal diet books the Government's watchdog on new treatments today adds another to the pile - with the first official advice on what constitutes the ideal weight-loss diet.
Bacardi accused of encouraging female drinking with diet claim (Daily Mail) Barcardi has been accused of fuelling binge drinking by promoting the rum as a low-calorie diet drink in a new advertising campaign that is designed to appeal to young women and counter the claims of health experts that alcohol makes you fat
Diet enacts bill to lower cap on consumer loan rate (Japan Today) TOKYO ? The Diet on Wednesday enacted a bill to lower the ceiling on consumer loan interest rates to 20% in late 2009 from the present 29.2% as part of efforts to help reduce the number of heavily indebted borrowers.
Diet to pass bill to upgrade Defense Agency into ministry Friday (Japan Today) TOKYO ? A bill to upgrade Japan's Defense Agency into a ministry is expected to clear the Diet on Friday as the ruling camp and the main opposition party agreed Tuesday to put it to a committee vote on Thursday, lawmakers said.
1st Amendment Protects Atkins Diet Against Florida Man's Lawsuit (First Coast News) NEW YORK (AP) -- The Atkins diet is protected by the First Amendment against the claims of a Florida man who says the low-carbohydrate meal plan was dangerous and to blame for his heart troubles. That's what a federal judge ruled yesterday.
Judge: Constitution protects Atkins diet against lawsuit (Gloucester Daily Times) NEW YORK - The Atkins diet is protected by the First Amendment against the claims of a Florida man who said the low-carbohydrate meal plan was dangerous and to blame for his heart troubles, a federal judge ruled yesterday.
Delray Man's Suit Against Atkins Diet Thrown Out (The WPBF Channel) The Atkins diet is protected by the First Amendment against the claims of a Florida man who said the low-carbohydrate meal plan was dangerous and to blame for his heart troubles.