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Becky Griggs

Latest News — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:47:14 +0000

Becky Griggs, featured on CNN on Friday morning, her appearance has grabbed the attention of the Nation.

Over the last few years she lost around 200 pounds, and went onto become a personal trainer, and has competed in body building competitions.

Griggs, 43 lives in Oregon City, where she is a mother of two children, she looks back on her childhood where she thought of herself as a pudgy kid, only to come to the thought she was only a little overweight.

“We are taught what is slim and skinny and pretty and right,” Becky told CNN, “but in reality, what is fit and healthy is a different thing.” Her life now begins with a 5.30 am wake-up to meet clients at the gym.

Becky weighed 352 pounds when her concerned heightened, her blood pressure was rising and started to climb. She even worried about needing help to walk around the house. It was earlier this year that she competed in a body building competition, where she weighed in at 139 pounds, but her normal weight has adjusted to around 150 pounds.

Her weight loss she credits too the “calories in versus calories out” diet. She went to eating five basic meals a day, with protein counting for 80 % of the meal. There were no sugars or flour allowed, which she refered to as clean eating. She works out frequently and says she doesn’t currently always eat clean but always plans when she knows she will be.

In order to work out often, she decided to become a personal trainer as she knew it would help her do so. With her clients she tends to tell them to find someone else to work out with such as a partner or friend, as it will help them to both keep motivated. And she also says that the most important part of weight loss is to lose the body fat, which comes from exercising regularly and to focus on building muscle.

Penicillin

Latest News — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:52:45 +0000

Over the last 60 years Penicillin has been significant to the decline of infectious diseases. It was discovered in the late 19th Century but wasn’t accepted until the 1940′s, when it was launched as the first antibiotic. Although new research suggests that it is now becoming obsolete as there is an increase in resistance to bacteria with existing drugs.

As we are more aware today, the lifeline of a drug is now less set in stone.

In a study which looks to a “major health crisis” from antibiotic resistance , authors promote governments to act in research into new drugs.

There is major concern for future drug development, due to the slowing down of new-drug development and the high profits made by the pharmaceutical industry. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) reports that governments need to cultivate investments in the discovery of new antibiotics that can manage the increase of numbers in people dying from infections.

The Policies and Incentives for Promoting Innovation in Antibiotic Research report warns of problems with penicillin stemming mainly from over- prescribing, especially in such nations as France, Spain and Romania.

The Reports findings indicate many doctors misdiagnose viral infections, due to fear of litigation by patients and the time needed for testing and results.

Elias Mossialos a professor of health policy at LSE reported to CNN, that he believes the emergence of “super bugs” such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is causing the growing problem of hospital-acquired infections.

He said: “Antibiotic resistance is a much more important situation than swine flu, for instance, and it will only get worse.”

Mossialos hoped that governments would introduce incentives to encourage pharmaceutical companies to develop new antibiotics, he also suggested an international fund that would invest in the early stages of antibiotic R&D, and guarantee sizable orders for any new antibiotics created.The major concern is over prescribing is encouraging the emergence of resistant bacteria, due to common misdiagnosis of viral infections as bacteria infections, and offering antibiotics to treat them.

Dr Kathleen Holloway of the World Health Organization (WHO), says that the antibiotic resistance problem is global and that diseases including childhood pneumonia, dysentery and tuberculosis (TB) are no longer responding to the first given antibiotics in some parts of the world.

CNN reported Halloway saying “research and development (R&D) of new antibiotics isn’t keeping up with the development of resistance.” She agreed with Mossialos’ findings, stating if we [governments] don’t do something soon, it is very likely that the pharmaceutical industry could be facing a stage where all old drugs have resistance and there are no new drugs to be offered.

As Holloway reports: “If we run out of antibiotics it’s not just poor people with infections who will suffer, it’s people across the globe who will find they won’t be able to have anti-cancer therapies or routine operations that today rely on antibiotics.”

The Treatments are critical to the treatment across the globe of patients such and antibiotics such as penicillin, and without such drugs the industry could soon be facing its largest crisis in decades.

Now anyone can be a biggest loser

Latest News — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:16:59 +0000

We have all seen the TV show. Cried at the battles of self harm through food.

And even as I had watched I learnt lessons about life and how we think about ourselves.

Well now we all have the chance to be our own contestant.

How?

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It has been selected as the exclusive weight loss destination of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” .

The resort offers a boot camp style program for any fitness level and for both sexes.

The program is also created to be similar in style to the The Biggest Loser lifestyle and features hiking for fitness and interest, Cardio which will keep you not only fit but amused, fantastic stretch classes, and an incredible spa cuisine, all with practical eduction to allow you the hand you need to succeed in your goals.

If its to lose weight or just to get away in a place where fitness and nutrition is paramount this is the place.

With experienced trainers, a supportive group atmosphere, there is everything you will need to follow the path to success.

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