Blog | Dr. med. Barbara Hendel

Spring cleaning for the body

Spring is fast approaching. Spring stands for "renewal" and "awakening to new life." The winter has left its mark not only in nature, but also on us. In winter, the skin suffers from heated air and the cold. It dries out and tends to flake. The metabolism runs slowly and the supply of vital substances has been somewhat drained.

So it's time to get your body fit for spring and summer. As with any spring cleaning, you should get rid of the waste products that you have accumulated.

Weight loss product: Carbohydrate blockers

For some time now it has been clear that it is not the fat in our meals that is primarily responsible for the high percentage of overweight people, but the carbohydrates. In particular, the consumption of refined products such as white flour, desserts, sweetened drinks, etc., which result in a high insulin release, has been identified as the main cause of the increasing number of overweight people. Wouldn't it be great if you could swallow a pill that would prevent or at least reduce the absorption of carbohydrates? Eat as much chocolate, cakes, biscuits, bread and noodles as you want without an ounce of extra weight on your hips?

Woman about to take two capsules with water

Weight loss product: Satiety capsules

There are two sure ways to lose 2 pounds of fat: Either burn 7,000 calories through sport and exercise, or spare 7,000 calories while eating. For example, if you consume 500 calories less every day than you burn, you will have lost one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of fat in 14 days. But that sounds easier than it is. Because a feeling of fullness is a crucial factor as to whether a plan to lose weight succeeds or not. No feeling is as pronounced as the feeling of hunger. Once hunger kicks in, all good intentions fall overboard.

Various tablets and pills arranged on a spoon

Weight loss pills: What is important?

Losing weight is quite tedious, as anyone who struggles with extra pounds knows. The advertising promises sound tempting: Take a pill with every meal and no matter what you eat, you lose weight! But do the products keep their promises? To say it straight up: Not a single product meets the requirement of one major obesity organization on slimming products, namely to lose five percent in six months with the products and to maintain that weight loss for at least six more months. In addition, the study setup invoked by the advertising is very poor and the study periods too short.

Today we discuss fat blockers.

Alternative to cow's milk

More and more people can not tolerate cow's milk and its products and are looking for alternatives. Reasons for the intolerance can be either an allergy to cow's milk or lactose intolerance. The latter in particular is becoming increasingly common. Those affected then look for cow's milk substitutes and switch to milk from other animals. But is this really a good idea?