Acnexus Acne Treatment

A friend of mine still suffers from acne pretty bad. He’s in his early 30’s and his face breaks out in pimples all of the time. I keep telling him to try Acnexus, it’s about the best acne treatment that I’ve seen. He’s kind of hard headed and thinks that if he just takes 2 showers a day that the acne will just go away on it’s own, although it hasen’t happened yet.

Is Your Teenager Drinking?

There are so many teenagers today that are drinking and doing drugs every day. If they don’t drink every day, they seem to be doing it every weekend. This leads to them doing it during the week days as well, many times. A lot of parents have to go to work and are unable to monitor their children as well as the few parents that don’t work. It is so sad that children start drinking at a much earlier age now than they used to. If they continue, as they get older, many of them often end up being admitted to alcohol rehab to quit drinking. It’s a shame it is this way with so many of the teenagers today.

Weight Loss Pills Can Make A Big Difference

There has become so many people struggling with obesity in the world today. Many people try a variety of diets and keep continuing to fail trying to lose weight. For so many people that aren’t successful with diets, they start taking weight loss pills and succeed. There are many to choose from. Some are sold over the counter at stores and others are by prescriptions obtained by your doctor. You hear many good outcomes about them. Sometimes people try many ways to lose weight before trying weight loss pills, before trying them. After the weight they lose taking these pills, they often wish they had tried them before any other weight loss plan. They would have already lost all the weight they had their goal set for.

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Fat Free

About three months ago I began dieting and I was looking for a healthier alternative to butter and margarine. I started browsing through the butter selection at my local grocery store and those bottles of liquid spray butters caught my attention. Initially I just assumed that they were very high in fat, cholesterol and calories, but after checking them out (“Parkay” and “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” to be specific) both products claimed to be fat free, calorie free and cholesterol free. Could this be true?, I thought to myself. Surely if they are indeed fat free and have no calories, they won’t compare to the taste that you get out of regular solid butter and margarine. I decided that I would give them a try, as both brands were on sale for a dollar per bottle.

The next day I was hungry for a little mid-day snack, so I decided to fix a can of green beans. Normally, I would just eat the green beans plain, to keep the calories to a minimal amount. I decided that today I would try putting a little liquid butter spray on the green beans to give them a little flavor for a change. I gave the bottle a few pumps and lightly coated the bowl of green beans with the butter spray. After taking the first bite, I loved it. I had finally found the perfect fat free topping to transform the taste of my dull, plain diet foods.

After trying the butter spray for that first time, I was hooked. I was using the stuff on nearly everything that I fixed, and I was using quite a bit more than just a few pumps. You can’t even imagine the taste of green beans smothered in butter if you haven’t tried it. Every time I fixed green beans, I was actually removing the spray cap and pouring the liquid butter over the green beans, coating the entire bowl with a thick layer of buttery goodness.

This went on for about two months. I was using the butter at least two or three times a week, and not in moderation. My main snack since starting the diet was always green beans. Green beans contain about 60 calories per can, making it the perfect snack. You can eat about as many as you want and still lose weight. I was very content eating green beans with my new-found, great-tasting fat free addition. Until about 3 weeks ago.

I had a doctors appointment on March 12th. The appointment was just to get some blood work ordered, to check my cholesterol and that sort of thing. While I was talking to my doctor, I mentioned that I had been using the great tasting butter spray and how it’s fat free and contains no calories. My doctor was very quick to tell me that he has seen several patients fall for this “fat free” butter spray scam. He began to inform me that a regular size bottle of the spray butter actually contains around 90 grams of fat and that it was anything but low in calories. He told me that the serving size listed on the bottle was about one spray worth of the butter, which might indeed contain no fat or calories, due to the minuscule amount of the butter that you’re actually using in 1 spray. This is why the product is so misleading. People look at the nutritional facts of the butter sprays and see that everything has a value of zero. Zero fat, zero calories, zero cholesterol, zero everything.

Everyone assumes that it truly is a fat free alternative to using butter and margarine, when in fact, it’s just as bad or even worse, considering that people really over use it and think that it’s going to help with weight loss. I’m just glad that I stopped using it when I did. I probably consumed around four to five bottles of it over the span of 2 months time. Someone’s health could really be affected by not knowing that it’s just as bad as eating regular butter or margarine. I personally recommended it to several friends and members of my family after I tried it.

I don’t believe that they should be allowed to advertise these products as containing zero fat and zero calories. They say very bold right on the front of the bottle, “0 Calories”. This would be like a beer company marketing their product as being safe to constantly over-indulge in, without having to worry about the adverse health affects associated with it. It would be no different than a cigarette company telling people that their cigarette is safer than other cigarettes, because they only expect you to take one puff, rather than smoking the entire cigarette.

I hope this will reach a few people who have been duped into using these so-called fat free butter sprays. If you know someone who uses products like these, thinking they contain zero fat or calories, please be sure that they actually research the products before using them. I am sure that other companies try and get by with the same kind of trickery.

If you know of another product that is advertised as being healthy or fat free, don’t hesitate to post a comment and let me know about it. I will check it out if I am able to and write something about it.

Getting Sober and Staying Sober

My cousin has fought drug addiction most of his adult life. He has entered into 10 day and 30 day programs. After leaving them, he was back to doing the same drugs in a matter of only a few days. It finally took 2 family members signing a paper to have him admitted long term. The family explained to them about all the other centers he had gone to for drug rehabilitation and the outcome. He finally was able to kick his habit and even get a job after being in treatment for over 9 months.

Bodybuilding Supplements

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding bodybuilding supplements. The media has really publicized the dangers of it. There has been trouble with professional athletes taking them. According to their contract with the team they play for, it is not allowed. There has also been reports that bodybuilding supplements have been linked to deaths. I would not trust them. People should read more about the dangers of taking them, before doing so.

In and Out of Rehab

Lately all I’ve been hearing about from friends I grew up with is who has been in and out of drug rehabilitation centers. It seems like every time I run into an old friend we start talking about so and so who just went to rehab, or whats his face that just got out of rehab. It’s pretty bad when almost every friend I had growing up has either been to rehab or they need to go to rehab.

Life Insurance With No Medical Exam

A friend of mine from work has been talking about signing up for a new life insurance policy. He found a company that offers life insurance no medical exam required. He thought they would charge an arm and a leg for the policy, but he actually got a great deal on it. He wrote down their information and told me that I should check them out. I’m going to talk with my girlfriend and see what she thinks.

Off to Drug Rehab

A friend of mine from work recently went into a drug rehabilitation facility. He had to choose between the drugs and alcohol or his job and family. I think he made the right choice. He had been struggling at work and you could really tell something was going on. I had no idea he was using drugs on the job, though.

Online Lab Tests - Blood Testing

A friend of mine has no medical insurance and his doctor wanted him to have some expensive blood tests. He really didn’t want to have to pay for it out of his own pocket so he got to looking around online to see if there was anyplace that offers online lab tests. He came across a website called PrivateMDLabs.com. They offer confidential lab testing and they email you the results. This seems like a pretty unique service. Usually when you have blood tests, the results go on your permanent medical record. This can lead to higher insurance premiums and alot more. All of the results from Private MD stay confidential. The only people who will ever see the results are you and Private MD. Visit their website at www.PrivateMDLabs.com and check out the services they offer.