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Understanding the Contrave Side Effects 

Contrave is an FDA-approved prescription weight loss medication for treating overweight and obesity. It is especially helpful for people who describe themselves as emotional eaters who struggle wi…
| Leann Poston, M.D. |

Foods To Avoid on Contrave

Contrave, a combination of bupropion and naltrexone, is an FDA-approved medication prescribed for treating obesity. Contrave is most often recommended to assist emotional eaters who experience int…
| Leann Poston, M.D. |

Contrave for Weight Loss: Does It Work? 

Contrave is one of many weight-loss medications. Contrave, an FDA-approved weight loss medication, assists emotional eaters who struggle with food cravings. Obesity is a chronic disease that ha…
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Expert Contrave Reviews: Is It the Right Weight Loss Medication?

As the antiobesity market expands, Currax has re-marketed Contrave as a solution for treating obesity, especially for people described as emotional eaters. Currax Pharma owns Contrave (Mysimba out…

Gut Health Diet: How to Restore Your Gut for Optimal Health

Digestive issues, allergies, chronic fatigue, and frequent illness can all indicate your gut microbiome is not optimal. Your gut is home to trillions of microbes that contribute to your physical a…
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11 Hormonal Imbalance Symptoms in Women

Hormonal imbalances can occur throughout a woman’s life, causing a variety of symptoms, including changes in the menstrual cycle, infertility, metabolic disruptions, mood changes, and poor skin he…
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Aerobic & Anaerobic Exercise for Weight Loss: How They Work

Exercise has numerous health benefits, including weight loss. The terms aerobic and anaerobic refer to how cells obtain energy. Aerobic processes require oxygen, whereas anaerobic processes do not…
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Zone 2 Heart Rate Training: The Science Behind the Method

Zone 2 training is used to improve aerobic endurance, weight management, and overall fitness by staying in a specific heart rate zone. It involves exercising for a long time at a relatively low in…
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Nasal Sprays: Using Them Correctly

If you use them correctly, nasal sprays are an effective way to deliver medications across the lining of your nose and into your bloodstream. Unfortunately, many people have the medication drip ou…
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Comparing Ozempic Vs Wegovy Vs Mounjaro

Ozempic (semaglutide), Wegovy (semaglutide), and Mounjaro (tirzepatide) are glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists that are all known to cause weight loss and, therefore, are commonly used to tr…
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Muscle Physiology 101: Understanding How Muscles Work

When people inquire about muscle function, they are typically referring to skeletal muscle. While skeletal muscle is just one of the three main categories of muscle, it is the one that athletes tr…
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8 Factors That Influence Blood Sugar Control

People living with diabetes understand the importance of blood sugar control and how it increases and decreases in response to dietary changes and environmental factors. Insulin and glucagon are t…
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The Importance of Sleep for Maintaining Optimal Mental Health

Most people have first-hand experience of how a poor night’s sleep can negatively affect their mental and emotional health. Poor quality sleep is a risk factor for depression, anxiety, bipolar dis…
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The Link Between Sleep & Weight Loss: Exploring the Connection

Sleep disruption affects your appetite and your ability to lose weight. If you’re counting calories, exercising regularly, and managing stress but still not losing weight, a lack of high-quality s…
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What Is Oxidative Stress? How to Combat It

Oxidative stress is an imbalance between free radicals (reactive oxygen species) produced inside the cell and the antioxidants in the body that neutralize them. The final electron receptor in t…
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Why Is Obesity Considered a Disease?

In the United States, about 42% of all adults live with obesity, and two-thirds of U.S. adults meet the body mass index (BMI) criteria for overweight (>25 kg/m2) or obesity (>30 kg/m2).1,2 A…
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Protein Consumption, Strength Training, and Muscle Hypertrophy

Whether you are looking for increased muscle hypertrophy, a faster metabolism, better agility, or better posture, understanding how protein intake and exercise affect muscle strength and hypertrop…

7 Science-Based Benefits of Intermittent Fasting

Diet plans and eating patterns come and go in popularity, but intermittent fasting may have staying power. Why? It is a simple plan that doesn’t require a lot of tracking or purchasing specialized…

What Is Osteoporosis & How Can You Prevent It?

Bone is living tissue. It responds to the stress you put on it. Muscles pull on bone tissue when you run, jump, and climb. Bone responds by thickening to withstand the increased stress. Bone is…
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Troches: An Innovative Drug-Delivery Option

Getting medications or supplements from outside your body to your bloodstream, where they can have an effect, should be pretty easy. Swallowing a pill, chewing a tablet, using a suppository, apply…