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Steve Harvey is attempting to lose 21 pounds in 21 days with a “magical” detox diet. But critics are saying the diet is dangerous and ineffective.

The diet, called “Lose 21 Pounds in 21 Days,” is based on best selling book by Roni De Luz and James Hester. The diet suggests people to sip fruits and vegetable juices every two hours for three weeks. Dieters are not supposed to eat a bite of food the whole time. Only liquids.

So Harvey announced he’s going to do it to shed the pounds. Fans and followers can keep track of his progress via a website.

“You can’t live on a diet like this because it simply does not have adequate calories or protein,” says Anne Fletcher, MS, RD. “Not only does protein make you feel full longer, but solid food makes you full longer.”

And, she adds, liquids don’t provide satiety in the same way solids do. So then the deprivation factor enters into it,” she says. “How long can you stick with something that deprives you of so much?”

A diet that encourages only juice consumption is a recipe for failure, says celebrity nutritionist Christine Avanti. “Where is the fiber if everything is all blended up?” she says. “And fruit drinks can cause blood sugar to spike.”

She also added that when users go back to eating regular food, their metabolism is slowed and would cause them to regain the weight.

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For those wondering how Steve Harvey’s 21 pounds in 21 days diet is going, columnist Flo Anthony sent word to us that Steve has now lost 13 pounds and all is well. Here’s what she wrote last week:

Comedian Steve Harvey who heads his  nationally syndicated radio morning show and hosts TV’s “Family Feud,” has New York Times Bestselling authors, Dr. Roni DeLuz and James Hester of “21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox,” down in his studios everyday in Atlanta detoxing him live on the air.

He lost 10.4 pounds in the first week. Harvey, who, as of this past Friday was on day seven and feeling great, took his wife Marjorie out to their favorite Atlanta restaurant and watched her eat their favorite dish as the comedian sipped his vegetables juices and soup.

On Saturday night, the determined Harvey and his wife attended a cocktail party. He watched pork chops pass by as he sipped his hot tea. He also watched football all weekend and passed up game food like hot dogs and ice cream.

Harvey is flying and can’t believe he has not chewed for seven days and feels and looks great. His blood shot eye is now clear. Originally, Steve thought this was a starvation detox, but he admits he was wrong. Says Steve:

“This is the best program I’ve ever done. I’m feeding my body every two hours and giving my body more nutrients then ever.”

For more on Dr. Roni DeLuz and James Hester’s “21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox,” go here: www.mvdietdetox.com.

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Hello Beautiful recently posted report about keeping your guard up in the fight to protect yourself against sexually transmitted diseases. STDs in America are on the rise in some demographics and still having a devastating impact in certain communities. What you probably didn’t know is that American doctors are reporting an increase in STDs within the elderly population, as the use of Viagra gets some couples “back into the game.”

Reuters Health recently reported:

“… the rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in older men taking erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra is twice as high as in their non-medicated peers.

In both groups, however, the numbers are swelling. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were more than six new cases of STDs per 10,000 men over 40 in 2008, up almost 50 percent since 1996.

“Younger adults have far more STDs than older adults, but the rates are growing at far higher rates in older adults,” said Dr. Anupam B. Jena of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, who led the study.”

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According to a new report, the obesity epidemic which has gripped the nation for the past 20 years appears to be leveling off for adult whites but Blacks, young adults and children are still getting fatter.

The report – “Forecasting Distribution of Body Mass Index in the United States: Is there More Room for Growth” – was compiled by Dr. Anirban Basu of the University of Chicago School of Medicine.

Basu and his research team project that obesity rates for most age categories will remain stable for the next 10 years.

However, they also project that young African American adults aged 18-to-39, children aged 6-to-9 and Black children 10 and older will have rising obesity rates.

The complete report is in the current edition of the journal Medical Decision Making and can also be found online by clicking on the following:  is published online. (source: Taylor Media Services – www.blacknewsjournal.com)

Many folks in the blogosphere believe these pictures are fake – but they were posted on the rapper’s official Web site, Facebook and Twitter pages to show the amount of weight he has lost in preparation for his next role as a cancer-stricken football player in “Things Fall Apart,” due in theaters next year.

The artist is shown with sunken cheeks and a gaunt frame – the result of a liquid diet and strict exercise regimen that has helped him go from 214 to 160 in just over two months.

The 34-year-old rapper recently removed his tattoos so that Hollywood would take his transition to acting more seriously.

In addition to “Things Fall Apart,” the rapper is costarring with Chace Crawford in the drama “Twelve” and will be kicking off his U.S. tour Friday in Cleveland.

Some inheritances are a curse. I don’t mean your grandmother’s cabinet of porcelain fawns, nor your uncle’s portfolio of watercolor still lifes, nor the 40 years of Model Railroader magazines stowed in the rafters of your dad’s garage. Worse than any of these is the hand-me-down that could be hiding in your genes. No one wants to wind up with the family’s hereditary disease.

Whether it’s diabetes, Alzheimer’s, or heart disease, having a family history of a hereditary disease can cast a shadow over your life. Some folks try to ignore it, others become obsessed with their family’s medical history and genetics. There’s always that uneasy feeling: Will it get me too?

“A history of hereditary disease can cause a lot of anxiety and worry,” says Adel Gilbert, MS, CGC, a genetic counselor at Johns Hopkins University. “It can really affect your quality of life, or even how you live your life.”

I’ve spent most of my life in this gloom. My father died at 43, unexpectedly, of a stroke. And his father died at 64 (heart attack), and his father at 57 (heart attack), and his father at 61 (stroke). So the average age of death for the past four patriarchs of my family is 56 — a lifespan that would be above average for a 19th century coal miner and superb for a Neanderthal. But it’s not so hot for a man of the 20th century, let alone the 21st.

I’d like to beat the odds. I’m 34 now. I’d like to forestall or avoid the cardiovascular disease that felled my forefathers. Not only would I like to surpass the current record of 64 years — I’d like to exceed that life span by decades.

But is that a foolish hope for a guy with my family history? Is an early expiration date already written indelibly in my genes? Are my chances of getting to 80 any better than a mayfly’s? Under the cover of medical journalism, I turned to genetic experts to find out.

Can Genetic Testing Trump Family History?

“I see lots of people who are convinced they’re genetically doomed,” says Carrie Zabel. She’s a genetic counselor at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, whose job is to help people better understand their hereditary risks.

It’s no wonder people can feel so hopeless about their DNA. We view genes and genetic testing with superstitious awe. A news report about the discovery of a gene can sound as ominous as the prophecy of an ancient oracle. Genes seem to control everything — our intelligence, our risk for disease, whether we like anchovies. Each breakthrough in genetic medicine seems to erode a bit more of the tiny allotment of free will that we thought we had.

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Research shows that there is an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease among men with erectile dysfunction and low testosterone levels. The study, conducted by Dr. Giovanni Corona, observed the testosterone levels of men who were seeking treatment for erectile dysfunction.

Many of those men suffered from heart attacks or other major heart problems. A few men that participated in the study died. Corona found that men who had low testosterone levels were more likely to die of heart problems.

“Our work shows that screening for testosterone deficiency in men with erectile dysfunction may help clinicians identify those at higher risk from cardiovascular events,” Corona said in a news release from the European Society of Endocrinology. “However, at the moment we can’t say whether low testosterone levels are the cause or the consequence of this higher risk.”

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Big little stressor No. 1: Insecurity

Not surprisingly, paying bills, managing debt and sticking to a budget scored highest of all the stressors in our survey. But guess what? It’s not about the money, says Thomas Miller, Ph.D., a University of Kentucky psychologist and the author of Handbook of Stressful Life Transitions Across the Lifespan. “Much financial stress actually has to do with uncertainty—about your money situation, yes, but that really means your job. Not knowing specifics about where you stand eats at you like acid.”

Defuse it: Go on a fact-finding mission, Miller says. Demand answers to those elephant-in-the-room questions at work. Ask your boss how you fit into the company’s plans, or what you can do to make yourself more valuable. If he pauses or doesn’t appear truthful, push him with “Can you be more specific?” or even “So do you think I should be concerned?” “The more answers you’re given about your situation, the more clarity you’ll have—and clarity equals control,” Miller says.

Bonus tip: Worried about your job? Relieve your stress by using these 6 tricks to prevent being laid off.

Big little stressor No. 2: Hair loss

More than half the men in our poll felt stressed about their images, and many specified hair loss as the mane, er, main culprit. They’re not alone: A 2005 Mayo Clinic Proceedings review cites multiple studies showing that male pattern baldness negatively affects men’s feelings of attractiveness and body image. “For those guys who are feeling judged by their hair loss, the stress is very real,” Good says.

Defuse it: Reframe the problem as a medical issue, Good suggests. Treating hair loss with transplants costs $4,500 on average, while drug treatments can cost as much as $60 a month, for decades. Then run the numbers and decide if the expense is truly worth it to you, Good says. If it is, then go for it. But if you think you can deal with it as a mere medical inconvenience, you’ll be more easily able to snuff out this stressor.

Bonus tip: Find out which hair-loss treatments work best—and which you shouldn’t waste your money on—here.

Big little stressor No. 3: Exercise

How’s this for a bitter irony: Exercise is a well-known stress buster, yet nearly a third of the men in our poll rated sticking to an exercise program a 7 or higher on a 10-point stress scale. First, you stress about missing a workout or not exercising at all. Second, as you attempt to carve out time to exercise, your stress skyrockets as you cram in all the other things you need to accomplish that day. “That struggle may affect how and what you’re eating,” Miller says, “and now your food intake becomes a stressor.”

Defuse it: Miller suggests portion control—for your workout schedule. Shrink your exercise “portions” by boosting intensity: Turn your cardio routine into a shorter interval workout that alternates sprints with your normal pace. (You’ll also boost fat-burning this way.) If you’re lifting weights, cut your between-set rest in half—go from a minute to 30 seconds between each of 12 sets, and you’ll save six minutes. Then look for ways to condense other activities: showering, cooking, surfing the Web, and so forth. You have the time. You simply have to own it.

Bonus tip: Always have a workout on hand with the upgraded Men’s Health iPhone app. It’s like having your own personal trainer, 24/7, wherever you go.

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