Archive for July 20th, 2010

Diet supplement Slim 30 recalled for undeclared drug ingredient
by Leigh Goessl

A voluntary recall has been issued for Slim-30 Herb Supplement by the distributor, J & H Besta Corporation of Hickville, New York on July 16, 2010. The herbal supplement is marketed as a natural herb to help individuals promote weight loss.

Slim-30 Herb Supplement is packaged in plastic bottles of 30 capsules and has the UPC code of 8 31457 005009 2. The affected lot/code being recalled is 032009. Consumers should not consume this product.

The reason for the recall is because during a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lab analysis, the government agency discovered an undeclared drug presence in its ingredients. The drug, N-Desmethyl Sibutramine, has not been approved by the FDA, and the effectiveness and safety of the drug is not known at this time. There were also traces of a drug called Sibutramine, which is an FDA approved drug for weight loss, but has not been approved for this product.
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Saw Palmetto as effective as Finasteride

BARCELONA – A new study performed by Euromed and published online ahead of print in Advances in Therapy journal found a novel saw palmetto extract (SPE), SPET-085, is as effective as finasteride, the standard prescription drug therapy, in blocking the critical enzyme that leads to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a condition that involves symptoms such as urinary hesitancy, weak urine stream, nocturia, incontinence, and recurrent urinary tract infections.

There are two types of 5?-reductase, the enzymes that irreversibly catalyses the conversion of testosterone to the most potent androgen, 5?-dihydrotestosterone (DHT). The focus of the current study was on type II 5?-reductase, which is found in human prostate tissue. Researchers compared the ability of SPET-085 and finasteride to inhibit 5?-reductase isoenzyme type II in vitro.
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Beet juice lowers blood pressure
by S. L. Baker, features writer

(NaturalNews) The vegetable known as the beetroot in Great Britain (and usually called the table beet, garden beet, red beet or just plain beet in the U.S.) has been studied in recent years for its health-building properties. For example, scientists have found it is rich in the nutrient betaine, which reduces the blood concentration of homocycsteine, a substance linked to heart disease and stroke. Now a study just published in the American Heart Association’s Hypertension journal concludes drinking beet juice lowers high blood pressure quickly and effectively — and could be a natural approach to helping prevent cardiovascular problems.
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