Babesia (also called Nuttallia) is a genus of protozoan apicomplexan piroplasms which was discovered by the Romanian bacteriologist Victor BabeÈ, that infect the blood and cause a parasitic, hemolytic disease known as babesiosis.
Research suggests that Slim-Fast is an effective way to lose weight. 1  According to a 2006 study published in the British Medical Journal comparing the effectiveness of four commercial weight loss programs in overweight and obese adults, dieters on the Slim-Fast plan lost an average of about 6 pounds over four weeks.
Margarita Cocktail and Weight Loss. Alcohol (as in Margarita Cocktail) contains almost twice the calories of carbs or protein, so in theory, it's not good for weight control. In practice, however, some research shows that dieters who give up alcohol lose no more weight than those who don't.