After six years as a star on CSI: NY, Melina Kanakaredes is hanging up her detective badge.

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Dr. Melina Jampolis, a physician nutrition specialist from San Francisco, California, said losing a pound per week is very reasonable.

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"Absolutely these diets must be done under the care of a doctor, " says CNNHealth.com's diet and fitness expert, Dr. Melina Jampolis, a physician nutrition specialist.

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Melina Grigoriadou, whose job with an export firm means she often travels outside Greece, said she is frustrated by the unflattering views of her country she hears elsewhere.

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Nutrition specialist Dr. Melina Jampolis said McCotry's regimen isn't as bad as the horror stories of people chain-smoking to stave off hunger or eking out a meager existence on cayenne-pepper-flavored water.

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"Those countries who, like Singapore, are committed to speedy trade liberalisation, fear that the WTO with its growing membership is becoming too unwieldy, " said Melina Nathan, a senior analyst at Singapore's Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies.

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