This report shows how people who want to lose weight will use the drug orlistat as a crutch - not changing the habits that's keeping them overweight. There is no pill or drug that will substitute for making healthy choices. You can't expect to eat unhealthy, not exercise, and take a pill that will make you healthy and fit. You'd be better off taking a fruit and vegetable supplement like Juice Plus+ and just 'believe it will help you lose weight (you know, the placebo effect?) than trusting in some dangerous diet pills. At least that way you'd be getting healthy fruit and vegetable nutrients that you're probably lacking in your diet. There are many reasons to avoid dangerous weight loss pills in the first place. A diet rich in fruits and vegetables is likely to provide better health and weight loss than any other one single action. Here's the scoop--
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people on the weight-loss drug orlistat may not keep up the diet changes considered necessary for the treatment's success, a small study suggests.
Orlistat, sold under the prescription name Xenical, aids weight loss by blocking the absorption of dietary fat in the intestines. People on the drug are advised to limit their fat intake to no more than 30 percent of their daily calories. Higher fat intake increases the risk of gastrointestinal side effects like loose stools and incontinence.
It's been argued that orlistat may aid weight loss, in part, because those side effects encourage people to stick with a low-fat diet for the long haul.
But the new study, of 44 obese adults, found that orlistat users had a slightly higher average fat intake than non-users over two months. And that average exceeded the recommended 30-percent limit.
Dr. Mette Svendsen and colleagues at Ulleval University Hospital in Oslo, Norway, report the findings in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics.
The study included 44 men and women who'd taken part in a three-year clinical trial comparing orlistat with a placebo, in addition to lifestyle changes. After the trial ended, participants could opt to continue on the drug or not; two months later, Svendsen's team surveyed users and non-users about their diet habits. Read more...
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Dr. Havey
The Health & Wellness Inst
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