Magic Dieting, Slimming And Weight Loss Pills
Pharmaceutical companies are eager to provide us with one, and people are willing to pay for one, but none exist. I'm writing this because recently the Food and Drug Administration, against the advice of 22 top neuroscientists, approved the first diet pill in 23 years. It's going to make a lot of money. Some people will lose a lot of weight for a brief period of time.
The pill contains dexfenfluramine and is designed to be taken by the clinically obese, along with an ongoing diet and exercise program. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, "obesity is a surplus of adipose tissue containing fat stored in triglyceride form, resulting from excess energy intake relative to energy expenditure." There are currently over 34 million people in the US suffering from obesity. Obesity is largely genetic, but people only inherit the tendency towards obesity. The extent of obesity's expression in a person is influenced by diet and exercise.
Like Prozac, the pill stimulates production of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that makes us feel satisfied, and doesn't allow your body to reabsorb it. The increase in serotonin stops us from desiring food, and we eat less. So we lose weight for a while. The pill does have some mild side effects, including dry mouth, fatigue, diarrhea, and has caused brain damage in baboons.
Testing on humans is now being conducted.
It also increases your risk for a rare and fatal pulmonary disease that destroys blood vessels in your heart and lungs. The funny part of all this, is that these pills can't be taken for more than a couple months anyway. They're dangerous and they stop working. When you quit taking the pills, the levels of serotonin in your brain drop drastically for weeks, and you may feel depressed or angry. This happens because the neurons that produce serotonin swell, then die. If you want to keep the weight off, you still must create a healthy lifestyle. This pill can't cure obesity.
What can cure obesity is appropriate exercise and an intelligent diet. Exercise alone won't necessarily work, and diet alone certainly won't. Dieting can reduce the rate at which you burn calories (metabolism), and exercise can counter that and even increase it. Exercise will also minimize the amount of lean body mass lost through dieting. It has also been shown to increase dietary compliance. This is partly explained by the fact that exercise can improve psychological functioning. It makes people feel less anxious or depressed, and increases our mood and self concept. This provides us with a greater sense of personal control. And that helps us withstand temptation and make better food choices.
Low-intensity exercise will also reduce appetite -- much like the wonder drugs -- and lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and improve cardiorespiratory endurance. And it expends energy, which is what needs to be done in order to lose weight. The hardest thing to do when trying to exercise and eat properly is to stick to it. Make yourself accountable to others. Walk with a partner. There is much involved in long-term weight loss. It isn't a short path, but this isn't Chutes and Ladders: there is no short cut.
And there is no magic pill.
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Have you tried dieting, exercise and support groups - and failed to lose and keep off your excess weight? Did you lose weight only to quickly gain it back? Now help is at hand for serious and desperate dieters - Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication. Xenical is a prescription medication, not a magic pill that simply melts pounds away. The good thing about the Xenical Prescription Weight Loss Medication program is that it doesn't involve a complicated diet. In fact, the reduced-calorie diet with no more than 30% calories from fat is the same one recommended by the American Heart Association for all overweight Americans.