FDA Approves Non-Prescription Diet Pill - washingtonpost.com
FDA Approves Non-Prescription Diet Pill - washingtonpost.com
This can’t be good. It says in the article that the weight loss pill “alli” will not work if a person does not exercise and restrict calories. When someone is doing the appropriate exercise, they will lose a couple extra pounds for every 5 pounds lost naturally.
First of all, if you can lose weight with a diet and exercise program, why not just do it a little longer without the diet pill?
It simply must be dangerous to stop digesting fats and having them pass right through you. If the colon isn’t used to pushing that through, it makes sense that it will be negatively affected, and I suppose the research pointing toward pre-cancerous tumors bears that out precisely.
But the real problem isn’t for people who are exercising and eating more healthily. The biggest problem is for those who take it and don’t modify their lifestyle!
If a person has to convince a doctor that they are exercising and eating well in order to get the pill, then that’s helping build a foundation for future success without the pill–you know, if they don’t die of colon cancer first.
But what about the person who maintains a sedentary lifestyle and doesn’t modify their diet? Will they use it just so they can eat a little more? Will they use it before they eat hugely fatty meals?
Like I said, that can’t be good for anyone…except GlaxoSmithKline.