Lose Weight | There’s No Magic Pill To Help Drop Weight
九月 8, 2010 by jimmy
Filed under: news 

That is why diet suppressants like Meridia work their way up the chain for government approval. There is just one problem. It appears as if it could increase your risk for heart attack and stroke.

Now I see how you lose weight. You are stuck in a hospital hooked up to an IV for a couple of weeks. Wow, that is a great way to get slim.

Real healthy, too.

The New England Journal of Medicine last week wrote an editorial under the headline "Another flawed diet pill." The strongly worded editorial came a few weeks before government advisers reviewed the prescription drug, which has already been pulled in Europe.

When will we learn that the best way to good health is diet and exercise? When will we learn that anything easy is usually flawed?

The editorial referred to a recent study that showed users of Meridia have a one in 70 chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke. The numbers rise to one in 52 if you have a pre-existing heart condition.

The study was conducted in Europe, Latin America and Australia and involved 10,700 people ages 55 and older who had heart disease or diabetes.

The study showed that 11.4 percent of users died of a heart attack or stroke compared to 10 percent who used a dummy pill. The percentage increase is not that great but it is not worth the risk.

And guess what? Patients didn’t even lose that much weight. They averaged 10 pounds over a 12-month period. The average person weighed 211 pounds.

You can lose 10 pounds in two weeks if you do it through hard work and sacrifice. You do not need a miracle pill or a magic potion. But they sure are out there. My aunt used to take diet pills all the time and never lost weight.

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