That’s the thing that is on everyone’s mind. Our world, our country, ourselves. How do we really stop being fat? A great question, but not an easy one to answer. Ten years ago I made up my mind to stop being fat. Having grown up with an unhealthy relationship with food, my weight grew to [...]
By Gary Pepper, M.D. Editor-in-Chief
We recently commented on how combining Symelin and a leptin-like drug caused more weight loss than either drug alone. http://www.metabolism.com/2008/12/04/shot-weight-loss-shots-future/
There is now evidence that combining two oral medications, bupropion (Wellbutrin) and Zonigran (zonisamide) can cause significant weight loss in healthy obese people. Zonigran is approved to treat certain types of seizures [...]
By Gary Pepper, M.D. Editor-in-Chief
Weight loss shots might be the latest weight loss technique. A major pharmaceutical company is experimenting with possible weight loss injections. The company, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, has already pioneered a unique diabetes medication, Byetta, which lowers the blood sugar and is also associated with weight loss in diabetics who use it. The [...]
It still remains the hottest topic of the day (after the presidential elections of course!) – How to lose weight. People are looking for a magic pill, one-hour surgery, 3-day cleanse, and vast variety of other short term solutions. Thousands of dollars are spent on fad diets, newest nutrition books, fancy kitchen appliances, and so [...]
In two weeks metabolism.com will be posting my interview with Dr. Jefferson Vaughan who heads the bariatric (weight loss) surgery program at Jupiter Hospital, Florida. If you have questions about weight loss surgery now is the time to get your questions answered! Click on the “Health and Nutrition Forum” button on the home page of metabolism.com. Put your [...]
In recent developments, researchers have been working with an implantable device which reduces hunger and has been shown to cause weight loss and improve blood sugar in diabetics. The device called the Tantalus system, is implanted laparoscopically (through a small incision) into the stomach. When food enters the stomach the device delivers electrical impulses [...]
Researchers already know that ten different viruses can cause obesity in animals. Recent information presented at a conference in Boston by Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar and colleagues, pin-points adenovirus-36 as a potential cause of obesity in humans. In the latest studies these researchers were able to convert human stem cells into fat cells by infecting them [...]
The people who market the new weight loss drug Alli want us pronounce their product “Ally” for the obvious reason that an Ally is a friend and helper.
I say that no matter what the advertising executives want us to believe, the word Alli must be pronounced like “Ali” as in Mohammed Ali who is a [...]
Alli: New Weight Loss Pill to Be Released in June
The new over-the-counter version of Xenical will be marketed under the brand name “Alli”. Alli is reported to be available to the general public in June. Alli works by blocking the absorption of fat by the intestine, so that several hundred fat calories per day can [...]
If you went to college in the 60’s and 70’s you may remember the “munchies” or voracious appetite which sometimes accompanied marijuana smoking. Little did the pot heads of that day realize that medications in the future which block the munchies would help them shed the pounds that they would gain over the next 30 [...]
