By Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee
Authors of The Body Has a Mind of its Own
Why do you still feel fat after losing weight? Why is yo-yo dieting so prevalent? Are anorexics really being honest in their heart of hearts when they gaze in a mirror at their scrawny, starving bodies and insist they are grossly [...]
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 [...]
The Latest on Ramonabant - the upcoming weight loss drug.
Ramona has been in our thoughts and dreams for sometime now. You might say we are a little obsessed with Ramona. By Ramona I mean ramonabant, the appetite supressant which goes by the name Acomplia in Europe. We have been following the news of her arrival [...]
According to unreliable sources the FDA will be reviewing Ramona (Ramonabant aka Acomplia) in June. If approved by the FDA this weight loss medication may be available in the United States within a few weeks after that. As for now all we can do is wait…and wait. I am disappointed at how few people have [...]
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 [...]
The FDA recently approved the weight loss medication Xenical (orlistat) for over the counter sales. Xenical has been available by prescription for several years and has been used by doctors in the United States to aid in weight loss programs. This medication works by blocking the intestinal absorption of the fat (triglycerides) in food. If [...]
