On dieting and some deadly diet pills 
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My last two posts on nutrition (Fat doesn't make you Fat! & Soy Wake Up Call: it is linked to heart disease and infertility! ) brought up some interesting comments and concerns about dieting. Why is it the idea of being a woman trying to look good in our bathing suits seems to be portrayed like the worst thing in the world, judged to the core and condemned by some?
Misconception and miss information are the ogres here. Popular propaganda and the anorexic, pill poppers beauty-fashion queens which are sometimes portrayed as role models wearing those low-hip tiny gorgeous jeans adorned beautifully are the ones to blame. Do not you think? Or...
Let me tell you a little story...
During the years I lived in Cancun, Mexico, I learned about the "new magic pill" in the market: Xenical. A couple of my girlfriends were taking it, and I was seduced by the idea. I went to a local pharmacy and purchased a box of 40 for $80, no prescription required. I was not overweight at all, but "someone" suggested I had to lose a few pounds, so I thought this was the easy road to take. Wrong.
Now, more than a decade later, I found out about the shocking news:
Reuters Health reports on a new study that relates Xenical to colon cancer. The organization, Public Citizen, demanded that Xenical "be immediately pulled from the U.S. market" after recent data linked it to precancerous colon lesion in animal studies. There were also reported 28 cases of breast cancer in patients taking Xenical through 2005. Reuters reports that the FDA was aware of the breast cancer risk as well as the possible colon lesions when it initially considered Xenical, but the agency chose to rely on the company's analysis of the drug.
Fat blockers are not a rational approach to corpulosity. This is an example of unscropulosity, blocking fat absorption so the person of fatness can shovel in more Krispy Kreams and Coke. We need Krispy Kream and Coke blockers, not fat blockers. (William C. Douglass, M.D, 2006)
Think twice before taking diet pills. Think twice before self prescribing any kind of drugs. If you have the opportunity to travel to Mexico, don't just go because you can get prescription drugs without prescription. At the end you will regret you did it.
Happy Cooking!
Melissa
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- July 02, 2006
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Comments
07.02.06 at 05:52 PM |
Excelente el reportaje, muy acertado. Las fotos te quedaron espectaculares amiga, espectaculares!
:o)
Elena
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07.02.06 at 05:59 PM |
Gracias Elena!
M
07.03.06 at 02:40 PM |
Lovely post, always nice for the latest update to the diet scene, good adive about the pills. I have never been one to go for that kind of thing as a rather whole foods hippy myself, but it is always wonderful to hear it. I think good food cooked well with healthy natural ingredients is always the way to go.
07.03.06 at 02:44 PM |
Thank you Katy—-I totally agree with you
A big hug from Panama!
M
07.04.06 at 02:12 PM |
Important commentary on several important issues, Melissa, especially from first-hand experience. I totally agree with Katy too and I wish more people in the world could read about it and learn from you two. Big hugs to you, my dear, and I think you’re perfect
07.05.06 at 01:15 AM |
That sounds pretty scary.
I hate all diets, in any form, but I agree pills are just plain dangerous.
I think we all look fabulous, and that´s that!
07.05.06 at 09:04 PM |
The things people will sell to make money is incredible. I really wonder about the morals of some who play on people’s fears and weaknesses for their own gain. Sad and crazy.
07.17.06 at 12:53 PM |
Interesting information on Blogday. Thanks!
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