In a six-year study of healthy men and women ages 20 to 78, weight gain was not related to weight cycling in men. Women weight cyclers, who gained about one pound a year, showed only a slight tendency to gain more weight than those whose weight did not cycle. -msnbc.com MY COMMENT: You don’t want to continue with yo-yo dieting if you can help it. Once you lose the weight, stick with regular exercise and monitor your weight weekly. Set a threshold that you do not want to exceed! If you lost weight with a very restrictive diet, you’ll probably regain some weight , but getting comfortable with healthier eating habits should keep you satisfied and leaner.
According to the article, risk of weight regain and risk factors including diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer and high cholesterol are NOT linked to history of weight cycling (losing and regaining). Correlations do exist between these risk factors and high body mass index.
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To illustrate the risks posed by taking these diet pills, Dr Cohen reviews two case reports of patients taking appetite suppressants containing fenproporex, illegally imported from Brazil. In the first case, a 26-year-old woman suffered from intermittent chest pains, palpitations, headaches and insomnia for two years. She consulted her doctor numerous times over the two-year period for these unexplained symptoms. Her urine tested positive for amphetamines and benzodiazepines, and both fenproporex and chlordiazepoxide were present in her pills. Her symptoms disappeared after she stopped taking the imported pills.
In the second case, a 38-year-old man tested positive for amphetamines after an occupational urine screening test and was suspended from work. Both fenproporex and fluoxetine were detected in his imported pills. While he was taking the pills he also experienced insomnia and palpitations, symptoms which disappeared after he stopped taking the pills. In both cases, not all the substances detected in the pills matched the ingredients on the vial labels.
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MY COMMENT: Stay away from this stuff!
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