(with apologies to Paul Simon for the subject header)
Seriously? This is a weight loss system people want to try?
Here are the Side Effects from the company website. Emphasis added.
What are treatment effects?
alli™ works by preventing the absorption of some of the fat you eat. The fat passes out of your body, so you may have bowel changes, known as treatment effects. You may get:
- gas with oily spotting
- loose stools
- more frequent stools that may be hard to control
What to expect
The excess fat that passes out of your body is not harmful. In fact, you may recognize it as something that looks like the oil on top of a pizza. Eating a low-fat diet lowers the chance of these bowel changes. Limit fat intake in your meals to an average of 15 grams.
- While no one likes experiencing treatment effects, they might help you think twice about eating questionable fat content. If you think of it like that, alli can act like a security guard for your late-night cravings
- You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work
- You may not usually get gassy, but it's a possibility when you take alli. The bathroom is really the best place to go when that happens
2 comments:
Remember Olestra? They made potato chips that had the same stuff in them and they had these same warnings (although without the helpful dark pants hint) on the chip bag. I don't want my snacks to make me have pizza oil out my bottom.
People are crazy for weight loss. It's scary. I worked with women who were bummed that fenfen (phenphen?) was pulled off the market regardless of the heart damage risks. They still wanted to take it. Weight Loss (TM) lives very far away from living a healthier existence.
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