by Loraine Holden • June 22, 2011
Many doctors and their patients still think that eating fat is the major cause of obesity. Orlistat has been prescribed for years as Xenocol and is now available over the counter as Alli. The watchdog organization Public Citizen is again urging the FDA to take it off the market because of dangerous side-effects. These are [...]
by Loraine Holden • June 10, 2011
Obese persons might have type II diabetes and heart disease, but a fat body is not a direct cause. Polynesian kings, Sumo wrestlers and Eskimos in ages past had fat bodies but were healthy. The effects of civilization are the real causes of diabetes and heart disease. When primitive people got tobacco, alcohol, soft drinks [...]
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