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Magic Pill?

I know Oprah’s telling us that in order to stop overeating we have to figure out what’s eating US –is it anger, boredom, sadness, fear?  Okay, I get it.  But still – wouldn’t it be nice if we could take a pill that would make us feel full and not WANT to eat?!  Three new weight loss drugs are under review by the FDA right now and one of them, lorcaserin, is looking REAL good, no increase in blood pressure or heart valve problems.  About 50% of the study participants on lorcaserin lost 5% or more of their body weight and even more were able to keep it off the next year.  Dr. David Katz, of Oprah Magazine fame, was not impressed, however.  “Better daily use of feet and forks holds far greater promise for sustainable weight loss.” he said.  Sigh.

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