| A Paris-based pharmaceutical company has unveiled | | | | more.The bottom line here is that you don't need |
| an experimental new drug to combat obesity. The | | | | drugs to suppress your appetite. All you need is the |
| drug is, according to preliminary research data, a | | | | knowledge to make better informed food choices |
| powerful appetite suppressant. Prescribe it to | | | | and avoid all processed carbohydrates. This means |
| patients, the thinking goes, and they'll automatically | | | | absolutely no cookies, crackers, breads, baked goods, |
| eat less. Sounds good at first, but here's the real | | | | pasta, and so on. Do this and your appetite will fall on |
| story on appetite suppressants and prescription | | | | its own. You'll automatically eat less, lose weight, and |
| drugs.Appetite suppressants initially seem to be a | | | | save a fortune by avoiding prescription drugs. It's |
| promising strategy for weight loss. By taking a | | | | almost like following a low-carb diet, except you can |
| prescription drug or an herbal supplement, the body | | | | have all the fruits and vegetables you want, as long |
| will theoretically shut down its hunger and | | | | as they're eaten in their raw form and not processed |
| automatically eat less. As a result, the person will | | | | (orange juice, for example, would be a no-no).All of |
| drop excess body fat and experience a steady | | | | this doesn't mean appetite suppressant drugs and |
| decline in all the obesity-related risk factors: diabetes, | | | | diet pills won't be successful in the marketplace: most |
| heart disease, stroke, and so on. It all sounds great | | | | people would rather take a shortcut to losing weight |
| at first, but a closer look at the complex relationship | | | | if there's one available. But here's why the drugs |
| between people and their foods reveals that this | | | | won't work very well: even if your appetite is |
| approach is only minimally successful, at best.Here's | | | | artificially reduced by the drugs, your body will keep |
| why: appetite is actually stimulated by the | | | | on craving until it gets the nutrients it needs. If you |
| consumption of processed foods and refined | | | | don't supplement your diet with whole food and |
| carbohydrates. When a person drinks a soft drink, | | | | superfood supplements (like chlorella and spirulina) |
| eats a donut, or consumes refined white sugar, the | | | | that provide superior nutrition, your body will be in a |
| resulting swings in blood sugar cause a hunger spike | | | | never-ending state of nutrient deficiency, and turning |
| to arise a few hours later. Hunger signals are further | | | | off the hunger signals will be all but impossible, no |
| strengthened when a person suffers from common | | | | matter how powerful the drug.So a person on |
| nutritional deficiencies (virtually all Americans are | | | | appetite suppressing drugs will only succeed if they |
| deficient in zinc, vitamin D, various B vitamins, | | | | take an active role in their own nutrition by |
| magnesium and other important nutrients). After | | | | consuming superfoods and avoiding refined |
| years of experimentation, and after spending | | | | carbohydrates. And if they do that, they don't need |
| hundreds of dollars on various appetite suppressants | | | | the drugs in the first place. In effect, the drugs are |
| (discussed below), I have come to the conclusion | | | | really just hype, and they don't represent a |
| that the very best way to control appetite is to | | | | reasonable approach to reducing obesity. Or, to |
| avoid refined carbohydrates and get superior nutrition | | | | summarize this entire article in one phrase: it's the |
| from whole food supplements. I've tried all the | | | | food choice, stupid! Choose the wrong foods on a |
| "natural" appetite suppressants: hoodia, jojoba, green | | | | regular basis, and all the drugs in the world won't |
| tea, fiber supplements and so on. None come even | | | | make you thin. But choose the right foods at every |
| close to the appetite suppressing power of simply | | | | meal, and you'll be thin without needing |
| avoiding all refined carbohydrates such as white | | | | drugs.Copyright 2006 Truth PublishingMike Adams, |
| bread, rice, flour, high fructose corn syrup, sugars, | | | | "The Health Ranger," is chief contributor and editor of |
| tortillas, cereals and so on.The only carbohydrates | | | | the NewsTarget Network, a leading independent |
| that don't trigger subsequent hunger are whole grains | | | | news source for natural health, nutrition, medicine and |
| such as quinoa or boiled whole grain kamut, for | | | | other wellness topics. NewsTarget and are leading |
| example. Everything else in the carbohydrate world, | | | | information resources for consumers seeking |
| including oatmeal and Cream of Wheat, is a strong | | | | independent information on natural health and |
| appetite stimulant that will only make you eat | | | | nutrition. |