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alli: Miracle diet pill with teeny-tiny side effect

by Victoria Revay | June 20, 2007 at 07:02 am

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I think they had me at "You will spray oil when you fart." Apparently, this new diet pill will block your body from absorbing oil, so it just comes out, anytime you are near a toilet. Lovely.

Website Bullshit (WSBS): You may get:

    * gas with oily spotting,

    * loose stools

    * more frequent stools that may be hard to control

No BS: The following things will happen to you:

    * You will spray oil when you fart

    * You will have diarrhoea

    * You will be shitting constantly and you will lose control of your bowels to the point where you shit your pants

A lower-potency version of the prescription drug Xenical, it blocks your body from absorbing about 25 percent of the fat that you eat. (In a diet of 3,000 calories and 100 grams of fat, this would knock out about 225 calories.)

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babblingdweeb

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at 07:08 on June 20th, 2007

Victoria Revay, you've convinced me you've done the work - it's authentic. I also think that you've been fair and thorough. I didn't get the sense that you were hiding your biases, or passing off other's work as your own. Or worse -- getting paid by those you cover -- so it's transparent and independent. I also think you deserve praise for being an eyewitness, and for your investigative efforts. Good stuff.

Jordan Yerman

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at 07:09 on June 20th, 2007

That's just sh*tty... incredibly irresponsible to release a product like that to market, and very, very silly for any consumer to use something that prevents the body from doing what it must do to stay alive.

Raj Taneja

at 01:19 on June 21st, 2007

Ahhh.. I recall the day of potato chips manufactured with Olean or Olestra... same effect! EWWW!

Barry ORegan

at 05:50 on June 21st, 2007

Well Victoria, The makers of "Depends" may have a different view.

For some reason I hesitate to view the following link on What does XENICAL Do, since you have already adequately described in detail already.

What is the difference
between XENICAL and other weight-loss medications?

Unlike other commonly prescribed weight-loss medications, XENICAL is not an
appetite suppressant and does not have a direct effect on the brain.
Instead, it works in your digestive system to block about one-third of the
fat in the food you eat from being digested. Check out
What Does XENICAL Do? for a demonstration of
how XENICAL works.

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