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Medical Forum / General / General / January 2005Lipitor & Xenical = eat anything you want?
Theoretically if you were to take Xenical so your weight did not go up, and take Lipitor so your cholesterol remained normal, would that mean you could eat everything to your hearts content without ever having any health problems? Just wondering :) Why, yes, of course. The goal of modern technology is to allow human beings to live 100 years on nothing but Whoppers, Krispy-Kremes, and pills. Stand out of the way--this is progress. Because if it weren't for the pills, modern man would be attempting it on just the Whoppers and Krispy-Kremes. SBH "Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com" <sbharris@ix.netcom.com> > Why, yes, of course. The goal of modern technology is to allow human > beings to live 100 years on nothing but Whoppers, Krispy-Kremes, and > pills. Stand out of the way--this is progress. Because if it weren't > for the pills, modern man would be attempting it on just the Whoppers > and Krispy-Kremes. Speaking of which, I just saw "Super Size Me". It's a pathetic piece of propaganda. At least Moore's stuff is entertaining. This idiot did a perfect impersonation of a child pretending to be sick to get out of school. moo Please don't veer off the subject, before you know it everyone will be talking about "Super Size Me" and ignoring my question. >"Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com" <sbharris@ix.netcom.com> > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >moo "Buck" <buck@toothed.oo> wrote in message > Please don't veer off the subject, before you know it everyone will be > talking about "Super Size Me" and ignoring my question. Your question was banally stupid. You suffixed it with a smiley so most people assume you knew this. You don't believe it's a serious query. It deserves the answer it got. And, top posting is a sign of Usenet inexperience. moo >>"Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com" <sbharris@ix.netcom.com> >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >>moo >You suffixed it with a smiley so most >people assume you knew this. You don't believe it's a serious query. It >deserves the answer it got. Wow your take on reality is seriously skewed, lol >And, top posting is a sign of Usenet >inexperience. Oh god, another geek complaining about top posting, get a life. Your premises are wrong. Xenical inhibits some fraction of fat absorption, but if you eat a great deal of fat, you'll still absorb lots and have lots go into your colon. So if whatever your heart desires includes lots of fat, you'll be spending most of your time on the toilet, and when you get off, you'll still have gained weight. Sorry about calling you a name before I take it back now that you've answered my question seriously. My question is of course thoeretical, but I'm not saying if one gorged oneself. Let's just say if someone ate fatty foods somewhat more than moderately. How would the fat going into the colon affect the weight? Doesn't that pass through and not add weight? And let's say the person does lose the weight (I know with Xenical it works for some and not for others, so it's luck) and doesn't care about spending time in the toilet :) This question could also be posed for the next drug that is better than Xenical, took away more fat, and made you go to the bathroom less. This is just theoretical. So in the end the question is, how would this affect your health (taking a cholesterol lowering drug with it of course), would your health not be affected anymore? >Your premises are wrong. Xenical inhibits some fraction of fat >absorption, but if you eat a great deal of fat, you'll still absorb >lots and have lots go into your colon. So if whatever your heart >desires includes lots of fat, you'll be spending most of your time on >the toilet, and when you get off, you'll still have gained weight. Any fat which escapes being absorbed will go the colon, where it will cause distressing symptoms of gas, diarrhea, etc. So it's going to be impossible to make a drug which is better than Xenical without making one that has more side effects too. If you ignore the side effects, yes, these drugs act a bit like intestinal bypass. Some of your food calories passes through without being absorbed (you ordinarly get more than 90% of food calories-- your body is very efficient digestively), and heath-wise this is no different than scraping half your dinner into the toilet directly. In theory, it should work as well. But you don't get to taste it if you do the toilet treatment directly, you say. Well, there's still the old vomitorium after the feast. Of course, your teeth suffer. SBH Uh I'm new to this group, are there any professionals here or only sarcastic twits here? >Why, yes, of course. The goal of modern technology is to allow human >beings to live 100 years on nothing but Whoppers, Krispy-Kremes, and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >SBH |
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