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Written by Cronan
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by Matt Parker - TimesOnline I have just purchased a packet of Boots-brand 84 arnica homeopathic 30C Pills for £5.09, which Boots proudly claim is only 6.1p per pill. Their in-store advice tells me that arnica is good for treating “bruising and injuries”, which gives the impression that this is a very cost-effective health-care option. Unlike most medication, it didn’t list the actual dose of the active ingredient that each pill contains, so I checked the British Homeopathic Association website. On their website it nonchalantly states that to make a homeopathic remedy, they start with the active ingredient and then proceed to dilute it to 1 per cent concentration. Then they dilute that new solution again, so there is now only 0.01 per cent of the original ingredients. For my 30C pills this diluting is repeated thirty times, which means that the arnica is one part in a million billion billion billion billion billion billion. |
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Weight Loss
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Written by Cronan
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I continue to lose weight, now at about 123kgs. This morning my ring dropped off - it's become too loose for me to wear. I'm going to give it a few months before I get it resized, otherwise if I put the weight back on I'll be left with a ring that I can't wear.  Yesterday I spent the day at home and went to lunch with my wife. We had a great time, I kept to my dietary restrictions and was still able to eat well. But later that afternoon I fucked up. I had cheese and biscuits. Now, I'm not beating myself up because I strayed away from the diet. That's always going to happen, and I choose to not interpret slipping up as failure. But the cheese, while delicious and smelly, was also chock with fat. Within the hour I was feeling bloated and nauseous. An hour later I felt like I had food poisoning. An hour after that, and for the next two hours, I was sequestered in the toilet. Later, exhausted, I fell asleep at 7:30pm, having emptied myself from every exit. Very, very nasty. This morning I sound like Tom Waits, I'm being very very careful about what I eat, and even more determined to stick this through. |
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Weight Loss
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Written by Cronan
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Exactly a week today, on the 14th May 2009, I started trying to lose weight. It's been a life-long battle, but this time I have some help, in the shape of a little blue pill. How does it work? Well, the drug itself simply prevents some of the fat you eat from being digested. Combined with a low-calorie and low-fat diet, this can result in you losing as much as 25% more weight than with calorie-control alone. It sounds ideal, doesn't it? Unfortunately, that isn't the whole story. |
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Weight Loss
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Written by Cronan
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The pill is bright blue. Bright blue and shiny. I think of Neo and the Matrix as I swallow. Time to see how deep the rabbit-hole really goes.
 Orlistat (prescription and nonprescription) is used with an individualized low-calorie, low-fat diet and exercise program to help people lose weight . Prescription orlistat is used in overweight people who may also have high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, or heart disease. Orlistat is also used after weight-loss to help people keep from gaining back that weight. Orlistat is in a class of medications called lipase inhibitors. It works in the intestines by blocking absorption of some of the fat in foods eaten. This unabsorbed fat is then removed in stools from the body.
AHFS Consumer Medication Information
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