Originally Posted by akarius
It is interesting that you mention these diseases, it would also be interesting to know how many people think that obesity is really a disesase out of their control, like Cushing's syndrome. Where in Cushing's syndrome it seems in most cases there is a cure, and the weight gain is negated.
It strikes me as odd that the general public is being informed that obesity caused by a poor life style is a disease, it seems when some people hear the word disease there is an association that there is a pill or medical procedure that can cure it of these disesases can be controlled, Of course obesity due to a poor life style is much harder to cure because the intervention needed must dominate the whole persons life, and not just a pill taken with meals, or on an empty stomach.
You've just hit on a growing diet fad!
I've had Hypothyroidism for years without knowing. Other than not being able to keep weight off when I wasn't excercising like mad, my body mostly adjusted, symptoms like dry skin etc. Now I take these little hormone pills and things have regulated themselves, more or less. although I still excercise (bike) like mad.
I understand that these hormones, thyroxin - or synthroid (
http://www.synthroid.com/patientinfo/menu0.jsp) or versions thereof are being prescribed to people for weight loss - people who don't necessarily have a hormone imbalance.
I wish I didn't have to take these pills - I can't imagine anyone voluntarily taking them.