scorrie
07-Sep-10, 01:08
Please, don't read this if you are offended by earthy language.
I had an experience with a neighbour recently. It was regarding a drug he was taking to help lose weight. We have all had prescriptions and seen the endless leaflets, explaining how your medication works and listing endless side-effects which make you wonder if it is actually a good idea to take the bloody things. Anyway, my neighbour was prescribed a drug called Xenical, also know as Orlistat. He seemed keen to explain to me exactly how this drug helped him to lose weight. The official blurb describes it thus:-
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"The fats we consume in our diets are made of molecules that are too large to be absorbed from the gut into the bloodstream. They need to be broken down into smaller molecules during the process of digestion, in order to be absorbed into the bloodstream. Gastric and pancreatic lipases are the compounds in the gut that carry out this function.
Orlistat works by preventing gastric and pancreatic lipases from working. One Xenical capsule is taken three times a day at mealtimes to prevent fat that is eaten in the meals from being broken down and absorbed by the body. This means the body cannot use the fat as a source of energy, or convert it into fat tissue. Instead, the fat is excreted in the faeces. This helps weight loss."
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My neighbour seemed keen to cut out the science of the process and cut to the chase.
"Well, you know when you are having a steak. Well the beef part of the steak stays in your stomach. But, see the fat, well, the fat goes flying straight out your arsehole!!"
Cheers Tommy, I think I'll nominate you for a Plain Speaking award.
I had an experience with a neighbour recently. It was regarding a drug he was taking to help lose weight. We have all had prescriptions and seen the endless leaflets, explaining how your medication works and listing endless side-effects which make you wonder if it is actually a good idea to take the bloody things. Anyway, my neighbour was prescribed a drug called Xenical, also know as Orlistat. He seemed keen to explain to me exactly how this drug helped him to lose weight. The official blurb describes it thus:-
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"The fats we consume in our diets are made of molecules that are too large to be absorbed from the gut into the bloodstream. They need to be broken down into smaller molecules during the process of digestion, in order to be absorbed into the bloodstream. Gastric and pancreatic lipases are the compounds in the gut that carry out this function.
Orlistat works by preventing gastric and pancreatic lipases from working. One Xenical capsule is taken three times a day at mealtimes to prevent fat that is eaten in the meals from being broken down and absorbed by the body. This means the body cannot use the fat as a source of energy, or convert it into fat tissue. Instead, the fat is excreted in the faeces. This helps weight loss."
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My neighbour seemed keen to cut out the science of the process and cut to the chase.
"Well, you know when you are having a steak. Well the beef part of the steak stays in your stomach. But, see the fat, well, the fat goes flying straight out your arsehole!!"
Cheers Tommy, I think I'll nominate you for a Plain Speaking award.