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A Jagged Little Pill

Posted on January 07, 2008

Watching the new season of NBC's The Biggest Loser may give me a heart attack.Why? Because every other commercial seems to be pitching the weight loss drug known as Alli. And that sends my blood pressure through the roof.You see, the commercials for the drug are appealing because they say that people who took Alli lost 50 percent more weight than those who only dieted. But let me put that in perspective for you: The study they allude to was conducted over 16 weeks, and the difference in weight loss between the two groups--both followed a low-fat diet--was only 2.9 pounds. In fact, the Alli g...

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