On 22 Sep, 10:19, Sal_55 wrote:
On 22 Sep, 04:13, Bob wrote:





On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:02:11 -0700 (PDT), Sal_55

wrote:
On 21 Sep, 02:52, Bob wrote:
On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:58:15 -0700 (PDT), Sal_55

wrote:
A few weeks ago I heard on the radio about a supplement which helped
weight loss and kept it off even after the diet ended. However I did
not note down the name of the supplement. Anyone guess the name of
what I'm speaking about?

If we told you, would you go check carefully the medical literature to
see what data is behind such a claim? I mean, you don't really believe
that, do you? At least without some pretty convincing evidence?

bob

From the tip of my memory I'm guessing it
sounded like some kind of amino acid.
Thanks to anyone who can help me. Bye.- Hide quoted text -

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Well, it was UK radio I heard the report on. Which unlike American
radio is not that commercialised. Also the claim was made in the radio
news section, not in the aderts.

Good points.

Still, I would be skeptical. The claim is, on its surface, suspicious.
To my knowledge, no such (safe) substance is known. And if there were
something, it would have to be interfering with normal metabolism, and
thus has the risk of being toxic. I would want good evidence that any
such agent is both safe and effective.

Assuming it is legit at all, it is possible that there is some
preliminary report of something, perhaps tested in worms, which showed
some interesting results. It is easy to build a news story on such a
finding. It is another to develop a good product.

Be cautious!

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Well, I've searched some science sites for any new supplments for
losing weight and can't find any. I heard this on the news about 2-3
months ago on the BBC (our equivalent of your NPR). Anyone have any
luck keep me informed.
Thanks.