The Chewing Gum That Helps You Lose Weight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Source: mensdaily
January 15, 2007
Vox Populi, Current Events, Hot Talk
By Robert Paul Reyes

I keep in shape by walking my dog, jogging and lifting weights. ItÂ’s a daily struggle to keep myself from going to pot.

IÂ’ve been slightly overweight in the past, and I know from firsthand experience how difficult it is to shed those extra pounds.

But now scientists at a college in London have come up with a way to lose weight thatÂ’s as easy as chewing gum.

From MedicalNewsToday.Com:

“Scientists at Imperial College, London, are developing an appetite suppressant drug based on a naturally occurring hormone that could be used to tackle obesity and eventually be dispensed as a gum that is chewed after a meal.”

From TimesOnline.Co.UK:

“The injection (or gum) would contain a naturally occurring hormone that curbs appetite and is often lacking in overweight people. Within a decade the injection could provide the first effective treatment for obesity, which contributes to about 1,300 deaths a week in Britain, the scientists say.”

IÂ’m not a rocket scientist, or even an especially perceptive pundit, but shouldnÂ’t an appetite suppressant gum by chewed before taking a meal?

We are a lazy generation, without getting up from the sofa, we click remotes to adjust the A/C and change the TV channel, and then clap to turn off the light.

I can picture a horizontally-challenged individual gobbling two Double Whoppers, Supersized fries, an apple pie and a large diet Coke, and then popping an appetite suppressant gum in his mouth. That gentleman can stuff his mouth with that special gum and not lose an ounce.

Or how about chewing gum instead of eating lunch? Chewing on that drug-saturated gum would prevent you from chewing on a greasy burger or a calorie-laden pie.

Or perhaps the gum would be in lieu of dessert, all these options make better sense than taking an appetite suppressant after a meal.

Maybe IÂ’m cynical of this new drug because I lost excess pounds the old fashioned way: By exercising and eating less. I just hate any form of laziness, now pardon me while I use my remote to replay my favorite song thatÂ’s blaring from my CD player.