’WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAME’ nowadays has become totaly commercialised;Non-Medical people coming in this field & advising common person’WHAT IS TO BE EATEN &’how to Work Out Not only in’GYM’ but coming home and guiding mostly wrong way to people’ .And in this field un-qualified girls are making’bucks’;so called’Fitness Expert or Topmost Nutrionist’ are making money by opening’Gym;Spa;Centres etc.;every nook & corner you see these’Quacks’.’spoiling health of ignorant people.As a Obesity Physician since 28 years I have seen many such cases of’Malnutrition;Tuberculosis;Slipped discs;’permanent damage to Ankles;Knees etc.Unwanted Muscular body of girls’
Basicaly people should know that everybody’s obesity problem is not same;depending on cause we;as doctors’ have to advise how to go about it.i.e.Hypothyroidism;(**DO YOU KNOW EVERY 10th WOMAN ABOVE 35 AGE SUFFER FROM SLUGGISH THYROID FOR WHICH SHE NEEDS ATTENTION OF DOCTOR TO LOSE WEIGHT & NOT GYM.?Deppression;POCD;Snoring;(for all these proper doctor is needed to lose;rather than’GYM’etc.)Such people may do’heavy workout’ with less intake of food;They never lose weight;but fall prey to lot of other illness!They must consult their’Doctors’ raher than falling prey to such’gimmiks’Also one must know that many a time with proper Diet plan & sufficient exercises a person doenot lose weight;some even gain weight.It is same problem which I had written above.’_so you can not lose weight without those pills required to treat your disorder.THERE ARE SO MANY TYPES-1)THYROXIN-ONLY MEANT FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM’SLUGGISH THYROID’.THIS SINGLE PILL WILL MAKE HIM/HER LOSE WEIGHT VERY EASILY.GENERALY THESE PATIENTS ARE NOT EASILY DETECTED;UNLESS YOU DO THYROID BLOOD TEST.
2)APPETITE SUPPRESSANTS-THEY USED TO BE THERE 30 YEARS BACK;(LIKE FEN-PHAN’ ETC.)BUT TODAY THEY ARE BANNED;AND NOT AVAILABLE.THOSE DRUGS USE TO ACT ON APPETITE CENTRE IN BRAIN;SO THEY HAD A LOT OF SIDE-EFFECTS.NOW THEY ARE NOT IN USE ANYWHERE!
3)MEDICINES ACTING ON SEROTIN(ENZYME)WHICH REGULATES APPETITE CENTRE;AGAIN MILD REVERSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS ARE THERE;ALTHOUGH THEY DONOT SUPPRESS HUNGER(APPETITE CENTRE IN BRAIN).THESE ARE IN USE(BY QUALIFIED DOCTORS)IN USA;UK;FRANCE AND EVEN IN INDIA.
4)NATURAL MEDICINES(WHICH I PREFER TO USE TO TREAT MY PATIENTS)-PRIMROSE OIL;TURMERIC;GUAR-GUM;DIFFERENT TYPES OF GUGGUL;KELP;EPHEDRA(ALL DERIVED FROM PLANTS);NATURAL AMINO-ACIDS(DERIVED FROM YOUR OWN FOOD);ALL THESE 2 TYPES CANNOT HAVE SIDE-EFFECTS.
5)HOMEOPTHIC MEDICINES-GRAPHITES;PHTOLITICAE ETC.WHICH HAS NEVER HARMED ANY BODY SO FAR!
SO IN SHORT IF YOU ARE TAKING ONE OF THESE MEDICINES FROM ANY QUALIFIED DOCTOR FOR LOSING WEIGHT;YOU SHOULD NOT WORRY.DONOT BELIEVE IN RUMOURS!
HERE AGAIN I WILL ALSO IMPORTANCE TO’FOOD-INTAKE’LIKE YOU SHOULD STICK TO FRESHLY CUT SALADS;FRUITS & VEGETABLES.DRINK 1.5 LITRES OF WATER.GO FOR NATURAL FOOD;RATHER THAN PRESERVED FOOD;CANNED;TINNED AND BOTTLED FOOD.Avoid sugar;sugar products completely;restrict salt intake.Extra salt is slow poison to you.
AND Physical exercise(i.e.natural exercise like brisk walking;running;swimming etc.& NOT GYM!)
Clear spinach/tomato/mushroom soups before each principal meal cuts down extra appetite and they help to lose weight slowly.
DR.SHAFIQUE PATHAN.; MBBS;(BOM);MRCP;
D.C.C.P;F.R.S.H.