Fat-Getting Fat On Prescription Drugs

You're probably aware of the many side effects of prescription medications. If you've ever seen a drug commercial on television you would hear the disclaimer voice over stating "profuse sweating, dizziness, fainting, shortness of breath, dry mouth, constipation, headache, sensitivity to light, spontaneous bleeding, blunt trauma, black outs, fat gain and death."

Can you tell which ones I threw in for fun? I think you get my point. Consuming a bunch of mixed chemicals for a given medical symptom can and often does lead to unseen, unintended health consequences. Some cases result in very serious problems beyond the original reason for taking the drug.

One of the symptoms I listed if you did not catch it was increased fat. Yes, you can actually get fat taking some prescriptions drugs which most people are unaware of.........a lot of gained fat actually. If you have been taken a prescription drug and have noticed that you have grown fat it may actually be the side effect of gaining fat.

Researchers in Scotland perused data on drug use by a group of 25,000 individuals. What they found was there are many "obesogenic (fat)" drugs. Drugs commonly used for psychiatric conditions, diabetes, high blood pressure, depression, and heart disease are in this obesogenic (fat) category. These drugs caused some people to gain more than 20 pounds in under one year.

One comment on the data was "Given the common and long-term use of many of these drugs, it is likely that they play a significant contributory role in the increasing prevalence of obesity."

The ways that pharmaceutical type drugs lead to the gain of fat are not all known. What is known is that increased appetite and depressed metabolism sometimes occur, this leads to getting fat. So keep it simple. There can be unintended and sometimes very serious side effects from the use of prescription drugs. You can in most cases find a remedy, whether through a lifestyle change or with nutrition to address the source of symptoms. Always look to those before turning to artificial and potentially dangerous chemicals.

Here is a great way to help cleanse your body and lose 20 pounds of fat with very little effort.

When it comes to getting rid of fat, we often need to try everything we can until we find something that works. Researchers from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, say that one of those things might be having a little H2O prior to eating.

A group young (ages 21-35) and old (ages 60-80) fat people were guided by researchers to drink 1.5 to 2 cups of water 30 minutes before a meal. They then proceeded to eat as much food as they wanted. The researchers compared the results to the amount they ate during a meal without the water.

Drinking the water did not affect how much food the younger subjects ate, however it reduced the older subjects' food intake by about 10 percent. It also worked particularly well to curb the appetites of older fat men.

Are you over 35? Grab a tall glass of water before you sit down to eat. It is not intended to replace the need for a good diet and exercise. You might find it to be a great and easy way to help you control your appetite and lead to losing some unneeded fat.