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Out of curiosity, do you also drink Yakult or similar? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakult
may i ask why?
That seems like it could allow for some not-real-great bacteria to multiply, in an environment they're happy with.
Yakult would potentially head that off / stop those bacteria from doing that.
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Even some pills cannot be split really easily. One example I like to give is Vyvanse. It uses extended release balls that are not evenly distributed in terms of what they contain (I’m no expert here, just going off a doctor’s summary). The only way to properly split it is to pour it into a glass of water and let it dissolve, then take the percentage of the dosage that you need and consume that percentage of water bef…
Letting it dissolve like that will interrupt the time release mechanism. This is not recommended
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Letting it dissolve like that will interrupt the time release mechanism. This is not recommended
My understanding of Vyvanse is that it uses metabolic mechanisms in order to time the release of the drug which helps to prevent abuse. I'm far from a doctor however.
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All the non-diabetics using it will generate great data.. for the rest of us.
Unfortunately not really, because the infrastructure that allows us to glean insights from actual healthcare practices is abysmal/nonexistent, at least in the US. It became clear during COVID that a lot of people seem to presume there's some way for researchers to just "look at what's happening," and there isn't.
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We can! But should we? Being fat is similar to being a drug user. At first, you actually are fat and happy. Over time, being fat will absolutely reduce your happiness from the medical, societal, and physical issues that arise. Similar to how drug users build up a tolerance and instead of using the drug to be happy, they use the drug to feel normal. And just to state a simple fact, I do not condone shaming people with…
I have thought of this before. But it isn't really the same. Drugs, the really bad ones will probably ruin your life or kill you in the space of two or three years. Being fat unless it's super super severe often won't start impacting your health seriously until your 30's or 40's. on the opposite side anorexia will kill you much faster than obesity
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Yes, to a certain degree. But now we are in an obesity epidemic. It is just as bad as people smoking in the previous generations. Loads of people are MORBIDLY obese.
Good for them?
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Good for them?
Why? Have you seen the medical outcomes for people in that group who develop acute medical problems? I don't mean just the statistical outcomes, but the qualitative individual ones. Other than 'possibly survive a sudden famine' I cannot think of a single thing morbid obesity makes better.
Better to be fat and happy than skinny with someone controlling your life
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Letting it dissolve like that will interrupt the time release mechanism. This is not recommended
My understanding of Vyvanse is that it uses metabolic mechanisms in order to time the release of the drug which helps to prevent abuse. I'm far from a doctor however.
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Why? Have you seen the medical outcomes for people in that group who develop acute medical problems? I don't mean just the statistical outcomes, but the qualitative individual ones. Other than 'possibly survive a sudden famine' I cannot think of a single thing morbid obesity makes better.
Better than being stripped of their human agency and choice. Better to be fat and happy than skinny with someone controlling your life
Seems to me that there must be a safer way to reduce someones appetite.