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alli is a (oily) piece of crap

by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C.
www.bodylovewellness.com

Every time I see the a reference to the weight loss drug Alli, I always pronounce it (usually in my head) as if it were a Spanish word, basically, like “ai!”

Apparently, Alli is supposed to be pronounced like “ally,” as if this drug, sometimes known as orlistat, sometimes known as xenical, is your friend, your trusted helper in the fight against fat.

But Alli is definitely not your friend, unless you like your friends to cause you severe liver injury and oily stools.

The Alli web site notes that Alli is the only FDA approved weight loss drug currently on the market.  Uh, yeah, that’s because every other weight loss

drug ever produced was found to create serious health problems, from heart arrhythmia to um, you know, death.  Once the law suits start piling up, I have no doubt that Alli will be next on this illustrious list.

Until then, I’m going to keep my allies close and my alli really, really far away.

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