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Chapter Nine

Other ways to lose weight

Obesity and slimming pills

The Germans made appetite suppressant pills in early 1940 during World War II and distributed them to pilots who were flying bombs to extinguish their hunger and keep them refreshed and alert while they were dropping their bombs on the enemy. These pills were known as Vikamin or Amphetamine, but doctors discovered after a short period that these pills had a side effect, as doctors noticed that all pilots who used these pills for a long time had suffered from high blood pressure and irregular heartbeat, nervousness, anxiety and insomnia.

So the medical department in the German Ministry of War stopped using them.

In the early sixties, some American and European companies produced pills to suppress appetite and reduce its severity, such as Rekatol pills, and added some vitamins to them, such as vitamin C and vitamin B6. And other medical preparations to reduce appetite and thus lose weight.

One pill is taken daily in the morning after a very light breakfast, and the effect of this pill begins after about one hour, as the person feels not hungry and full until the evening, but there is a negative side effect if used repeatedly, so these pills were placed on the list of drugs that are warned against using except under medical supervision and are not dispensed from pharmacies except with a prescription issued by a specialist doctor, and the US Department of Health described them as drugs with a psychological effect (psychopharmacology) and these pills may have helped at the beginning of the diet to tolerate hunger, but they do not solve the problem of obesity.