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Question by Kelly M: Metformin to help lose weight?
Has anyone been prescribed Metformin to aid in weight loss? Has it helped? Of course along with diet and exercise. I suddenly gained 40lbs out of nowhere and after testing blood found I had PCOS and Hyperactive thyroid, high cholesterol, and high glucose. I have always been fit and healthy. This news comes as a surprise, but I do want to do all I can to get back to my old self. I have tried w/out meds and was able to lower my cholesterol to a good healthy level but with the diet still gained weight. Just looking for lil hope it could help even a bit.

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Answer by Gloria A
The doctor prescribed me Metformin, but I only take it when my blood sugar go to high, because the pill make feel real bad. I don’t know if they make you lose weight. I lost about 27 pounds and my sugar went down. I have the same problem with cholesterol, I take medication and is still high. Sometimes there is nothing we can do since the liver produce it by itself. Use grape oil to cook, that take about 480 degree when you fry something. It’s expensive and you can get it in the health food store. Olive oil is good for salad, but once you cook food with, is like any other oil. You can take one spoon of olive oil before go to sleep, also in the morning take a lemon juice, that help the liver to digest, eat wheat integral bread instead of regular bread, avoid candy, coke, fast food. Try to eat salmon, fish, salad. You don’t have to starve to death, but you can eat a small portion. You will loose weight, I lost 27 pounds and I look like a grasshopper, if I keep loosing weight I will desappear. I hope I helped you.

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Question by chilloutbrah: Does drinking 8 glasses of water a day really help you lose weight?
Wheres the science behind it.
I recently heard on the news that is was bogus.

-thanks

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Answer by Tasha J
it will help you lose weight if you are the type of person who drank alot of soda, coffee, and juice. If you cut all those out and just drink water….I believe that you can lose up to 10 pounds in a month without doing anything else! Plus it helps you to clean you out….

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Question by JaneDoe: Late Period! Please Help!?
Usually I never noticed my period or even plotted down the date, since I have never had sex or done anything sexual (dont even have a boyfriend). However, since last month I’ve had an exam at the same time of my period I remembered when I got it last and have realized that I am now 15 days late for my period. I don’t know if I have been going through too much stress or weight loss, but I can say that the past 6 months have been stressful – moving to a new country, starting a new study and traveling around on average at least once or twice every month. I have been steadily losing weight, but not much. I’ve been through worse before. I am 26 and the last time my period stopped (for 7 months) was when I was 16 due to drastic weight loss. I’ve put the weight back on but ever since I moved to this new country I’ve trying to eat less and healthier. During the past 6 months I lost around 14 pounds, which I don’t think is much to stop my period. Also I have been severely depressed this past month to the extend that I sometimes could cry involuntarily, but for the past 10 days or so I haven’t been as depressed…in fact, just two days ago I received some great news from back home and still it did not come…

What can be the problem? I am starting to think all kinds of thoughts. Since I arrived in this country I have been living in houses of couples (who are sexually active), can me sharing the bathroom with them cause me to get pregnant without me noticing anything suspicious? Forgive my ignorance in these matters, but I am indeed worried…

Oh and one last thing, for the past two weeks I started to every now and then get a dull pain in my abdomen that extends to my leg and lower back, but it is not severe in anyway and goes away most of the day. In fact I thought it was related to a trip I recently did (around 17 days ago) in which I climbed up hills and mountains carrying a very heavy backpack.

Thanks anyways…

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Answer by LisaC
Since you are not sexually active, you are not pregnant. You cannot become pregnant by sharing a bathroom. If you are truly 26 years old I am surprised to read you don’t know that fact. Anyhow, please do see a doctor. Women can skip periods due to physical stress, and also due to emotional stress. Moving from one home/country/anything can certainly be stressful! However, 7 months is too long to go without a period. The doctor needs to examine you and run some blood tests to determine your hormone levels. If you have an eating disorder please discuss this with the doctor. Don’t be surprised if the doctor also orders an ultrasound to check what is going on with your ovaries and your uterus. Hopefully the doctor can determine the source of your abdominal pain and make a treatment plan. Please do not ignore this health situation. Truly, only a doctor can give you the answers you need. I wish you well.

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Question by smith4629@sbcglobal.net: News forecasts, be more specific on borrowers rights on foreclosures. Help us?
Who can we contact for help? Who can we trust with so many scams and identy theft everywhere? Should we get legal help as well as housing counseling? How do we get in contact with the loss mitigation dept. with the lender? Whats our government doing to help/protect us from foreclosures?

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Answer by DJ B
Not sure what is happening for you folks, but HUD has approved this counseling service to help people having financial issues due to their loans.
Please call 888-995 HELP. This is how they are helping, it ‘s free.

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Question by .: Has Obama mentioned anything about supporting bills that will help fat Americans lose weight and avert a crisi?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20081020/ts_usnews/10thingsthefoodindustrydoesntwantyoutoknow

We really need to acquire better eating habits in this country. I am guilty myself being 20 pounds overweight. The fallout from fat americans will create a huge strain on the medical system in a few years.

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Answer by road to some where
No he did not voted with Bush 95% of times.

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Question by steelhead5308: I have High Blood Pressure and need to lose about 20 lbs. Can you guys help me with a diet that will fit.?
Just turned 50 and went in for my physical. Got the news that my blood pressure is very high and I need to lose 20 lbs. I feel pretty good and have already quit smoking. Can you guys turn me on to a diet that will help me with both the weight loss and the blood pressure problem and tell me of a web sight that would address these issues. I really dont want to start on the pills and would rather do it naturally. Thanks for the help. Jeff Brennan

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Answer by algonquin789
to lower blood pressure you should decrease your salt intake as well.

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Question by Cyndi V: Help I just gotten a cat from the news paper?
This is day 3 that I have had her and when she comes out she is crying and her mouth is wide open. I have had alot of cats and this is a first for me.
Last night around 3 am she started crying so I came to and was giving her lovens and she was still crying. She is sleeping now and its quiet. Does anyone have an idea what I should do.
Befor I loss what I have left of a brain.
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Answer by honeyswife
She is probably just scared and feeling a little alone in a new environment…either let her be and invest in some ear plugs till she adjusts or let her sleep with you at night and give her lots of attention during to the day to help her see her new home is a good home.

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