Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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NONFICTION 1. The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet, Tarnower & Baker...
...people, is one that promotes weight loss. For a while amphetamines seemed to provide that miracle, until doctors began warning of their severe side effects, which include increased blood pressure and heart rate, a dependency on the drugs, and bouts of depression when the pills are withdrawn. Now magical diet potions are being promoted in a new and, according to some doctors, alarming form. To make matters worse, they can be had for the asking at almost any drug counter...
...that has long been used to soothe skin irritations and itching. Added to special chewing gums or candy, it presumably dulls the taste buds and discourages eating. PPA, a drug related to the amphetamines, has enjoyed a long history as a nasal decongestant in cold remedies. In such popular diet pills as Dexatrim, Prolamine, Spantrol and Appedrine (which also contain caffeine), manufacturers say that it depresses the brain's "appetite center" in the hypothalamus...
...Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet, Tarnower & Baker...
...Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise, Pritikin with McGrady...