Don't Judge a Book by its Cover

[PiKA2001]

I know some people who's waist line expanded due to taking certain anti-depressants, and switching meds due to that fact.

I also think that a big factor in weight gain as a society is the introduction of overly processed "food" that we eat nowadays. It's not natural or real food and our body's can't process it correctly.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

I know some people who's waist line expanded due to taking certain anti-depressants, and switching meds due to that fact.

I also think that a big factor in weight gain as a society is the introduction of overly processed "food" that we eat nowadays. It's not natural or real food and our body's can't process it correctly.

Almost every psychotropic med has a side effect of weight gain. The only ones that don't tend to have nausea as an effect instead. My clients had a lot of problems with the combination of their meds + really crappy eating. They'd go buy a two liter for 50 cents from walgreens and drink that all day, every day.

For people without much in the way of cooking skills (and we provided skills training and meals for residential) cheapest food = crappiest.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

I know some people who's waist line expanded due to taking certain anti-depressants, and switching meds due to that fact.

I also think that a big factor in weight gain as a society is the introduction of overly processed "food" that we eat nowadays. It's not natural or real food and our body's can't process it correctly.

I hear ya. I certainly hope this sparks greater awareness of the crap people eat rather than "suing society." Well, there have already been lawsuits to teach some of these food companies a lesson. Should all of these companies put health disclaimers on their foods? We already know that companies sometimes lie on their nutritional labels.

As for medications and illnesses, the KNOWN repurcussions and side effects tend not to be kept a secret. There are lesser known side effects and you also never know 1) how something will definitely impact your body and 2) if you (in general) will be the .0556% of people who experience a side effect. Of course, that doesn't refer to the illnesses and medications that ALWAYS affect people in a particular manner.