Comments on: Update On Nicotine as a Weight Loss Device

By: asagao

asagao — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:03:55 +0000

I have found your blog today, and I must say I aggree with you on the noctine. I was doing the same kind of experiment with myself, partly for loosing some weight, but especially for treating my PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome). The start of my PCO symptomes coincided with my stopping smoking, and I know that PCOS is related to insulin resistance. And nicotine helps also sugar to to go into your cells, acts like insuline in someway. That’s may be the reason that former somkers develop insuline resistanc also. It is a known fact today that ex-smokers develop diabetes 70% more than non-smokers. Once you turn of certain genes, there is no going back, so if I had IR, there was no going back. Being a researcher myself, I started experimenting with lo-carb + nicotine chewing gums, and after 1 year there I am, most of my symptoms are cleared. Anyway, I am not recommending anybody to do that, But I just wanted to let you know that there might be something in nicotine, more than just an appetite supressant (for ex-smokers at least).

By: lowcarbconfidential

lowcarbconfidential — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:14:57 +0000

You know, MCT, I’ve done a LOT of thinking on your comment, and have been struggling to respond to it. Here’s my best shot at it.

The first point is: of *course* I am at war with myself – I am artificially thin – kept there by my diet, and surrounded by foods that, if I ate, would quickly balloon me back to my 265 lbs. and beyond.

Losing weight is easy compared to keeping it off: in my lifetime, I’ve lost over 60 lbs. 3 times. The previous 2 times I gained it all back with interest in a year. On low carb, I’ve kept at least 45 lbs. off for 5 straight years. Right now I’m down 60.

‘Just Do It’ is a great mantra for a sprint, but it starts to get old in a marathon, which is what I’m running. So I try mixing it up, and trying different approaches. Some work, some work for a while, some don’t work at all. It all seems terribly inconsistent, but I’m OK with that – it keep it interesting for me.

So I agree with you: yes, I AM in a war with myself – both psychological and physical.

But really: who isn’t?

By: MCT

MCT — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:26:26 +0000

LCC, I honestly think that the war with yourself is not only biological but also psychological. When nicotine reduced your appetite, did you truly reduce what you ate, too? From my experience, even if my appetite is less, it’s easy for my intake to stay the same out of sheer habit.
Low-carb or not, insulin levels or not, I don’t see how anyone who is honest with themselves cannot lose weight by simply eating less. The hard part is doing it.

By: lowcarbconfidential

lowcarbconfidential — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:25:21 +0000

Hi Denise,

Supposedly, they contain aspartame – 6.8 mg. I’m not a big fan of aspartame, and Atkins does say that it can stall weight loss, but I have found that a little bit doesn’t hurt – my fiber therapy contains the stuff and I took the stuff every day for the last 6 years. What is 6.8 mg comparable to? Depending on who you source, the average diet soda has between 125 – 200mg of the stuff, so this would amount to a few sips of a diet soda.

Honestly, Denise – the searches I am doing on this stuff now are coming back with real awful, poorly sourced numbers – but the fact is, that for me, they reduce appetite. And they probably don’t have sugar in ‘em.

So I still think it’s because I’ve ‘misused’ them (I’m *already* misusing them as they are for smoking cessation, not appetite suppression) in that I take them at the wrong time – so now I’ll try ‘em in the evenings and see what happens.

Regards,
LCC

By: Denise Savens

Denise Savens — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:20:10 +0000

the only thing I was wondering about is how much sugar is in them? That could add up and really be detrimental to any appetite suppressant…just a thought.