DISPENSARY CORNER 17 June 16
June 17, 2016
I COULDN’T fit another thing in!
This sad refrain need be
no more with the latest US
Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) approved weight-control
treatment for the obese.
Designed to limit the caloric
intake for patients aged 22 and
older who are obese, with a body
mass index of 35 to 55, and who
have failed to maintain weight
loss through non-surgical weight loss
therapy, the AspireAssist
System enables
drainage of the stomach into an
external bottle after eating.
Patients spend about five
minutes draining their gut
30 minutes after eating, thus
removing around 30% of the
calories consumed.
THERE’S no point trying to hide it
anymore, the vast majority of us
wee in the shower (really?!).
Multiple surveys have revealed
it, with 80% of those surveyed on
BuzzFeed admitting they use the
shower as a warm, wet alternative
to the toilet.
There's no need be embarrassed
about it, because it kind of makes
you an environmental crusader.
That’s right, according to IFL
Science, people pee on average
seven times a day, so the site
calculates that taking away one
six-litre flush across 319 million
Americans every day could
conserve 700 billion litres of
water a year.
So next time the urge comes in
the shower, go forth!
Some things are better left alone
so just don’t tell us about it.
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