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For Carl Franklin,
being able to see
his toes (thanks to
a reduced belly)
is better than any
food. Below right, a
"before" photo with
daughter Emmy.
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Franklin says, "I was
a pudgy kid, and
in my teenage and
early college years my weight started to get out
of control. I tried to eat less and exercise more,
but that approach usually only works for a few
days-maybe a couple of weeks if your confidence stays up. You feel like you're battling your own body."
Franklin had some success losing weight with the Atkins diet in the late '90s,
but once he stopped it the weight came back, peaking at 366 pounds.
In June 2015, he got sobering news: He had diabetes. "My doctor sounded
like she was reading me a death sentence. She said, 'I'm really sorry. This is a
progressive disease. I'm going to have to get you on medication.'"
Inspired by the success of a friend in controlling his diabetes, Franklin began
strictly limiting his carbohydrates in January 2016. "It's not a radical diet," the
Connecticut resident says. He loves to cook, so he found alternative recipes
that didn't have carbohydrates.
At first, he turned to low-carb breads, and baked goods made with almond
SWAPPING
PILLS FOR
POUNDS
Prescription drugs for weight loss have
a bad reputation. Some of that bias
reaches back to the '90s, when the
weight-loss drug fen-phen was pulled
after it was linked with heart problems.
But some drugs that are on the market
today can be effective in helping people
drop extra pounds safely.
The Food and Drug Administration
has approved a handful of effective
medications for weight loss, says
physician nutrition specialist Adrienne
Youdim, MD, a fellow of the American
College of Physicians. They include
Qsymia, Contrave and Saxenda.
Prescriptions are safer than overthe-counter supplements, Youdim
says. "Supplements are unregulated.
There's no scrutiny of who makes
them, or how," she says. "Very often
when they are tested, they are adulterated-they have compounds in them
that are banned or undocumented.
With prescription drugs, we know the
side effects and your doctor can monitor for them."
Another thing to know: If you take a
prescription drug for weight loss, you'll
probably need to take it indefinitely
to control obesity, the same way you
would take a drug to control blood
pressure or cholesterol.
TOOL
Are You at a
Healthy Weight?
Your body mass index (BMI)
shows whether you are underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. To calculate
your BMI, enter your height
and weight at cdc.gov/bmi.
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