On 18 Jul, 14:13, superJ <jill.m.vau...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 16, 4:39 am, "BertieBigBol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <BertieBigBol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On 16 Jul, 09:58, "BertieBigBol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > <BertieBigBol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Any figures on expected weight-loss etc when taking Xenical over an
> > > initial period ?
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> > Sorry - spelling mistake - XENICAL
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> Hi, I am a dietitian and have several clients that take Xenical.
> Xenical works by binding with Gastric and Pancreatic Lipase; enzymes
> that help you absorb fat. The goal is try try and eat 30% calories
> from fat at a meal that you have taken Xenical with. I really
> recommend sticking with about 30% calories from fat. Believe me, you
> have probably experience the side effects of eating a meal with a
> greater percentage of fat than 30%-- NOT FUN!!! But, you don't want
> to eat a diet that is TOO low in fat, because you really won't get any
> benefit from taking the Xenical. It's worth doing your homework to
> make sure you are eating about 25-30% of your calories from fat!
>
> Generally, Xenical will prevent you from absorbing about 30% of the
> fat that you consume at a meal that Xenical is taken with. So, what
> you can do, is look at how many fat grams you have eaten at each meal
> where you took Xenical:
>
> With EACH meal, do the following to figure out how many calories you
> are avoiding::
>
> 1. Look at the nutrition labels of the foods you ate at that meal,
and
> look at the TOTAL fat grams Just look at Fat or Total Fat on the
> nutrition label, don't add the Saturated, Unsaturated, or Trans fats
> to this number, as they are already included in the total fat grams.
> ADD up your total fat consumption for EACH meal, but don't add the
> totals up for the day, keep them separated by meal, and ONLY look at
> meals that you took Xenical WITH.
>
> 2. Now, multiply the total fat grams eaten at each meal by 0.3 -
This
> will give you the number of fat grams that you DID NOT absorb, because
> of the Xenical. (because Xenical typically prevents you from
> absorbing about 30% of the fat you ate at the meal)
>
> 3. Take the number of fat grams that you got in step 2, (fat grams
> that you didn't absorb, and multiply this number by 9. There are 9
> calories in each gram of fat. This will show you how many calories
> you didn't absorb from the meal.
>
> 4. Figure out how many calories were blocked for the entire day.
>
> 5. Remember that you will need to create a 3500 calorie deficit to
> lose 1 pound.
>
> By doing this, you can see that Xenical has a pretty SMALL impact on
> the amount of weight that you lose. IF I ate 2000 calories a day, and
> 30% of my calories were from fat, and I only ate 3 meals, with that
> fat divided evenly at those 3 meals, taking Xenical with each meal, I
> would block about 20g of fat per day, which is equal to about 180
> calories each day. So, it would take me about 2.5 weeks or so to
> lose one pound. (and this is assuming that 2000 kcals is the amount
> necessary to maintain my wt.)
>
> HOPE this makes sense and HELPS you out!!!! :-)
OK. So Xenical blocks 30% of all fat eaten then?
Whats the relevance of meals consisting of more than 30% fat? Surely
Xenical will just 30% of whatever you eat? Or is this just a separate
side effect?
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