billp@azure.UUCP (Bill Pfeifer) (09/30/84)
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I just saw an ad for a new reducing aid. The claim is that thin people have
more of a 'naturally occuring substance' called CCK in their body than fat
people, and that by taking CCK, appetite gets suppressed, resulting in weight
loss. I never before heard of CCK, and wonder if anyone has some data on
that stuff.
Bill Pfeifer
{ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4,allegra,uw-beaver,hplabs} !tektronix!tekmdp!billpbcase@uiucdcs.UUCP (10/05/84)
I just heard of CCK on the news last night. The concensus from the doctors
questioned was that CCK has no proven suppressant properties (except in
some isolated studies where it was directly injected into brains). They
also said that if it did have such properties, then using it could be
dangerous; if it doesn't, then it is just another ineffective diet aid.
bcase