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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think chemicals (hormones, preservatives, etc.) play a big part. I’ve lived for 6 months to 2 years in other countries in Europe, Africa and Asia and I always lost 10lbs within the first few months and it stayed off until I move back to the US (and I’m already thin). I ate more food but just lost weight effortlessly without exercising (although I walked a little more, not much since I’m in Dc and take public transportation). In the US, I have to diet and exercise to see any change but it’s hard to maintain and I’m hungry. I know there are other reasons but that’s something I believe based off personal experience and friends. [/quote]

Same. Every time I live abroad, I drop about 10-20 lbs without effort. And what is even weirder, my appetite is naturally depressed. I am hungrier when I am in the US.

I think it is antibiotics in the food supply. We have killed off our healthy gut bacteria that co-evolved with us for thousands of years. What's left craves and feeds on sugars, and drives appetite. [/quote]

And antibiotics are prescribed at the drop of a hat. I've really pressed my doctors about antibiotic use and they sometimes back off, but I've still had antibiotic eye drops, and a couple more rounds of antibiotics over a 2 year period. And my issues were not resolved - if anything they got worse and other issues have cropped up, probably due to the shift in gut bacteria.[/quote]

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