Whoops, sorry, I don’t actually know anything about ECA. Possibly that’s how it works, at least partially! I’m pretty sure it’s true that stimulants are appetite suppressants, but it’s also possible it has another mechanism of action having to do with non-exercise activity thermogenesis or similar.
Anyway: the way I was thinking about this is, obesity is caused by excess calories. That being the case, there’s no particular reason to anticipate obese people wouldn’t be getting appropriate amounts of fiber/micronutrients/etc; or at very least, I have not heard anyone make such a case.
So while it’s definitely true that drugs wouldn’t help with nutritional deficiencies, it’s also not clear to me that this is necessarily relevant to the health impacts of obesity.
Whoops, sorry, I don’t actually know anything about ECA. Possibly that’s how it works, at least partially! I’m pretty sure it’s true that stimulants are appetite suppressants, but it’s also possible it has another mechanism of action having to do with non-exercise activity thermogenesis or similar.
Anyway: the way I was thinking about this is, obesity is caused by excess calories. That being the case, there’s no particular reason to anticipate obese people wouldn’t be getting appropriate amounts of fiber/micronutrients/etc; or at very least, I have not heard anyone make such a case.
So while it’s definitely true that drugs wouldn’t help with nutritional deficiencies, it’s also not clear to me that this is necessarily relevant to the health impacts of obesity.