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The Biggest Loser Show’s Doctor Has The Magic Pill For Weight Loss

In an interview with a reporter from the St. Louis Dispatch, the doctor for The Biggest Loser Show said that the show was not realistic and should only be watched for its entertainment value.

In a Q & A session where Doctor Rob Huizenga, the doctor on The Biggest Loser, the good doctor was pitching his new book along with answering questions from the newspaper reporter.

When asked if the workouts the contestants performed on the show were realistic for someone sitting on the couch at home, the doctor said

The show is entertainment. What we do on “The Biggest Loser” is not appropriate to what I’d recommend for anyone to do.

The reporter went on to ask, in somewhat of a slam to the show, how a Harvard educated doctor got involved with “a show like this” (the biggest loser show”

Doctor Huizenga responded;

I got a call from the producers wanting a show where we could physically see the results in 10 weeks … and combat all of the plastic surgery shows that were on.

As the team doctor for the LA Raiders, my job was to keep weight on (the big linemen) during two-a-day practices. But no matter what we did, we couldn’t keep the weight on. We gave them food every four hours - pizza, shakes, meals at 4 a.m. - and they kept losing weight.

I suggested (for the show) two-a-day workouts plus dietary manipulations. And that’s how the show began - an exercise-based weight program … of people working out like professional athletes.

As the doctor went on pushing his new book, he stated that two workouts per day combined with a proper diet would provide realistic weight loss to overweight people.

The last question asked by the reporter was about how to get non atheletes to work out twice a day. To this Dr. Huizenger said:

You have to be scared for your health and you have to want to feel better and you have to want to extend your life. At the end of the day, only you care about you. You can have a lot of other reasons, but somewhere inside, you have to say you want to be better, better at work, in your personal life, kinder to your significant other, a better parent, and you can’t do that when you’re always on edge. Exercise relieves your stress and makes you more focused and smarter. How many people would run out and buy a pill today if it made their brain sharper and more effective and less stressed and less depressed? That’s what I offer. I have the magic pill. It’s right here.

Well, I guess there is a magic pill for weight loss after all! However, I do not believe it will be an easy one to swallow! It will be interesting to see how the show’s contestants as well as TV watchers respond to these statemetns made by the good doctor!

The Biggest Loser Show’s Doctor Has The Magic Pill For Weight Loss