I just watched an episode of House and he diagnosed a girl with Cushing’s – an illness that can cause obesity.
How is that possible? I was under the impression that our bodies use energy we get from food, and if it doesn’t get the food it’ll burn fat resulting in us getting slimmer – how can a disease change that?
How does it not go against some laws of thermodynamics? Maybe I’m just being silly.
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Antipsychotic drugs can cause metabolism changes that can continue even after you stop taking the drug. That’s one (there are several) reasons why people don’t like taking them, they can make you fat.
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