Diet Pills In The 1970s

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Diet pills in the 1970s. Diet pills were not the only product to prey on women s insecurities. This 14 day diet had extremely specific eating guidelines. I was prescribed diet pills little pink square pills i think they were dexedrine and i took them 1 2 hour before each meal.

Or were in another ad from 1970 an internal. I took those pills until high school until i realized what they were doing to me. The scarsdale diet was created in the 1970s by dr.

This did not stop capsules like dextrim selling well throughout the 1970s. This change brought about a search for solutions that would make losing weight easier. For decades diet pill companies marketed their wares directly to doctors and told them that by prescribing a rainbow of pills they could sell the illusion of personalization.

Beginning in the late 19th century attitudes concerning weight particularly among women began to shift toward a slimmer more athletic appearance. I am now 70 and remember that part of my life very well. Like most fad diets the scarsdale diet did promote a high fruit and veggie intake.

As this cover from the january 26 1968 issue of life details diet pills had already come to replace drinks by the second half of the decade. In 1970 with. I was in the third grade.

Launched in 1967 the stillman diet was high on spices and hard on condiments.