I’ve been telling people to try this for awhile.

A new study this year confirms previous research showing that Metformin helps people lose weight. In fact, a 10 year follow-up study published in 2009 found that Metformin even helped people at risk for diatebes lose as much weight in the long run as “intensive lifestyle interventions”.

This seems like a good intervention to stack with other weight loss and health improvement programs given that Metformin:

• Costs under 10 cents a dose.
• The side-effect profile is mild.
• It works by impeding the body from producing extra blood sugar, not suppressing appetite.
• And its other main benefit is preventing (or slowing the progression of) diabetes.