Reply #96: yes and water also

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they are finding metabolites of drugs known to cause weight gain such as female hormones from birth control pills and SSRI's like prozac in water supplies

my hunch is that some people are much more sensitive to these tiny trace amounts and this is why they gain weight and/or can't lose weight

this is just my speculation but it will be interesting to see what researchers learn from further study of

on another note, smoking tobacco does speed up the metabolism a little, and spin it as they will, there is no ignoring that many people who stop smoking gain weight -- so as america shifts from a society of majority smokers to majority non-smokers it was always going to be the case that americans got heavier