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People who struggle with obesity or even just an extra 10 pounds may be on the lookout for a quick way to shed some weight. A healthy diet with a good exercise program is the best option. However, certain over-the-counter (OTC) weight loss products also make many get-thin-quick promises. For example, weight loss patches claim to promote fast and easy weight loss. But do weight loss patches really work, and are they safe to use? Let’s find out.
You can find many types of weight loss patches online. The makers of these patches claim that they cause rapid weight loss by boosting your metabolism or keeping your body from absorbing carbohydrates. They also claim that the patches don’t cause side effects.
These patches are applied to the skin once per day. They usually contain herbal ingredients that enter the body through the skin and that are released over 24 hours. Some examples of these ingredients include:
- Fucus vesiculosus
- 5-HTP
- guarana
- yerba mate
- zinc pyruvate
- flaxseed oil
- lecithin
- L-carnitine
- zinc citrate
- acai berry
- green tea extract
- white kidney bean extract
- guarana extract
In most cases, there isn’t proof that weight loss patches are effective. This is because these products are marketed as dietary supplements in the United States. And dietary supplements don’t have to meet the same standards for effectiveness that OTC and prescription medications do. Therefore, weight loss patches don’t have rigorous testing done by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prove that they actually work.
There is little, if any, evidence showing that weight loss patches do work. Most effectiveness studies conducted by the product manufacturers have been small and do not meet typical standards for scientific studies.
In some cases, the government has had to step in. In 2004, the Federal Trade Commission sued a weight loss patch manufacturer for making false claims. The maker said that scientific research showed that their weight loss patch caused substantial weight loss and that the product’s main ingredient (Fucus vesiculosus, or sea kelp) was FDA-approved. Neither of these claims was true. As a result of the lawsuit, the maker agreed to stop making those claims.
Because the FDA doesn’t regulate dietary supplements like other drugs, the side effects of weight loss patches aren’t fully known. Also, different patches contain different ingredients, so the side effects will vary. The best way to find out about how a particular weight loss patch might affect you is to talk to you doctor. They can help you decide if the product is a safe choice for you.
Because they’re regulated differently than OTC or prescription medications, dietary supplements don’t have to meet the same safety standards. Many dietary supplements, including weight loss patches, have not been tested for safety.
Unknown ingredients
As a result of this lack of testing, there are many unknowns about weight loss patches, including what’s in them. In fact, the FDA has found that the ingredients listed on the label aren’t always the ones contained in the product. Some dietary supplements marketed for weight loss have even been found to contain prescription drug ingredients. This could be very dangerous. If you were to use one of these contaminated products, it could interact with other medications you take and cause serious harm.
Unsafe ingredients
Even the known ingredients in weight loss patches may not be safe. Many weight loss patches claim to have natural ingredients that come from plants. Being natural does not guarantee that they’re safe and without side effects, though. Research has shown that many of these herbal ingredients may present the same dangers as prescription drugs.
Guarana, for instance, is a berry from South America that some say can help with weight loss. Whether or not that’s true, guarana can increase heart rate and may cause abnormal heart rhythms. Another natural product called ephedra (ma huang) was once found in certain weight loss products. But in 2004, ephedra was banned by the FDA because it was found to cause serious health risks, such as heart attack and stroke. Some people taking ephedra died from these effects.
Researchers don’t know for sure how safe and effective weight loss patches are, so you’re likely better off trying tried-and-true methods of weight loss. That means — you guessed it — diet and exercise. If you follow a diet and exercise program that you create with your doctor’s guidance, you have a much better chance of staying safe and actually losing weight than if you use weight loss patches.
Diet
Reducing your calorie intake has been proved to help people lose weight. To achieve a safe amount of weight loss, aim to lose one to two pounds per week. To do this, you should eat about 500 to 1,000 fewer calories than usual each day. Eating more fruits, vegetables, and lean protein, such as chicken, as well as less sugar and saturated fat can help you reach your goal. For more tips on diet and weight loss, check out these weight loss strategies.
Exercise
Being more physically active and improving your diet can increase your chances of losing weight. Exercise not only burns calories, but also builds muscle. Muscle tissue burns more calories than fat does.
Being physically active may also help you keep off any weight you lose. Plus, it helps increase your heart and lung fitness and provides many other health benefits.
Always talk to your doctor before starting an exercise plan. If you’re like most people, you should do moderate exercise for 30 to 45 minutes three to five days per week. In the long term, you should try to do moderate exercise on most days of the week. Find out more about how exercise can help you lose weight.
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If diet and exercise alone don’t help you lose weight, talk to your doctor. They may recommend a prescription drug that has been approved by the FDA.
Weight loss patches have not been proved safe or effective for weight loss. You’re better off relying on improved diet and exercise.
Before starting any exercise program, though, talk to your doctor. Be sure to ask any questions you may have about diet, exercise, or weight loss in general. You can also ask about weight loss patches. Your questions may include:
- What should I know about weight loss patches?
- Can you help me put together a program for losing weight through diet and exercise?
- Could you refer me to a registered dietitian for help with my diet?
- Are there prescription drugs that could help me lose weight?
Q:
Is obesity really as big a health problem as people say it is?
A:
Yes, and it’s a growing problem in the United States. The National Institutes of Health estimates that one-third of all children and more than two-thirds of all adults in the United States are overweight or obese.
Being overweight or obese raises your risk of many serious health problems. These include type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, stroke, cancer, and heart disease. They also include osteoarthritis, gallbladder problems, irregular menstrual periods, infertility, erectile dysfunction, and sleep apnea.
Obesity is generally diagnosed by your doctor by measuring your body mass index (BMI). Your BMI is calculated based on your weight and height. If your doctor tells you that you’re obese, work with them to build a plan that will help you lose weight. Losing weight can help you avoid the serious health problems that can be caused by obesity.
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Directed by | Rob Reiner |
Produced by |
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Screenplay by | Aaron Sorkin |
Based on | A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin |
Starring | |
Music by | Marc Shaiman |
Cinematography | Robert Richardson |
Edited by | Robert Leighton |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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138 minutes | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $33–40 million[1][2] |
Box office | $243.2 million[1] |
A Few Good Men is a 1992 American legal drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore, with Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, Cuba Gooding Jr., Wolfgang Bodison, James Marshall, J. T. Walsh, and Kiefer Sutherland in supporting roles. It was adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin from his play of the same name but includes contributions by William Goldman. The film revolves around the court-martial of two U.S. Marines charged with the murder of a fellow Marine and the tribulations of their lawyers as they prepare a case to defend their clients.
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- 6Awards and honors
Plot
U.S. Marines Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey are facing a general court-martial, accused of murdering fellow Marine Private First Class William Santiago at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Santiago had poor relations with his fellow Marines, compared unfavorably to them, and broke the chain of command in an attempt to get transferred out of Guantanamo. Base Commander Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson) and his officers argue about the best course of action: while Jessup's executive officer, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Markinson (J.T. Walsh), advocates that Santiago be transferred, Jessup dismisses the option and instead orders Santiago's commanding officer, Lieutenant Jonathan James Kendrick (Kiefer Sutherland), to 'train' Santiago to become a better Marine.
While it is believed that Santiago's death was retribution for him naming Dawson in a fenceline shooting, Naval investigator and lawyer Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore) largely suspects Dawson and Downey carried out a 'code red' order: a violent extrajudicial punishment. Galloway wants to defend them, but the case is given to Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) - an inexperienced and unenthusiastic lawyer with a penchant for plea bargains. The two instantly embark on a conflict, with Galloway becoming unsettled with Kaffee's apparent laziness whilst Kaffee resents Galloway's interference. Dawson shows outright contempt for Kaffee, refusing to salute or acknowledge him as an officer. When Kaffee negotiates a plea bargain with the prosecutor, Dawson and Downey refuse to go along, insisting that Kendrick had indeed given them the 'code red' order and that they never intended Santiago to die. When Kaffee and Galloway question Jessup, he claims Santiago was set to be transferred.
Galloway convinces Kaffee to take the case to court. The defense manages to establish the existence of 'code red' orders at Guantanamo, and that Dawson specifically had learned not to disobey any order after Kendrick denied him a promotion for helping out a Marine that was apparently given a 'code red'. However, they suffer two major setbacks: Downey, under cross-examination, reveals he was not actually present when Dawson received the supposed 'code red' order, and Markinson, ashamed that he failed to protect a Marine under his command, tells Kaffee that Jessup never ordered the transfer, but commits suicide rather than testifying.
Without Markinson's testimony, Kaffee believes the case lost. He later returns home in a drunken stupor, lamenting that he fought the case instead of taking a deal. Galloway encourages Kaffee to call Jessup as a witness, despite the risk of being court-martialed for smearing a high-ranking officer. Jessup spars evenly with Kaffee's questioning, but is unnerved when Kaffee points out a contradiction in his testimony: Jessup stated his Marines never disobey orders and that Santiago was to be transferred for his own safety, but, having ordered his men to leave Santiago alone, then Santiago was in no danger. Irate at being caught in a lie and disgusted by what he sees as Kaffee's impudence towards the Marines, Jessup extols the military's importance, and his own, to national security. When asked point-blank if he ordered the 'code red', Jessup bellows with contempt that he did and is promptly arrested.
Dawson and Downey are cleared of the murder charge, but found guilty of 'conduct unbecoming' and ordered to be dishonorably discharged. Dawson accepts the verdict, but Downey does not understand what they did wrong. Dawson explains that they had failed to defend those too weak to fight for themselves, like Santiago. As the two are leaving, Kaffee tells Dawson that he does not need to wear a patch on his arm to have honor. Dawson sheds his previous contempt for Kaffee, acknowledges him as an officer, and renders a salute. The film ends with Kaffee and Ross exchanging kudos before Ross departs to arrest Kendrick.
Cast
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Cast notes:
- Joshua Malina is the only actor to reprise his role from the original Broadway production.
- Aaron Sorkin makes a cameo appearance as a lawyer bragging in a tavern
Production
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin got the inspiration to write the source play, a courtroom drama called A Few Good Men, from a phone conversation with his sister Deborah, who had graduated from Boston University Law School and signed up for a three-year stint with the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps.[3] She was going to Guantanamo Bay to defend a group of Marines who came close to killing a fellow Marine in a hazing ordered by a superior officer. Sorkin took that information and wrote much of his story on cocktail napkins while bartending at the Palace Theatre on Broadway.[4] His roommates and he had purchased a Macintosh 512K, so when he returned home, he would empty his pockets of the cocktail napkins and type them into the computer, forming a basis from which he wrote many drafts for A Few Good Men.[5]
In 1988, Sorkin sold the film rights for his play to producer David Brown before it premiered, in a deal reportedly 'well into six figures'.[6] Brown had read an article in The New York Times about Sorkin's one-act play Hidden in This Picture, and he found out Sorkin also had a play called A Few Good Men that was having off-Broadway readings.[7]
William Goldman did an uncredited rewrite of the script that Sorkin liked so much, he incorporated the changes made into the stage version.[8]
Brown was producing a few projects at TriStar Pictures, and he tried to interest them in making A Few Good Men into a film, but his proposal was declined due to the lack of star-actor involvement. Brown later got a call from Alan Horn at Castle Rock Entertainment, who was anxious to make the film. Rob Reiner, a producing partner at Castle Rock, opted to direct it.[7]
The film had a production budget of $33,000,000.[9]
Nicholson would later comment on the $5 million he received for his role, 'It was one of the few times when it was money well spent.'[10]
The film starts with a performance of 'Semper Fidelis' by a U.S. Marine Corps marching band, and a Silent Drill performed by the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Fish Drill Team (portraying the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon).[11][12]
Several former Navy JAG lawyers have been identified as the basis for Tom Cruise's character Lt. Kaffee. These include Don Marcari, now an attorney in Virginia; former U.S. AttorneyDavid Iglesias; Chris Johnson, now practicing in California; and Walter Bansley III, now practicing in Connecticut. However, in a September 15, 2011, article in The New York Times, Sorkin was quoted as saying, “The character of Dan Kaffee in A Few Good Men is entirely fictional and was not inspired by any particular individual.”[13][14][15][16][17]
Wolfgang Bodison was a film location scout when he was asked to take part in a screen test for the part of Dawson.[18]
Reception
Box office
The film premiered at the Odeon Cinema, Manchester, England,[19] and opened on December 11, 1992, in 1,925 theaters. It grossed $15,517,468 in its opening weekend and was the number-one film at the box office for the next three weeks. Overall, it grossed $141,340,178 in the U.S. and $101,900,000 internationally for a total of $243,240,178.[20]
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 82% based on 62 reviews, with an average rating of 7.03/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'An old-fashioned courtroom drama with a contemporary edge, A Few Good Men succeeds on the strength of its stars, with Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, and especially Jack Nicholson delivering powerful performances that more than compensate for the predictable plot.'[21] On Metacritic the film has a score of 62 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews.'[22] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of 'A+' on an A+ to F scale, one of fewer than 60 films in the history of the service to earn the score.[23]
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine said, 'That the performances are uniformly outstanding is a tribute to Rob Reiner (Misery), who directs with masterly assurance, fusing suspense and character to create a movie that literally vibrates with energy.'[24] Richard Schickel in Time magazine called it 'an extraordinarily well-made movie, which wastes no words or images in telling a conventional but compelling story.'[25] Todd McCarthy in Variety magazine predicted, 'The same histrionic fireworks that gripped theater audiences will prove even more compelling to filmgoers due to the star power and dramatic screw-tightening.'[26]Roger Ebert was less enthusiastic in the Chicago Sun-Times, giving it two-and-a-half out of four stars and finding its major flaw was revealing the courtroom strategy to the audience before the climactic scene between Cruise and Nicholson. Ebert wrote, 'In many ways this is a good film, with the potential to be even better than that. The flaws are mostly at the screenplay level; the film doesn't make us work, doesn't allow us to figure out things for ourselves, is afraid we'll miss things if they're not spelled out.'[27]
Widescreenings noted that for Tom Cruise's character Daniel Kaffee, 'Sorkin interestingly takes the opposite approach of Top Gun,' where Cruise also starred as the protagonist. In Top Gun, Cruise plays Mitchell who is a 'hotshot military underachiever who makes mistakes because he is trying to outperform his late father. Where Maverick Mitchell needs to rein in the discipline, Daniel Kaffee needs to let it go, finally see what he can do.' Sorkin and Reiner are praised in gradually unveiling Kaffee's potential in the film.[28] On July 4, 2019, Nicholson's character Nathan Jessup was praised by Iowa US Representative Steve King.[29]
Home media
A Few Good Men was released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1993. Again, The VHS was released along with DVD on May 29, 2001, a Blu-Ray release followed on September 8, 2007,. The Double Feature of This Film and Jerry Maguire was released on DVD in December 29, 2009 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. A 4K UHD Blu-Ray release occurred on April 24, 2018.[30]
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Awards and honors
Academy Awards nominations
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards:[31]
- Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson)
- Best Film Editing (Robert Leighton)
- Best Sound Mixing (Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline and Robert Eber)
Golden Globe nominations
The film was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards:
- Best Director (Rob Reiner)
- Best Actor (Tom Cruise)
- Best Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson)
- Best Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin)
Other honors
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The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
- 2003: AFI's 100 Years..100 Heroes & Villains:
- Colonel Nathan R. Jessup – Nominated Villain[32]
- 2005: AFI's 100 Years..100 Movie Quotes:
- Col. Nathan Jessup: 'You can't handle the truth!' – #29[33]
- 2008: AFI's 10 Top 10:
- #5 Courtroom Drama Film[34]
See also
References
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- ^Daily Dose of Aggie History (December 11, 2016). 'Dec. 11, 1992: A&M Fish Drill Team appears in 'A Few Good Men''. myAggieNation.com. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ^Nading, Tanya (February 11, 2001). 'Corps Fish Drill Team reinstated — Front Page'. College Media Network. Archived from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2009.
- ^Glauber, Bill (April 10, 1994). 'Ex-Marine who felt 'A Few Good Men' maligned him is mysteriously murdered'. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^Gisick, Michael (May 10, 2007). 'Fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias embraces the media in his quest for vindication'. The Albuquerque Tribune. Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^Johnson, Christopher D. 'Christopher D. Johnson, Esquire'. Archived from the original on May 13, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^Beach, Randall (March 18, 2009). 'Allegation delays homicide trial'. New Haven Register. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ^'Lawyer Didn't Act Like a 'Few Good Men,' Cops Say'. NBC Connecticut. August 26, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ^Noted in the A Few Good Men DVD commentary
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- ^Schickel, Richard (December 14, 1992). 'Close-Order Moral Drill'. Time Monday, Dec. 14, 1992. Time, Inc. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
- ^McCarthy, Todd (November 12, 1992). 'A Few Good Men – Review'. RBI, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
- ^Ebert, Roger (December 11, 1992). 'A Few Good Men'. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
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- ^'A Few Good Men DVD Release Date'. DVDs Release Dates. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
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- ^'AFI's 100 Years..100 Heroes & Villains Nominees'(PDF). Retrieved August 13, 2016.
- ^'AFI's 100 Years..100 Movie Quotes'(PDF). American Film Institute. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
- ^'AFI's 10 Top 10: Top 10 Courtroom Drama'. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
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