Pooping yourself Skinny

An Alternet article. I could not keep from smirking when I read the headline.

It offers a beguiling promise: a weight-loss regimen involving alli will help you shed pounds by inhibiting your body's ability to absorb fat. The newly excess fat exits your body by means of 'gas with oily spotting, loose stools, or more frequent stools that may be harder to control.'

Just so I understand this. There are people out there who want to lose weight and up until Alli, refused to heed the advice of those of us who are in shape to stop eating fatty foods and to make other lifestyle changes, but will now take the risk of getting the runs while out in public and pay someone for the priviledge? I am certainly in the wrong line of work.