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Let me tell you about a typical day in my private practice. I’ll see anywhere from two to five new patients like Rosalee. When Rosalee first walked through my door, she weighed 215 pounds and was on two medications (Glucophage and Glucotrol) to control her diabetes, as well as two more (Accupril and Maxide) to control her high blood pressure. She’d tried every diet on the market and exercised but still couldn’t manage to lose the weight she wanted to.