There’s no doubt about it – falling in love is the one sure way of shedding those excess pounds. And why is this…?

Think about it. Your metabolism plays the main role in maintaining your weight. When it’s sluggish you either stay the same weight or you pile it on. When your metabolism is running at high speed you burn the weight off. And what happens when you fall in love…?

You get that feeling of ‘butterflies’ in the tummy, the same feeling as when you are very nervous, stressed or suffering from an appalling case of stagefright. That’s the adrenalin flowing. Your appetite decreases, you eat less and, more importantly, your metabolism races along at full speed.

This bit about the adrenalin though – that’s the secret to fast weight loss it seems. All those weightloss pills on the market contain a drug that cause the metabolism to speed up and one common side effect is that fluttery feeling in the tummy; which is why if you intend to take these drugs, such as Phentermine, you are asked to avoid them if you already suffer from conditions such as over-active thyroid or hypertension in the first place.  If you are already a naturally hyped-up person with lots of nervous energy you will be climbing the walls if you took a drug which exacerbated these aspects.

What we need though is a way to capture the essence of falling in love and bottle it…it would make a fortune – and would be so much nicer to take