but seriously it doesn't work at all
it's old bull-sheite witchcraft medicine

doctors did it many moons ago because it assured them of a steady clientele. Patients had to come in like a revolving door for injects and it keep them swimming in money.

Some jack ass brought it back by putting the technique in a book not too long ago saying the FDA has the cure for weight loss and won't let you have it or some such non-sense. What it comes down to is there is no evidence it works better than calorie restricition alone and any study saying otherwise is majorly flawed for some reason or another...so it should be forgotten as relivent medicine.