1.   Another said she considers instant messaging a diet aid because when she is online she is too busy to eat.

2.   But though such a drug might be useful as a diet aid, most researchers doubt it could cure obesity.

3.   Decongestants, for example, are stimulants, like caffeine and herbal diet aids.

4.   Fenfluramine and phentermine are old drugs, approved two decades ago as short-term diet aids for the obese.

5.   If tracking calories and fat has little appeal as a diet aid, then perhaps the idea of some recent food patents will help.

6.   Kim believes that is partly because Korean food includes large amounts of hot chili peppers, which some believe are an effective diet aid.

7.   Rather, Calorad is THE new miracle diet aid.

8.   She said she got approval from the Russian Olympic federation, which checked with the supplement manufacturer and verified that her diet aid would pass a urine test.

9.   The agency has proposed banning the marketing of products containing ephedrine as diet aids.

10.   The story started more than two decades ago when fenfluramine and phentermine were approved for short-term use as diet aids.