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I myself became ill, and had what my doctor called "mysterious" symptoms that were unrelated. Some of the symptoms included low fever, respiratory problems, join pain, muscle pain, and exhaustion. I also put on over 20 lbs in one month, with NO change in my diet or exercise level. I had a full workup of almost every blood test, x-ray and the like. They found nothing, thyroid normal, etc... He dismissed the weight gain, and insisted that I must have dramatically changed my diet or exercise to put on that much weight in a month. I was treated for the symptoms(not the weight gain) and told to diet and exercise more. I have been doing additional dieting and exercising for 4 MONTHS now and have only been able to lose about 5 pounds. Suffice it to say, I would like to see much more study in this area.