DEATHLY DIET
The weight-loss product called LI DA (pictured), should not be used, because it can damage health or even cause death, the Health Ministry announced yesterday. Tests found the drug to have an active ingredient called sibutramine, which the ministry said could cause dangerous side effects, including heart attack, psychotic symptoms, or even death. Its use was barred by the ministry in 2010, but its sale has been promoted on the Internet, including social networks, as well as in the Arab sector in the North. Although it is labeled as being ‘natural,’ it is a synthetic.