To our surprise, we found that treatment with it suppresses food intake. It could have potential as an appetite-suppressing drug, by injection. Or it might be possible to deliver by nasal spray. It also allows us to screen for new drugs that might suppress appetite.

That was the big surprise,

This would be an absolutely novel treatment, the first ever with potential to repair a traumatically damaged brain.

I am not a glutton, it's just that i have healthy appetite

They can get an emergency form of MediCal for treatment in emergency room. But no public assistance: no food stamps, no cash assistance, no MediCal that would be available. Even for most programs, if you're documented, you have to work 60 quarters before you're eligible.

Cow, goat, chicken, lamb . . . only slaves eat like this,’ Musa said, heaping an impolite amount on to his plate. ‘Our stomachs are graveyards.