Diet Pills

Too many people (it isn’t just women) will go to any lengths to be thin. People want a quick fix, something easy, and something that will not require hours of exercise or changing one’s diet. What many don’t realize is that it is never that easy. One pill will not magically help you drop weight and keep it off. You may see quick/temporary weight loss results with a diet pill, but you will be severely jeopardizing your health. Is the risk worth it?

If you pick up a bottle of a diet pill like Xenadrine, you could be wowed by all of their claims. Clinical studies? Safe? Improving metabolism? Customer testimonials? When things like this jump at you from off of the shelf, it is easy to be fooled. But like with any advertising claim, don’t be taken in by what you see on the surface. Steve Bechler, Major League baseball pitcher, took Xenadrine before a game, after he realized that he needed to drop some weight to have a healthy start to the season. One heart attack later and he passed away. As shocking as it is, this healthy 23 year old man didn’t know the dangers of diet supplements and paid the highest price. Look again at any packaging and marketing for a diet pill. They may magically claim to speed up metabolism and help the pounds melt away, but what significant research backs up these claims? Is there a reputable organization, like the Food and Drug Administration, asserting that the claims are true?

Consider a supplement like Ephedra. It can be found everywhere, from weight loss aids to energy boosters. Metabolife, one of the best selling over-the-counter weight loss aids in the country, contains Ephedra. The supplement contains both Ephedra AND caffeine, which the manufacturers have claimed for years have no side effects when combined. Mind you, this is the company trying to market their product to millions of weight-conscious Americans, so you would think they would want to have their facts as straight as possible. However, when staring in the face of criminal charges and a federal investigation, the president of Metabolife, David Brown finally copped to the fact that “between 1997 and September 2001 his company received roughly 13,000 reports of ‘certain health-related issues‘ linked to the supplement, among them heart attacks, strokes, seizures, and death. A subsequent analysis added high blood pressure, palpitations, psychosis and other serious problems.” The FDA even estimates that Ephrdra accounts for 64% of all related side effects from herbal supplements, and that for every one of these recorded incidents, 100 go unreported.

Here are just a few examples of some diet pill dangers:

Alli - Gas, bloating, incontinence, oily spotting, diarrhoea, muscle cramps, gall bladder problems, and other uncomfortable and sometimes embarrassing side effects.
Ephedra - Severe skin reactions, dizziness, insomnia, nausea, diarrhoea, seizures, hyperthermia, strokes (by 2004 were registered 155 deaths caused by this pill).

Duromine - Dry mouth, insomnia, diarrhoea, high blood pressure, blurred vision, palpitations, psychosis, convulsions.

Meridia - Dry mouth, anorexia, insomnia, constipation, high blood pressure, chest pains (shortness of breath), seizures, jaundice, abnormal bruising/bleeding.

Phentermine - Insomnia, increased blood pressure, blurred vision, heartburn/acid reflux, diarrhoea, stomach pain and others (because of its dangerous side effects it’s illegal to sell this pill in many countries).

Adipex - Confusion, hallucinations, restlessness, aggression, nausea, diarrhoea, stomach pains, irregular heartbeat, tremors, fainting, breathing problems, convulsions (can’t be used with other medicines, some of side effects are even life threatening).

Reductil - Headaches, dry mouth, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea, palpitations, hypertension, depression, impotence, seizures, menstrual cycle disorders, tachycardia, kidney disorders.

General Diet Pill Side Effects:

Uncomfortable cramping, gas, diarrhea, constipation, oily spotting, flatus with discharge, fecal urgency, fatty/oily stool, oily evacuation, increased defecation, fecal incontinence, abdominal pain, nausea, infectious diarrhea, rectal pain, elevated blood pressure and heart rate, heart attack, cardiac arrest, irregular heartbeat, heart disease, headache, dry mouth, insomnia, potential for dependence, metabolism disruption, vitamin deficiency, hypersensitivity, pruritus, rash, urticaria, angioedema, anaphylaxis, back pain, palpitation, anorexia, thirst, joint disorder, dizziness, anxiety, depression, acne, pulmonary hypertension, regurgitant cardiac valvular disease, overstimulation, restlessness, dizziness, dryness of the mouth, urticaria, impotence, etc…

The best weight loss method is to stay away from any kind of diet pills and lead a healthy lifestyle with healthy diet and physical activity. It may not be as easy or happen as quickly as you wish it would, but it is the ONLY long-term, real, and reliable weight loss method there is. While other methods allow you to drop water weight only to gain it right back and probably harm your metabolism/health in the process, a healthy lifestyle will decrease fat, increase energy, improve mood/self-esteem/health, and benefit you in more ways than you can count. It's worth the effort! And you sure won't regret doing it right!

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