April Kerr is very keen on staying fit and healthy and has written about topics such as exercise for weight loss and herbs for weight loss.
One of the biggest lifestyle diseases that has snowballed into a primary health concern for people all over the world in the 21st century is obesity. Obesity increases the chance of potentially life threatening ailments like diabetes, heart ailments, stokes, cardiac arrest, arthritis etc and a multi million dollar weight loss industry has sprung up to help people fight their obesity.
There are many people who are tired of other people's snide remarks regarding their ballooning waistline. They feel ashamed of themselves when they see their own bloated up reflection in the mirror. Out of sheer desperation, they are ready to do anything from crash dieting to gymming to taking weight loss supplements like pills to reduce their weight.
This is where the diet pill or weight loss pill industry comes in. The guys behind the marketing campaign try to play on the sentiments of these desperate people trying to ward off the social stigma attached to being like an oversized balloon and they have flooded the market with weight loss pills of a mind-boggling variety, relying solely on clever marketing blitz and customers' ignorance and gullibility.
Diet pills or weight loss supplements are available in online stores and chemist shops. Some of these pills which are approved by FDA are good, effective, and are sold over the counter. But as about the rest, the less said the better. Most of these contain harmful ingredients and have been banned or disapproved by FDA, but some unscrupulous chemists are still selling these banned items under the counter.
There are some pills like CHITOSAN, GUAR GUM and CHROMIUM which claim to be market leaders and are very popular, they also claim to be safe. But the truth is that most of these weight loss pills are anything but safe, they have long term side effects which can be extremely hazardous and fatal, and to be very frank they are not very effective.
In fact most of these pills are worthless and a waste of money and doctors always advise against using these products. Barring those that are effective and prescription pills, the rest wreak havoc on your system and do not match up to the standards set down by the medical community in USA or by the FDA.
Apart from the chemical pills, there are herbal weight loss pills available in the market, which claim to be safer than their chemical counterparts and style themselves as magic cures or wonder pills that can reduce all your weight for you without your having to lift even one finger! But these herbal pills contain lethal ingredients like hydroxycitric acid, pyruvate, I-carnitine, glucomannan, guarana, conjugated linoleic acid, ephedra or ephedrine, ginseng etc .
These ingredients result in raised blood pressure, heart problems and other such serious complications.
It is best to stay away from pills and supplements which claim to reduce your fat for you without involving any kind of physical exertion, for they will just take you for a ride at the cost of your health and money.
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