A Short Review Of Popular Diet Pills

 The weight loss industry depends on two major things in order to stay in business; peoples fear over health and desire to be beautiful. Many will turn to over the counter drugs and weight loss pills to achieve quick results. However, the sad truth is there is no magic formula to lose weight. Eat healthy low calorie foods and maintain regular physical exercise and you will lose weight and keep it off.

All weight loss drugs are going to recommend that you change your diet if you want to see results. Besides who wants to rely on pills for the rest of your life in order to keep a healthy weight, it doesn't make sense and it is not good for you.

Here we shall look at some of the popular weight loss pills presently in the news:

Let's look at some of the most popular drugs for weight loss that have made the news:

Clenbuterol
Alli
Xenical
Ephedra
Ma Huang
Bitter orange
Hoodia

• Clenbuterol

Known in certain circles as the Size 0 Pill it has received this nickname because of the appearance of the celebrities who are using it. They have been noted as looking gaunt, emaciated and starving. How they figured out it could be used for weight loss is anyone's guess as the FDA only approved it for use to treat equine asthma. In humans, it speeds up your heart and increases body temperature, both of which work to burn fat. It also decreases appetite for nearly nine hours after it is consumed. Extremely unsafe under any circumstances.

• Alli

Alli is a fat blocker or burner not necessarily a medication. FDA approved Alli as an over the counter weight loss aid. You know that weight gain is caused by excessive calories and the fat in those calories is the main culprit in gaining. Alli binds with enzymes preventing them from breaking down the fat this fat then moves on through the digestive tract and out of the body. The fat can never be added to the stores in the body and this makes Alli highly effective.

Alli does require a few restrictions, you have to limit your meals to 15 grams or less of fat if you do not you will be very unhappy with the results. Side effects include but are not limited to frequent bowel movements, soft or loose stools and increased gas sometimes with a greasy film.

Fast food burgers, even one, contain more fat than is allowed while taking Alli, bear this in mind as the restrictions could be too much to handle.

• Xenical

Xenical is pretty much the same as Alli so the restrictions and possible side effects will not be much different.

• Ephedra

Ephedra is ephedrine alkaloid and is an effective appetite suppressor. Popular weight loss products contained ephedra just a few years ago until it was banned because it was unsafe. Despite the efforts of many to eradicate this drug, it is still widely available on the internet.

Ephedrine was also well known in athletic circles as a performance enhancer. Because it was unsafe to use the drug has been prohibited in all major sporting events.

• Ma Huang

Ma Huang means Ephedra in Chinese. It is also not allowed in the United States.

• Bitter Orange

Bitter Orange is a non-prescription weight loss aid that claims to help burn more calories. It is being used as a replacement for Ephedra and may have the same concerns. The long-term effects of this product are simply not known.

• Hoodia

Hoodia is taken from a cactus like plant found in the deserts of Southern Africa. It is advertised as a natural way to decrease your appetite. However, it has not been evaluated by the FDA for safety, purity or effectiveness. It simply is not safe to use an un-evaluated product.