Hydroxycut, Metabolife and Fen-Phen
Today's news about Hydroxycut is no surprise. This is not new to us. Quick Weight Loss Pills are nothing new to us, yet we keep buying them. We keep supporting companies that sell unhealthy supplements. We keep hoping that this one will work, and that there is a magic bullet.
Remember Metabolife (Metabocrack, as we called it)? This magic pill of the 90's and early 00's sent women packing to the little kiosk in the mall, and did not think twice when they did not sleep for days, felt pressure in their chests, or yelled and screamed at their families and loved ones. All in the name of weight loss, right? Ephedra, the main ingredient in this and many other similar weight loss plans, was banned by the FDA in 2004. Complaints included heart palpitations, tremors, and seizures (www.fda.gov)
And what about Fen-Phen? That was the miracle, FDA Approved drug used until 2007, supposedly for brief periods of time to aid in the start of weight loss. With cases of Cardiac Vulvular Dysfunction (a dysfunctioning heart valve) in patients, this was finally banned.
This does not surprise us, nor should the next diet pill issue. The fact is that the body is not designed to lose a lot of weight in a short period of time.
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I agree! There is no 'miracle' pill for weight loss. Though I wish there was sometimes. :) Diet pills always have negative consequences for your health and mood. It's just not worth the risk. Stick with the old fashioned way of a good diet and regular exercise.
People should look in to muscletech, this is the same people and they had the same results, that is being recalled from the market and then able to start a new company, check this article, http://www.steroidology.com/forum/supplement-forum/92207-another-muscle-... tells you everything you need to know.
I'm so amazed that any judge would give leeway to any company selling ephedra. I thought the information was pretty clear. Another example of our government systems supporting profit over health.
That is a great perspective. Nature made us the way we are for a reason and we can choose to make changes over time that will give us the results we want and those small, slow, permanent and healthy choices are better for us than a magic pill (including Rx's and supplements).
Drinking Aloe and taking probiotics over the past year has switched me from an Acidic person that couldn't hold food down to an Alkaline and healthy state. The supplements I took replaced a regimen of prescriptions from an M.D. It was a gradual process.
I wouldn't recommend supplements that promise magic results, but I am thankful for the range of great supplements out there that are natural and can be taken over time to assist in health and wellness goals.
I agree with you! Natural elements have healed the sick for thousands of years...long before American medicine!