Fake Weight Loss Programs and Pills: Is Your Weight Loss Program
Safe and Effective?
In this age being ignorant is like committing a crime. With so
much of knowledge around you, following a trend blindly doesn't
confirm the fact that you are intelligent. But the catch here
is, GO BY RIGHT KNOWLEDGE. No doubt, internet is flooded with
the wrong knowledge and myths that leads you nowhere, but it
isn't hard enough to figure out the pearl in the ocean. Every
now and then, we see some supplements or pills making tall
claims which they down the line do not seem to validate. We will
soon establish as we go on reading this article that there is
absolutely no substitute for eating healthy and sweating out.
In US, where weight loss has been a part of national
consciousness for three decades, several studies have been done
to evaluate the effectiveness of various weight loss aids. The
major reason why most of these aids escape regulation is because
they are branded as "food supplements" to escape the Drugs and
Cosmetics Act that regulates the sale of medicine. Here are some
findings:-
1) Starch Blockers: One of the most stupid ways to lose weight,
they claimed to block the digestion of starch. Not only is the
claim unproven but the users have complained of diarrhea,
vomiting, nausea and stomach pains.
2) Glucomannan: It also failed on the FDA's yardstick. It
promised to reduce your appetite by filling up your stomach but
there seem to be no evidence to support it. Glucomannan is
derived from the root of a japanese plant name konjac.
3) Spirulina: It is a species of blue-green algae containing
some essential nutrients and is pretty safe but again, its
effectiveness is still questionable.
4) Magnetic Diet Pills: The US federal trade commission has
brought legal action against marketers of these pills. These
pills contain a fibre that is been considered to act like a
fat-magnet which consumes up to five times its weight in dietary
fat. Sorry, it failed miserably!
5) Weight Loss Shakes: MAY BE an answer for short-term weight
loss but users have gained weight immediately once they stop
using these shakes. These shakes are diet drinks powdered
formulas and are substituted for meals. Not only this way to
lose weight in unhealthy but also short-term.
6) Bulking Agents: These fibre and gum products promises to
control appetite be absorbing liquid and swelling in stomach,
thus reducing hunger. But the fact is these bulking agents are
indigestible. They can be harmful to the body causing
obstructions in the intestines, stomach or esophagus.
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