Diet pill myths explained
“You could lose up to 10 lbs. this weekend!” “Lose 10 lbs. and unwanted inches in 48 hours. Guaranteed!”
“Clinically proven to give you a better body without spending countless hours dieting or working out.”
If they are what you have been thinking about, here is the loot on these claims. Just like the pills they prescribe they are useless as well. There are so many hundreds of such statements made to attract customers, some even citing references from some place or the other. they will not only make you lose your money but in quite a few cases your health too.
The average money spent on dietary supplements is more than 1.3 billion, and all this is just for the sake of loosing weight on the basis of claims which have no scientific backing and let alone effectiveness, some of these are actually harmful if taken over a period of time. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that almost 20% women and 10 percent men have tried diet pills without medical prescription.
Diet pills are pills that are the easy way out that most of the people look for these days. They are medicines are claim to either increase the metabolism of melt fat or make you thin by some reason or the other, some even claim that the hunger that a fat person has can be checked and he will have no problems or cravings even when he is eating less.
“Over-the-counter dietary supplements to treat obesity appeal to many patients who desire a magic bullet for weight loss,” says Dr. Robert B. Saper. The pills were not even found to be to the standard of normal human consumptible.
There are no permanent and safe ways to weight loss, weight loss is burning of excess calories and that had to be achieved by hard work and not by simple popping of the pills.
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