Diet Pill Perils
... As Americans waistlines grow, so too does their desire for a quick and painless approach to weight loss--and among the many possible approaches, nothing could be easier than simply popping a pill. Diet pills are not an effective or healthy way to lose weight. ... Some promise body perfection, a diet miracle in a pill that can slim you down in a matter of weeks. Most diet pills on the market are not safe, can cause serious side effects and have resulted in death. ... The ideal way to lose and take off the pounds is diet and exercise. However with the increase of diet pill consumption there has been an increase in severe side effects and even death related to these pills. ... Diet drugs arent magic. ... In most trials testing weight-loss drugs, the participants were also asked to eat a low-fat, low-calorie diet. ... Pounds shed with the help of diet drugs arent gone forever. ... In response to pressure to lose weight, women and girls may practice unhealthy weight-control methods, ranging from restricted food intake, self-induced vomiting, consumption of appetite suppressants and diet pills, use of laxatives and compounds to increase urination, to anorexia nervosa and bulimia. ... 202) These diet plans will help those people who are severely overweight, however when young girls and women look to a diet to loose the weight sometimes they are not severely overweight and they are just trying to live up to the media stigma of being skinny and looking as beautiful as they can. ... “The effectiveness of diet pills has been intensively studied by many international organizations and research institutes. Unfortunately this research has never been published in a suitable way to help the patient compare the different diet pills and weight loss products available on the market.”(Weight Loss Programs…) The following Internet website is a site that focuses on the diet pill industry and the marketing of them. ... As stated in the article Are Americans finally ready to give up ephedra diet pills: “Early so-called ephedra "alternatives" were embraced by retailers but rejected by consumers because the supplements didnt provide the high-energy "kick" ephedra users had become accustomed to. ... The high-energy diet pill, called Zantrex-3 (from Zoller Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah), has already broken GNC sales records, and nationwide sales of have exceeded 300,000 bottles in less than 30 days of retail availability.