Alert: These Weight Loss Pills Aren’t Just Phony, They’re Dangerous
Alert: These Weight Loss Pills Aren’t Just Phony, They’re Dangerous
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Next Thing You Know You’re On The “Hospital Food Diet”
Most diet pills are just bogus or largely ineffectual, but now and then some come along that can kill you, and this is one of those times. At least 70 different herbal diet products, going by such names as Easy-Figure, the 2 Day Diet, Seven Days Herbal Slim and Magic Slim, have been found to contain sibutramine, an amphetamine-like chemical. The products in question are primarily being sold over the Internet and have been showing up in huge amounts in the Midwest.
The products, unshockingly, originate in China, and the Feds, along with the American Dietetic Association and other concerned parties, are downright alarmed, given that common side effects of sibutramine can include soaring blood pressure, seizures, stroke and heart attack. The FDA cracked down on an entire generation of such products over a year ago, but another wave has appeared, apparently centered in Illinois.
Unfortunately, checking the label for the presence of this substance is largely a waste of time; these products are frequently not much more than contraband, often flat-out illegal, and those who package and sell them are unlikely to disclose sibutramine’s presence on their labels. Indeed, the products are often labeled “all natural.”
Nevertheless, these products are easily avoidable. One tip-off: Many of the Asian sellers operate behind fraudulent websites posing as Canadian pharmacy services. Beyond that, the entire “herbal” industry of cures and medications and supplements is virtually unregulated and overrun with quacks and charlatans.
The best precaution for the weight-watching consumer who believes diet pills are beneficial is to stick with established national brands sold at similarly familiar and trustworthy brick-and-mortar pharmacies.
Alert: These Weight Loss Pills Aren’t Just Phony, They’re Dangerous
www.calorielab.com
