An Overdose Of Over-zealous Weight Loss:

Way back in 2006 Nicole Ritchie had gone terrifyingly thin courtesy a herb known as Hoodia which deludes your brain into thinking you are constantly full and thus curbing hunger pangs. Ritchie went from a size 2 to 0 in no time and looked absolutely skinny.

A lot of people in the glamor and beauty business have dabbled in diet pills and weight loss pills from time to time. Some have gone critically ill and some have even died from an overdose. But that doesn’t stop thousands of others from resorting to similar weight loss methods.

The most recent entrant into this possibly unhealthy habit is the diet pill alli, touted as the first and only FDA approved over-the-counter weight loss product. The pill website claims that if taken responsibly (by following the plan laid out) alli can increase weight loss by 50 percent.

But it’s important to wait and take stock of diet drugs and supplements like alli and evaluate their possible side-effects. As a healthy weight loss method, alli falls short since it causes diarrhea whenever rich food is consumed.

To their credit, the manufacturers of the drug press people to use the drug as a supplement to a healthy weight loss diet that is calorie-controlled. Maintaining a regular exercise plan also helps.

There’s no doubt about it, diet supplements and weight loss drugs are only as good as the effort put into healthy weight loss. If you follow a fixed exercise plan and a healthy weight loss diet, there is no need to spend any more money on OTC drugs that promise less.