We spend more and more money on diet pills. But is losing weight with a slimming pill effective? Do diet pills work at all?
Diet pillsare selling like hot cakes. People who decide tolose weightwith their help are not disturbed by reports about the ineffectiveness or even harmfulness of diet pills.
Diet pills: apparent slimming
Doctors, nutritionists and trainers agree - rapid weight loss in the case of diet pills usually means water loss. It looks great on weight. But only there. First of all, water loss is a short-term effect, our body will deal with it very quickly. Secondly, losing weight permanently means reducing the fat content of our body. With the help of diet pills, this is not possible. If you really want to lose weight, you need to go back to the old ways of doing things: exercise and changing your diet. All other ways have more to do with magic than science. And the effects will be none.
Appetite suppressant tablets: withdrawn Meridia, harmful sibutramine
There are also other specifics on sale. It works in a different way than described above. By blocking the feeling of hunger and accelerating the metabolism, they seem to work as scientists recommend. Thanks to these pills, we eat less and burn more. So is there a solution to our problems?
The answer may not be entirely positive. These products contain sibutramine, a substance that contains a drug called meridia withdrawn from the Polish market. This drug is used in the treatment of morbid obesity. Why only morbid? Because the side effects of taking sibutramine can be very serious for the cardiovascular system. Morbid obesity is even more dangerous to our lives, so the risk is justified. Especially if the treatments are carried out under the constant supervision of a doctor. However, is it worth risking your he alth to lose a few kilos to look better at the pool or the beach?
More and more people think so. Internet forums are full of reports from delighted users (or rather mainly users), describing the treatments and its effects with delight. There are also a few voices of people who felt the effects immediatelyside-taking of this drug. The most frequently described symptoms include: significant acceleration of the pulse, increase in blood pressure, arrhythmias, excessive sweating, and hyperactivity. This can consequently lead to hypertension and even valvular insufficiency, and even a heart defect, and also to toxic damage to the liver cells. Worth it?