Thursday, November 6, 2008

Reasons Why a Healthy Diet Far Outweighs a Diet pill

By Ricardo d Argence

In our McDonalized society, we have managed to pack on the weight in our convenience-oriented culture of fast food. Once we look at our pant size and realize we are battling the bulge, many of us want the instant results that we get in other areas of our life.

An entire industry has sprung up from this desire, manufacturing diet pills and marketing them so lucratively that many people actually believe the magic pill might exist. Many of us have tried these pills without success. In order to find out how to best lose weight, there are some important things to know before dieting.

There are a number of diet pills that are on the market for purchase. Lots of people make claims to melt fat, suppress appetite and burn carbs. The lack of FDA regulation makes these pills problematic despite the fact that they may live up to their assertions.

Finding a pill that will actually work is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and there are health risks that have been identified in some pills after people have used them with seeming success. There are several different types of diet pills available on the market, with manufacturers attempting to appeal to every dieter.

Appetite Suppressants are by far the most popular type of diet pills available. They work by expanding within your stomach, making you feel fuller. These are available in a wide variety of brands, incorporating natural products and the more recent phentramin.

These pills work best when taken with a physician's prescribed diet medication which will suppress the appetite by releasing a chemical compound which numbs hunger pangs. Some of the over the counter products also use hoodia gordonni cactus. Appetite suppressants do help you with weight loss, but if you only use that they will not make the weight come off.

Fat Burners make the claim of huge weight loss. If it's too good to be true, it probably is. Most of these pills are simply a form of caffeine, while some are made with green tree and guarana. With this knowledge in hand, some of these do work, as green tea has proven to help lose weight, with an average of about 10 pounds over two months.

Fat burners are not good for more serious weight loss. Another downside to these fat burner pills is that the high caffeine content make them dangerous, increasing heart rate, and blood pressure. This can also lead to headaches, dry mouth and insomnia, which are not part of a healthy lifestyle.

There has been a lot of talk recently about how carbs actually contribute to weight gain, leading many to find ways to combat that issue as well. Many claims about the carb blocker pills are not accurate, they are actually made from white kidney bean extract, but do not block the carbs like they claim. These pills are generally expensive, too. An additional disadvantage of carb blockers is giving yourself a false sense of security. While using a product that blocks carbohydrates, many tend to not pay attention to their intake of carbs, believing that these products negates the calories of the carbs. This just isn't the case.

A healthy diet is the best way to lose weight, combined with exercise. Long-term weight loss is a lifestyle change, not a prescription fix. No matter how much you lose with pills, as soon as you quit taking them and return to your old behavior you will see the old results.

Infrequently, you may need a boost. When this happens, you can try an appetite suppressant. This should only be occasionally and only at first. If you use them regularly, your body will adjust to them, and they will no longer be effective. Best advice is to find and stick to a good diet plan - watch the weight come down gradually without health risks or expensive diet pills. - 15359

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