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Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:54 pm  |
| I have been reading about these two pills. Apparently good for rapid weight loss and also supposed to work really well on acne and wrinkles too! Has anyone here used either of these or heard good reports? |
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Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:42 am |
Or bad reports? Anyone??  |
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Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:52 am |
| I have never heard of these but rapid weight loss from pills is never a good idea. |
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Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:42 am |
Hi Juliemarie,
Just a newbie here - but I'm going to take a risk and jump in to suggest caution when considering "diet pills"... Please take my post with a grain of salt - and please know that I mean no disrespect or offense.
That said:
Nearly all OTC diet pills are *not* regulated by the FDA (or the international equivalents) and, therefore, are not subject to the stringent testing and quality control standardization that prescription drugs undergo.
At best, an unregulated OTC diet pill won't do you any good and will just waste your money.
At worst, it could seriously harm your health. (i.e. ephedra can cause heart arrhythmias, stroke, etc...)
The question you have to ask yourself is if it's worth it for what might be just a quick fix? (And, if there are no accompanying lifestyle changes - any short term weight loss will probably come right back as soon as you stop taking the pills...)
Even when a diet drug *is* supposedly thoroughly tested and FDA approved - it still can cause permanent, life threatening complications. (Remember fen-phen??)
IMHO, it's just not worth the long term risks for what could be very short term gains. (And, honestly, I think if there were a diet pill that *really* lived up to all the hype, we'd be seeing it splashed all over the news as a miracle breakthrough...)
Anyway, just my two cents... (Worth about 1 cent in today's economy...)  |
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Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:04 pm |
Thanks everyone!  |
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Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:48 pm |
| I did try Orovo and had no results. Nada. No weight loss, no skin improvement, no differences. More or less like a regualar ole vitamin. Save your money. When it sounds too good to be true, it is. |
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Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:06 pm |
| gonatural wrote: |
| I did try Orovo and had no results. Nada. No weight loss, no skin improvement, no differences. More or less like a regualar ole vitamin. Save your money. When it sounds too good to be true, it is. |
The guy at Ultimatefatburner.com reviewed it and basically said that while the ingredients look ok, the product is WAY overhyped, and it's unlikely (read: darned near impossible) that it actually has enough of them to do much good.
The review for Anoretix was similar, and in that one he broke it down into greater detail. It's a good site to go to for a reality check if you're getting really anxious to buy something that seems too good to be true. The reviews aren't always negative, but they are always honest and realistic (or so they seem to me). |
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Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:19 pm |
Oh, I just thought of a "weight loss" pill that has been proven!
It's calcium!
Dietary calcium has been shown in clinical studies to aid in weight loss and in fat burning. It's better to get your calcium from low-fat high calcium foods (i.e. skim milk, low fat yogurt, etc.) But, if you don't like those or are lactose intolerant - calcium supplements will help too.
In any case - it's a "diet pill" that's not really a diet pill - but, given that most women need more calcium anyway - it can't hurt!
From Web.md:
"Those given calcium supplements had good results, when combined with the restricted-calorie diet. Mice getting their calcium via supplements had a 42% decrease in body fat, whereas mice eating without supplements had an 8% body fat loss. However, calcium from dairy products produced the best results. Mice on the "medium-dairy" diet had a 60% decrease in body fat, while those on the "high-dairy" diet lost 69% body fat. Researchers also found very small increases in thermogenesis -- the body's core temperature -- which then enhances the effects of calcium gained through diet rather than calcium in supplement form, says Zemel. Calcium is no magic bullet. What the study says is that ... higher-calcium diets favor burning rather than storing fat. Calcium changes the efficiency of weight loss," Zemel tells WebMD."
Those must be some svelte mice!  |
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