Lose Weight Pills

Archive for July, 2009

With our fast pace economic growth, more and more people are putting on weight. This is not surprising given that our diets consist of more processed food that contain more fat and sugar and we are getting little or no regular exercise. Jobs that used to require physical movement are replaced with those that require only buttons to be pushed while watching television, playing video games and surfing the Internet are becoming our main past times.

Fortunately, this is balanced by people being more aware of their health. As a result, people are constantly looking out for quick and easy ways to lose weight. Marketers saw this as a great opportunity to launch weight loss products that promised a quick fix. One of such products is the weight loss patch. Sometimes they are also known as the diet patch.

Weight Loss Patch
You can say that the weight loss patch is a dream come true for people who are looking to lose weight or to go on a diet. Imagine all you need to do is to put on such a patch and you will be able to make your fats melt away.

Advertisers claimed that by using weight loss patches, you will experience lessened hunger pangs and other symptoms generally associated with weight reduction and this will help to jump-start your metabolism, dramatically increasing your body’s ability to burn fat.

Sounds interesting, isn’t it. But do these patches really work? And are they safe?

Do They Work?
Firstly, what is inside these weight loss patches? Looking at the main ingredients, you will find that they are not exactly anything special.

Some ingredients, like chromium and guarana have subtle effects and will not lead to much weight loss without accompanying changes to diet and lifestyle. Other ingredients like hydroxycitric acid and bladderwrack do not have much going for them in the way of proven results.

So, are weight loss patches worth experimenting with? To answer that question, let us examine what the FTC (Federal Trade Commission), the watch dog agency that ensures that false advertising is kept at bay, has done. Recently, the FTC launched a campaign to help consumers spot claims that almost always signal a diet rip-off.

Weighing the evidence in diet ads, the FTC warns consumers to steer clear of diet pills, patches, creams, or other products that offer quick weight loss without diet or exercise. Products that claim to block the absorption of fat, calories, or carbohydrates; or that promise that consumers can eat all they want of high-calorie foods and still lose weight are being targeted. Some advertisers had to pay claims as they were unable to provide scientifically supported evidence to support their claims.

So what is the bottom line?
The bottom line is that the only thing that is going to lose weight when you buy those magic patches is your wallet. You need to know that weight loss experts all agree on one thing- if you consume fewer calories than you burn, you will lose weight and if you consume more calories than you burn, you will gain weight. It is that simple.

We all wish for a magic pill that will make losing weight a simple and painless task. However, until the arrival of such a miracle pill, a sensible, well-balanced diet coupled with a reasonable exercise program is, always has been and always will be the surest and safest way to lose weight permanently.

Kelvin Ho
http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/weight-loss-patch-a-quick-fix-for-weight-loss-118769.html

The battle of weight is a common one. With millions suffering, consumers yearn to find a product that allows them to diet safely without being hungry.

As we drive across town in our cars, our vision is assaulted with a variety of bad food choices. With fast food restaurants at virtually every intersection offering greasy burgers and fries, it’s not difficult to see why the latest statistics from the National Center of Obesity show that over 58 million Americans are now obese. For many of these unhealthy individuals, every day is a constant battle to lose weight.

Some people tend to be more fortunate than others. People with innately high metabolisms are able to munch on chips and candy while others deprive themselves of any indulgences in order to lose weight. They exercise, make healthy food choices, and still have problems trying to lose weight. It can be frustrating, tedious process. For some, it’s a miserable one. To lose weight, they are often hungry, chugging bottles of water in an effort to fill the empty void in their stomachs.

The self berating comes when finally they ask themselves, “Is it really worth all this to lose weight?” Agitated, they pull the car into the nearest McDonalds, order a Big Mac and curse themselves later. When they are later angry with themselves for the bad food choices, they justify it in their own minds by telling themselves that the tuna and crackers they’d packed in a brown bag lunch just weren’t enough. They were still hungry!

For some, the battle to lose weight is a losing one. Willpower tends to bend when our stomachs start growling, and dieters constantly complain about being hungry. With so many products on the market that claim to curb the appetite, many of the products just don’t live up to the claims. Although you may struggle to lose weight, the issue of being constantly hungry often prompts people to binge eat, making both your diet and your self confidence fail miserably.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a product out there that actually followed through on its promise? Wouldn’t it be great to lose weight while feeling great and satisfied? If you are like most people, you’d prefer to lose weight the healthy way. Face it, popping diet pills isn’t the best answer. Many of these pills leave you jittery and feeling just plain bad.

Doctors would agree that the best way to lose weight is the old fashioned way… by cutting calories. This doesn’t mean cutting all carbohydrates out of your diet or eating only low fat snacks. It means lowering your caloric intake.

In 2004, Hoodia Gordonii was discovered. Not a drug, this cactus-like plant was tested for thirty years before finally introduced to the public. It’s not a new discovery however. In fact, Bushmen used this vegetable for centuries to ward off hunger when on long journeys.

What does this mean to you? It means that finally there is an all-natural, totally safe way to get rid of those hunger pains, making it easy to cut calories and lose weight while feeling great.

Martin Stanwyck
http://www.articlesbase.com/advice-articles/the-battle-to-lose-weight-61684.html

The recently released “Cabbage Soup Diet Pill” claims to “make the cabbage soup diet 17 times more effective, 3 times more affordable, and 100 times more hunger-proof.” But can people really lose weight using cabbage soup diet pills instead of following the oldest diet in the book?

We all know the cabbage soup diet works. It has been around for years and is still to this day used by celebrities looking to drop pounds quickly.

But anyone who has ever tried the cabbage soup diet also knows how difficult it is to stick to. Not only is the diet extremely limited, most people complain that eating cabbage soup for every meal of every day gets real old, real quick.

So … can this new pill give people the weight loss benefits without the hassle? We asked cabbage soup diet expert Katie May to review this new revolutionary diet pill to get the truth.

“There is no pill, no matter how potent it may be, that will replace the effects of actually sticking to the cabbage soup diet,” says Smith, “but I am very impressed with way this cabbage soup diet pill was created. The ingredients can curve your appetite and make you feel full as well helping to detoxify your body.”

But one major difference with this new cabbage soup diet pill is that dieters do not have to stick to a rigid diet plan.

“The old cabbage soup diet required that you only eat fruit and the soup the first day, only vegetables and soup the second day. It is a very difficult diet to stick to, but with the cabbage soup diet pill there is no recommended diet to follow. This can be a good thing for people who would rather choose what foods they consume on their own, and if they make responsible choices they will be able to lose weight,” says Smith. “But while this pill can be very beneficial to aid weight loss, it is not a miracle pill. It will be difficult to lose weight with this cabbage soup diet pill if you are still binge eating on fat and greasy foods.”

To read more about this cabbage soup diet pill, visit http://www.cabbagesoupdietpill.com.

Rachelle Ross
http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/cabbage-soup-diet-in-a-pill-93365.html

In recent years, obesity has been on the minds of a lot of women. Companies that specialize in supplement offer diet pills for obesity in an attempt to help women from eighteen years of age and up lose weight. Anyone that uses diet supplements should remember that it requires a mixture of dieting, exercise and diet pills to promote weight loss.

While women who are obese can treat their condition with Rx meds, some females aren’t able to receive the Rx meds due to a lack of prescription coverage. As a result, diet pills for obesity have been frequently used by males and females who want to slim down.

Particular diet pills for obesity help overweight people lose weight by decreasing appetite which makes people believe their stomach feel full. Several diet pills for obesity are available on the Internet to treat obesity. In general, men and women respond differently to appetite suppressants and some of them experience more weight loss than expected. Max weight loss usually occurs within a six month time period. Studies suggest that if a patient does not lose at least four pounds over four weeks on a particular diet pill, then the particular diet pill is not likely to help the patient achieve any weight loss.

Over the short term, weight loss in obese individuals may reduce a number of health risks. However, appetite suppresants are more successful they are used with used with techniques can be developed and used to prevent any additional weight gain from occurring. Check out our website at phentermine-xenical-4you.com

John Connory
http://www.articlesbase.com/weight-loss-articles/obesity-diet-pills-article-10239.html

Fat burners have become very popular in today’s society, especially in America. It seems that everyone is looking for a “quick fix” to their problem…and that is why they, therefore, turn to those “awesome” fat burners where you can just pop a pill and “lose 30 pounds in 10 days!”

However, do these fat burners actually work? Do they actually provide any benefits? Do the $40-$100 price tags justify their benefits? Here we will investigate some of the claims that they make such as:

-increased thermogenesis
-decreased appetite
-weight loss without exercising
-increased energy

However, before I go into any more detail about fat burners, you must understand two important concepts:

Total Daily Energy Expenditure and The Law of Thermodynamics (don’t worry -they’re quite simple).

Everyone has a set number known as “Total Daily Energy Expenditure” or TDEE for short. Your TDEE is how many calories your body uses per day to keep itself going. Pretty much everyone’s TDEE is different, and it changes everyday depending upon how much work your body does that day or if you gained more muscle mass, etc… This number can be affected by such things as genetics, how much muscle mass you have, what you do during the day, etc.

You can get a rough estimate of you TDEE at Weight Loss TDEE Calculator

Once you understand TDEE, there is another simple concept to understand. This concept is known as The First Law of Thermodynamics (don’t worry – our application of it is simple). This law states:

1. If you eat more calories than your TDEE, you gain weight (this weight can be muscle or fat or a number of other things, but that’s for another article)

2. If you eat less calories than your TDEE, you lose weight (once again, this can really be anything)

3. If you eat the same amount of calories as your TDEE, your weight stays the same

So, in order to lose fat, you must create some sort of calorie deficit between your TDEE and the number of calories you eat. However, the deficit cannot be too large – otherwise your body will go into starvation mode. For more information on this topic you can check out www.burn-the-fat-feed-the-muscle.com.

Back to fat burners.

–Increased Thermogenesis

Thermogenesis is essentially a fancy word for TDEE. Saying that a product will increase thermogenesis is like saying it will increase your TDEE – which would mean that you burn more calories per day. Many of the products in these fat burner’s will increase your rate of calorie expenditure, but not by very much – the results are minimal.

Here’s an example: A while back I saw an ad touting that their “green tea extract” increased thermogenesis by 4%. Sounds spiffy, eh? Now, let’s take a somewhat normal number for TDEE – 2000 calories/day. 4% of 2000 would be 80 calories per day. If a pound of fat is 3500 calories, this means that you could get rid of an extra pound of fat about every 44 days by taking this supplement!

This small deficit could be easily accomplished many other ways though. For instance, you could eat 10 less wheat thins for a day, or not add mayonnaise to your sandwich at lunch, or just replace soft drinks with water.

Decreased Appetite

When trying to diet (actually, just achieve a calorie deficit), many times people complain that their appetite is holding them back – therefore companies that produce fat burners like to claim that their product “reduces appetite”.

It’s true, many ingredients in products may reduce your appetite. But do you really need these special herbs or ingredients to do that?

In my opinion, nature provides everything. Here are some strategies:

1. Drink water. It’s simple, if you get some sort of craving for something, just drink some water. This will help to decrease your appetite by filling up your stomach, it’s natural, and you need water to function properly anyway.

2. Eat fiber. You can either eat foods with fiber in them, like vegetables, or you can just buy some of that powdered fiber at the store (it actually doesn’t taste that bad), and take some with your meals. Fiber cannot be digested, so it will decrease the actual capacity for your stomach to hold food. Plus fiber pushes food through your digestive tract faster than normal. This can cause roughly 15%-20% of the food you eat to not be digested – resulting in a smaller amount of calories that your body actually digests. Fiber also provides too many other benefits to list here.

3. Eat foods that are low in calories, but high in satiety. These are foods that have a low amount of calories per amount of food that you eat. For instance, a stomach full of jello contains less calories than a stomach full of peanut butter.

Weight Loss Without Exercise

It’s possible to lose some fat without exercising. However, when you do this, you’re setting yourself up for failure in the long run. Muscle is an integral part of permanent fat loss. When you cut calories without lifting weights or exercising, part of the weight you lose will be muscle as well as fat. When you add weight lifting/exercise to your routine, you essentially signal your body to keep your muscle. For more information on this topic of “weight loss and weight lifting”, check out our free 7-day fat loss e-course. The second lesson involves the effects of weight lifting on fat. So, in essence, you can lose weight without exercising – but it’s kind of a waste of time.

Increased Energy & Focus

Many fat burner’s contain ingredients like caffeine or vinpocetine, which they claim to help increase your energy and focus. In many cases, some (a rare few might I add) of these compounds can and have been proven to do this – but (this is from personal experience) mostly by a minimal amount. Probably the best way to gain focus and energy is the way nature intended – through exercise. Ever gotten that endorphin high after a great workout? You’ll be surprised at how “high” you get and at how clearly you can think.

Weight Loss & Water Loss

Due to some of the ingredients in fat burners, they can make you lose weight – but not necessarily the correct type of weight. Some ingredients such as caffeine can be classified as mild diuretics. This can be deceiving, as the weight that you may have lost from the “fat” burning supplement may not be fat at all, it may just be water.

So, all in all, fat burning supplements do provide some benefits – that is, if the ingredients actually DO support their claims. However, many times, even though they do provide benefits, the benefits are many times small compared to what can be accomplished through intelligent dieting and exercising. It is up to the buyer whether the price tags justify the benefits that these supplements may provide.

Nathan Latvaitis
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/diet-pill-scams-an-in-depth-analysis-89978.html