It’s not that I’m against losing weight quickly and easily, but I have serious concerns over putting anything unknown into my body fearing it’s impact on my liver, pancreas and kidneys which all have to work harder when you take most any sort of high dosage of medication or supplement such as diet pill. 

Then there are the crazy diet pill stories like Diet Pill Hell where Jade began growing facial hair and increased her risk of getting cancer, on an Enquirer-like site out of the UK to this more credible story from a physician who swears that years of experience has led him to believe that you cannot lose weight with a diet pill and in some cases, certain diet pills can have dangerous side effects – at least in animal testing.

The latest diet pill on the market called Alli works by blocking the absorption of fat from your diet – the problem being that there are fat soluable vitamins such as A and D that get lost as part of this blocking. 

I do, however, see some benefit to dietary supplements where you want to get vitamins, minerals, and fiber without loading down on chemicals, fats and sugars – there are some decent medical dietary supplement bars that meet this strict criteria.   Not only can these diet bars give you more of the good vitamins and minerals, they regulate blood sugars keeping you on a more level ground – something not done by the diet pill.

If you are set on trying a diet pill to get your weight under control, make sure you have studied the ingredients, how it works and potential side-effects with your doctor and on your own so that you go in with your eyes wide open.

Jeff