Hidden Dangers of Weight Loss Pills By Robert Kokoska At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

If you go and do a search for weight loss, you will undoubtedly see that there are now hundreds or even thousands of different weight loss pills available to the consumer. There are also as many bogus, unproven claims as there are products.

I'm not talking about the kind of pill that your doctor can prescribe for you that has been proven clinically to work under the right conditions but I'm referring to the "natural" or "herbal" pills that claim to effortlessly melt away all of you excess body fat without any change in diet or lifestyle.

One of the problems with diet pills available over the internet is the possibility of side effects. Some of them can be quite dangerous. Medical testing has shown that the most common side-effects are: nervousness, higher blood pressure, headaches, dry mouth, insomnia and restlessness.

In extreme cases, problems such as renal failure, heart attack and stroke can occur and in the worse case scenario: death.

Many of the current diet pills available are stimulant based. These are the ones that cause the majority of the mentioned side-effects above but they can also be very addictive and become depended upon. Dependence of these drugs can also lead to abuse which can lead to serious health problems if used long-term.

Another problem with weight loss pills is that they alter your metabolism. Many of them are designed to suppress your appetite causing you to eat very few calories each day. As your body notices that it's food intake is lowered significantly, it will also adjusts it's ability to burn calories and become more efficient.

This problem is also commonly seen by people who undertake low calorie diets and is known as the "Yo-Yo" effect.

There has been a large influx of pills manufactured and imported from Brazil. Dr. Pieter Cohen of the Cambridge Health Alliance stated, "These diet pills that come from Brazil contain not only untested amphetamines, but tranquilizers, anti-depressants, water pills and laxatives all combined into the same pill."

The problem is that these pills from Brazil easily find their way into the United States as there is such a large market for them.

The important thing to remember is that before taking any of these pills or even herbal weight loss supplements you should discuss them with your local physician first. Some herbal ingredients are known to work in a very similar way to powerful prescription drugs. It is a bad idea to assume that because they are sold "over the counter" that they are harmless.

The other popular type of diet pills are the ones that stop fat from being absorbed into the body. The problem with some of these pills is that they can cause a malabsorption of other nutrients that are essential for good health and may cause illness or deficiencies.

Other known side-effects of these types of chemicals are: increased flatulence, diarrhea and a frequent desire to use the bathroom.

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