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People are often tempted to use Over The Counter (OTC) medications and weight loss pills to lose weight fast, but need to realise that there is no magic formula or magic wand for losing weight. Healthy eating, low-calorie foods and regular physical activity are the only effective ways to lose weight and keep it off.

Remember that even if you take weight loss pills it will be necessary to consume low calorie diet. Also remember that you cannot take pills forever as is neither practical nor safe.

Here is some information about the more common weight loss pills.

• Clenbuterol - This drug has been in the news recently under its nickname Size Zero Pill or Size 0 pill. It has earned the nickname because of the extremely undernourished and starved look of some of the fashion icons in Hollywood who have been using this pill. This drug is not meant for human consumption; it is a FDA approved drug for treatment of horses. This drug increases heart rate and body temperature thus help burn fat; it suppresses appetite for as long as nine hours after its consumption. It is an extremely unsafe drug.

• Alli - is not a medicine; it is a fat burner or fat blocker. It is a FDA approved OTC weight reduction product. Weight gain is caused by excess calorie intake, and consumption of fat is the main cause of excess calorie intake, Alli blocks about 25 % of the fat consumed from being digested; the undigested fat passes through the body in the natural way. Since the fat is prevented from being digested, Alli is effective in weight loss.

  When you use Alli you are required to limit your meals to 15 gms of fat each, failing which you are likely to have extremely unpleasant side reactions such as bowel movements, loose stools, very frequent visits to the toilet etc.
  Since even a popular burger exceeds Alli’s limit of permissible fat content, it is a serious limitation the dieter has to contend with.

• Xenical - Alli and Xenical are similar; their composition is the same so their limitations and usefulness (!) will be similar.

• Ephedra - (ephedrine alkaloid)also known as Ma Huang, the Chinese name for Ephedra. It has been banned in USA) used in dietary supplements suppresses the appetite. Many popular products used for weight control were found to be using Ephedra at one time. However, it has now been totally banned due to safety concerns. In spite of the ban many ephedra products are still sold on the Internet. Many athletes considered Ephedrine as a performance-enhancing drug. Due to safety concerns it has been prohibited in most competitive sports.

• Bitter Orange - This non-prescription OTC product is claimed to increases the number of calories burned and thus help weight loss. It is being sold as a substitute for Ephedra. It may also cause health problems as Ephedra does. Its long term effects are not known.

• Hoodia - This is an extract from a cactus-like succulent plant from deserts of South Africa. It is being sold as natural appetite suppressant. This has not been evaluated for safety, effectiveness, or purity by the FDA and it is a potentially risky product for weight loss.

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Food to Speed up your Metabolism

We all know about foods that are good for us and have various proven benefits. But many people aren’t aware that there are actually fat-burning foods, which help kick-start your body into shedding excess weight. These wonder-foods can increase the number of fat calories your body burns, stimulating your metabolism. They are known as ‘free foods’, and as you’d expect they are low in calories.

However, some of them actually have ‘negative’ calories, meaning that your body burns more calories metabolising the foods than it absorbs from the food itself. Add them to your diet and see the effect for yourself The great news is that such ‘super foods’ contain real health benefits in addition to their amazing weight loss assisting properties. These benefits make them ideal components in any weight loss programme.

You normally think of chilli as being found in traditionally unhealthy meals and snacks, but it contains capsaicin, an active ingredient which as a thermogenic agent helps to increase metabolism and the burning of calories and fat. Capsaicin is unsurprisingly found in many natural weight loss formulas – it is believed to be an appetite suppressant.

Cayenne was shown by two Japanese studies to increase metabolism of dietary fats in women – it also showed a modest reduction in appetite. Capscaicin does even more than this – it has been shown to relieve sinusitis, psoriasis, migraines and arthritis, improve circulation and stomach conditions and even inhibit the growth of cancer cells. It also works as a good all-round painkiller.

Then there’s bee pollen. It’s a virtually complete food with an amazing composition of nutrients, enzymes and phytochemicals as well as being 40% protein. It’s meant to stimulate the metabolism as well as helping to flush fat from the body due to its high lecithin content. Pollen also makes for a good appetite suppressant, but has no negative side effects.

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Watch what you drink

You could eat a perfect diet and exercise until your face turns blue and still have a difficult time losing fat if you’re not careful with your alcohol consumption.

Did you know that alcohol has 7 calories per gram, almost as much as fat (9 calories per gram), and almost twice as many calories as a gram of carbohydrate or protein (4 calories each per gram). So even just a couple of drinks can set you back 300 - 400 calories.

In addition, when you consume alcohol at the same time as food, your body tends to burn the alcohol first, before burning fat.

Suppose, for example, you cut your calories from fat down to a recommended 20 percent. That’s great. But if you consume 10 percent of your daily calories (approximately 2-3 drinks) from alcohol, it is as though your diet has 40 percent fat, proportionate to calories.

Furthermore, studies show that alcohol makes people hungrier; and at the same time, it lowers their inhibitions, so they are more likely to binge. The more you drink, the less you care about what you are eating and how it might be sabotaging your progress.

As you can see, fat loss is not nearly as easy or effective if you drink too much alcohol. This is not to say you have to cut out alcohol altogether. Alcohol, just like fat, cholesterol, salt, and sugar, may be consumed in moderation.

If you drink on a regular basis, try cutting back to one glass, or a glass every other night, or just on the weekends. Also, try a light beer with fewer calories. And when you have a cocktail, use diet soda or Crystal Lite as the mixer. you may be surprised with your weight loss result.

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