Continued from Young Participants in Sports Use Diet Pills. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than one in seven adults in the United States have used nonprescription supplements in an effort to lose weight. (more…)

Continued from Adolescents Who Diet Gain Weight.

Young participants in sports that emphasize weight such as wrestling, ballet and gymnastics are likely to indulge in unhealthy weight-control behavior including dieting, taking pills and inducing vomiting.

Also, steroid use was more prevalent in both males and females participating in such weight-sensitive sports compared with sports wherein weight is less of an issue. (more…)

Who needs dangerous clenbuterol or Alli with its side effects when CM3 Alginate has been scientifically proven to promote weight loss? And it is 100 % natural, completely stimulant free and compatible with all diets, too – or so they say.

According to the claims, CM3 Alginate pills – which contain a brown seaweed extract –act like a tiny sponge, expanding in the stomach to make you feel full and eat less.

Combined with exercise and a smart diet, you could start losing weight in one to two weeks, says nutritionist Oz Garcia, who recommends taking three pills a day, an hour before meals. (more…)

Can marijuana help you lose weight? If weed helped dieters eat right, would they legalize it? Sort of. British researchers are developing a weight-loss drug using a naturally occurring variant of tetrahydrocannabinol, the active substance in marijuana.

Instead of making you high, however, this compound blocks the brain receptors that make potheads crave pizza. As a result, it may prevent you from bingeing on unhealthy snacks. The pill could be available in America as early as 2012.

I have always been on a skeptical side when it comes to weight-loss drugs and diet pills. So while we are waiting for that illusive diet pill which will make our body fat magically disappear, here is one interesting fact that may help you lose weight right now. (more…)

I was still hoping that given Alli’s rather unsettling side effects, the FDA would do the right thing, i.e., pull Alli off the market. But thanks to one of my spies – who snapped this picture yesterday – we now know that at least for now, Alli is here to stay.

Yep, it is official; Alli will be available OTC on June 14, 2007. Alli is the first FDA approved diet pill which can be sold without a prescription, so many people will probably assume that it can shed pounds and burn fat faster and better than anything else under the sun. (more…)

Remember Bonkers Super Skinny Tea which claims to help you lose weight? Well, there is a new weight-loss tea in town, which claims to help you fit into your favorite jeans this summer.

The ad says that “when you combine Laci Le Beau Super Dieter’s Tea with a healthy, reduced-calorie diet and fitness plan, you could be wearing your favorite jeans in no time – you know, the jeans that have been tucked away in your closet since last year.�

Unlike other weight loss teas, Laci Le Beau Super Dieter’s Tea does not contain any stimulants like caffeine. Which brings me to an obvious question: “How does it support weight loss?” (more…)

How much weight can you lose if you go bonkers? That’s a good question, isn’t it?

Surprisingly, after drinking Bonkers Super Skinny Tea, I am still sane and far from super skinny. What’s going here?

Nothing! That’s what’s going on. And frankly, I’m a bit disappointed.

How can a product which proclaims to be “the ultimate diet tea” that “supports weight loss” and “boosts metabolism” - - deliver so little? (more…)

America is in the midst of a major obesity epidemic, with two-thirds of the population either overweight or obese.

Drugs that could safely help people lose weight would have a significant impact on public health. But do they exist?

Effective weight loss drugs used to be available (amphetamines, phentermine and fenfluramine) but were pulled from the market years ago by the Food and Drug Administration because of severe side effects such as heart valve damage, psychosis and addiction. (more…)