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Rapid Weight Loss Diet Pills

Is it good to lose weight with diet pills? I am looking for more information on weight loss pills available in the market.
(April 11, 2008)

Diet pills for rapid weight loss 

With modernization and urbanization, people have become busy in the competitive world. This has lead to increase intake and preparation of fast foods and junk foods. This has made the individual overweight and obese. Apart from this, obesity occurs due to heredity, sedentary lifestyle, stress and consumption of heavy and fatty foods. Obesity can also lead to number of health hazards leading to blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, asthma and hormonal problems.


It is thus very essential to lose weight in order to lead a healthy life. Thus it is very essential to gain an ideal body weight according to the height and weight of the individual.

To gain an ideal body weight, it is very essential to reduce the diet, have more of healthy foods, and increase the physical activity by doing exercise regularly. However the weight loss in this case is gradual as the body takes time to adjust to the reduced intake and increased weight loss. A body can only lose ½ kg per week leading to loss of approximately 2 kg per month. Apart from this, there may not be consistent weight loss in the body, there may be peaks and depressions and hence at times we may not be able lose weight as planned. This can lead to depression and frustration. Hence weight loss through this method is time consuming and hence may be difficult to those individuals who need to lose weight rapidly and that too within a specified period. It is also useful to those individuals who cannot skip their favorite foods.

With rapid weight loss diet pills, the person can gain self confidence; he can lose weight rapidly and effectively. Diet pills work on various principles and thus accordingly the ingredients are added to form a diet pill. The various principles are:-

Certain diet pills are fat burners that can burn the unwanted fat and hence the calories and can gain the lean mass

Certain other pills are appetite suppressants that can reduce the cravings for certain foods and hence avoid over eating.

Certain pills have high thermogenic power that can increase the body's metabolic rate and hence help in reduction of weight and fat stores in the body.

Certain ingredients like Theo bromine, ginseng and green tea extracts have been used for burning of calories, increasing the energy expenditure and as appetite suppressants. These ingredients can also help in reducing the stress hormones like cortisol that can enhance the weight gain.

It is preferable if this diet pill is taken in combination with exercise and diet rather than relying on pills totally for the weight loss. It is advisable to consult a doctor with respect to diet pills as these pills can contain certain ingredients that are banned or the dosage of ingredient may not be up to the mark as suggested thus posing serious problems. These pills can lead to high blood pressure, impotency, hairball and diarrhea.

Submitted by A V on April 11, 2008 at 05:27

 

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