Herbalife
Diet Pills Review
Like Metabolife ®, Herbalife are one of the most successful sellers
of diet and weight loss pills. Therefore they command respect in
the diet supplements industry.
Herbalife ® Diet Pills - Issues
The health issue surrounding Herbalife's diet pills and
supplements used to concern the ingredient Ephedra (Ephedrine or
Ma Huang), a common herb widely used by many companies in the
manufacture of weight loss and bodybuilding supplements and taken
by dieters throughout the world. A 2001 study published in the New
England Journal of Medicine concluded the herb could cause high
blood pressure, heart problems, stroke, seizures and death. And
the FDA has reports of 100 deaths among ephedra users. Hence some
Herbalife product sellers still post warnings such as:
Monitor your heart rate (pulse) and blood pressure when taking
ephedra. If your resting heart rate seems faster than usual, or
your blood pressure is above normal, stop using the herb. Don't
take ephedra with over-the-counter cold remedies or with other
formulas containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. This will double
your dose, raising the likelihood of side effects.
However, it seems Herbalife has stopped including ephedra in it's
weight loss supplements. This is good news!
Herbal Diet Pills are Not Necessarily Safer
As ephedra proved, herbal diet pills containing 'natural'
ingredients are not necessarily safer than non-herbal diet pills.
Also, over the counter diet pills and supplements, such as those
sold by Herbalife, are not subject to the same scrutiny as
prescription-only diet pills. In particular, ingredient-testing
and labelling regulations are less strict. This means the weight
loss customer depends largely upon information supplied by the
diet pill producer.
To it's credit, Herbalife has posted a number of fairly detailed
fact-sheets on it's US web site, which offer information on the
ingredients and labels of it's weight loss supplements. However
Herbalife does not however offer guidance on meal plans which
might/should accompany it's diet pills. The inclusion of such
dietary information would be helpful.
Herbalife® Diet Pills - Summary
Despite their popularity, there is no clinical evidence to suggest
that diet supplements offer any significant extra benefits over a
sensible diet and exercise weight loss program. Thus at present
diet supplements or pills appear to be superfluous. Buy them at
your own risk.
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