{"id":10110,"date":"2024-03-21T19:34:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T12:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=10110"},"modified":"2024-03-21T19:34:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T12:34:27","slug":"the-efficacy-of-weight-loss-supplements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=10110","title":{"rendered":"The Efficacy of Weight-Loss Supplements\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Are there any safe and effective dietary supplements for weight loss?<\/p>\n<p>In a previous discussion, I noted that an investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.nytimes.com\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/03\/new-york-attorney-general-targets-supplements-at-major-retailers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> that four out of five bottles of commercial herbal supplements bought at major U.S. retailers\u2014GNC, Walgreens, Target, and Walmart\u2014didn\u2019t contain any of the herbs listed on their labels, instead \u201coften containing little more than cheap fillers like powdered rice, asparagus and houseplants\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You might hope your supplement just contains houseplants. Weight-loss supplements are infamous for being \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27072845\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adulterated<\/a> with prescription and over-the-counter\u201d drugs. In a sampling of 160 weight-loss supplements that \u201cwere <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26928212\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> as 100% natural,\u201d more than half were tainted with drugs and active pharmacological ingredients, ranging from antidepressants like Prozac to erectile dysfunction medications like Viagra. Diuretic drugs <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23782322\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are<\/a> frequent contaminants, which makes sense. In my previous videos on ketogenic diets, I talk about rapid water loss <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.ca\/books?id=Qr8hAQAAMAAJ&amp;source=gbs_navlinks_s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">being<\/a> \u201cthe $33-billion diet gimmick\u201d that has sold low-carb diets for more than a century. But why the Viagra?<\/p>\n<p>At least the spiked Viagra and Prozac are legal drugs. Researchers in Denver <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27475836\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tested<\/a> every weight-loss supplement they could find within a ten-mile radius. Alarmingly, they found that a third were adulterated with banned ingredients. The most common illegal adulterant of weight-loss supplements <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28850291\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is<\/a> sibutramine, which was sold as Meridia before it was yanked off the market back in 2010 for heart attack and stroke risk. Now, it is also <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20969504\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blamed<\/a> for cases of slimming supplement\u2013induced psychosis.<\/p>\n<p>An analysis of weight-loss supplements <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22354083\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bought<\/a> off the internet that were advertised with claims like \u201cpurely natural products,\u201d \u201charmless,\u201d or \u201ctraditional herbal\u201d found that a third of them contained high doses of the banned drug sibutramine and the rest had caffeine. Wouldn\u2019t you be able to tell if caffeine was added to a supplement? Perhaps not, if it also had temazepam, a controlled substance (benzodiazepine) \u201cdowner\u201d sedative found in half of the caffeine-tainted supplements.<\/p>\n<p>Doesn\u2019t the FDA <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25335153\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demand<\/a> recalls of adulterated supplements? Yes, but they often just pop back up on store shelves. Twenty-seven supplements were purchased at least six months after recalls were released, and two-thirds still contained banned substances. That\u2019s 17 out of 27 with the same pharmaceutical adulterant found originally, and 6 containing one or more additional banned ingredients. Aren\u2019t the manufacturers <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27072845\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">penalized<\/a> for noncompliance? Yes, but \u201cthe fines for violations are small compared to the profits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the ways supplement makers can <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26466580\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skirt<\/a> the law is by labeling them as \u201cnot intended for human consumption because it shifts the responsibility from the seller to the user\u201d\u2014for example, labeling the fatal fat-burner DNP as \u201can industrial- or research chemical.\u201d This is how designer street drugs can be <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23288310\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sold<\/a> openly at gas stations and convenience stores as \u201cbath salts.\u201d Another way is to <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28850291\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claim<\/a> synthetic stimulants added to slimming supplements are actually natural food constituents, like listing the designer drug dimethylamylamine (DMAA) as \u201cgeranium oil extract.\u201d The FDA banned it in 2012 after it was determined that DMAA \u201cwas not found in geraniums.\u201d Who eats geraniums anyway? Despite being tentatively <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25641767\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tied<\/a> to cases of sudden death and <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23397687\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">associated<\/a> with hemorrhagic stroke, DMAA has continued to be <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29115866\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> in weight-loss supplements with innocuous names like Simply Skinny Pollen made by Bee Fit with Trish.<\/p>\n<p>There is little doubt that certain banned supplements, like ephedra, could <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12672771\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help<\/a> people lose weight. \u201cThere\u2019s only one problem, and it\u2019s a big one: <em>This supplement may <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25888621\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kill<\/a> you<\/em>,\u201d wrote a founding member of the American Board of Integrative Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Are there any safe and effective dietary supplements for weight loss? As I discuss in my video <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-are-weight-loss-supplements-safe-and-effective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Friday Favorites: Are Weight-Loss Supplements Safe and Effective?<\/strong><\/a>, when popular slimming supplements were put to the test in a randomized placebo-controlled trial, not a single one could <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/j.1467-3010.2010.01855.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beat<\/a> out placebo sugar pills. \u201cA systematic review of systematic reviews\u201d of diet pills <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20814412\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">came<\/a> to a similar conclusion: None appears to generate appreciable impacts \u201con body weight without undue risks.\u201d That was the conclusion reached in a similar review out of the Weight Management Center at Johns Hopkins, which <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21947637\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ended<\/a> with: \u201cIn closing, it is fitting to highlight that perhaps the most general and safest alternative\/herbal approach to weight control is to substitute low-energy density [low-calorie] foods for high-energy density and processed foods, thereby reducing total energy intake.\u201d In other words, eat more whole plant foods and fewer animal foods and junk. \u201cBy taking advantage of the low-energy density [low-calorie] and health-promoting effects of plant-based foods, one may be able to achieve weight loss, or at least assist weight maintenance without cutting\u201d down on the volume of food consumed or compromising its nutrient value.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the risks of supplements in my video <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-are-weight-loss-supplements-safe-and-effective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are Weight Loss Supplements Safe?<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I referred to a keto diet video I did, check out the related posts below the links to other videos and blogs in that series.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about optimal weight loss in my book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nutritionfacts.org\/how-not-to-diet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Not to Diet<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_social_bottom_trigger\"\/>  <\/div>\n<p><script>\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n            if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n            n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n            t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n            s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '1582627921973608');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are there any safe and effective dietary supplements for weight loss? 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