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Endurance athletes tend to be pretty driven by nature. Often they will do what ever it takes to get faster. One way many will try to get faster is by loosing weight. Most people will look for the quickest and easiest route to accomplish this and thus diet pills often become an option.
Are diet pills a good idea?
Just recently the FDA called for all Hydroxy products to be recalled and for consumers to stop use after reports were displaying a direct correlation between using these products and serious liver damage.
So what if the diet pill is FDA approved and a Dr. gives it to you? It took many years of people using Fenfluramine-derivative and damaging their bodies before it was finally pulled from the market. This particular pill damaged the heart valves in 1 out of 8 people who took it.
Phenylpropanolamine is a prescribed drug that is often found in appetite suppressants. In 1982 the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that it was associated with kidney failure. It has also been shown to have increased the risk for strokes in young woman. This drug is still on the market and is in other types of prescription drugs too.
Alli, Xenical, and Orlistat are common prescription diet pills that all now having warning labels on them due to the adverse effects they may have on ones thyroid.
Just because a Dr. gives it to you or is FDA approved doesn't mean it's good for you.
Personally I know people who took "metabolism boosters" that can be bought over the counter and now have serious thyroid issues.
In short, a pill is not the answer. In my opinion the best solution is getting to the root cause of the problem. For loosing weight that usually comes down to a healthy diet and exercise. Which takes discipline as many crave or want to eat foods that may be less than excellent for the waist line.
Recent research on dieting has displayed that food addictions are no different than any other type of addiction in terms of the chemical response that occurs in the body. Thus junk food cravings may be better understood by looking at them as an addiction.
This may seem extreme but think of it this way. Your diet has been great, you're loosing weight, getting ripped and you're getting faster. You then get a craving when you drive by a restaurant you love. You pull in a gorge as a "reward" or because it's a "cheat day".
This thought or action pattern has poor rationality. You have been awesome to your body so you decide to reward yourself by putting something harmful in it?
Would you give a drug addict crack as a, "reward" because they haven't done crack in 3 weeks?
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