At least that’s what her father is claiming.

Is it just for the insane energy boost that would provide (not to mention the extreme increase in her heart rate) before a concert, or is she doing that to control her weight as well?

The answer is less important than the lesson. If you even choose to use diet pills, do so very carefully, and don’t use them for an extended period of time (my recommendation is no more than 60 days on with 180 days off).

Some people are making the claim that we’re somehow being inconsistent…that would be like saying that your favorite dessert is pie, and then having some unbelievably good brownie that you now say is your favorite dessert. Opinions change because everything’s always changing — especially in the diet pill arena.

What hasn’t changed though? Well, for one, we haven’t changed the fact that we look first at ingredients and then at the amounts of those ingredients. If research were to ever surface (highly unlikely) that points out that Hoodia is effective (and the research were valid) then we would change our opinion on that worthless, fad ingredient. Until that happens though, we stay by what we’re saying.

The same goes for our recommended pills. As it currently stands, there are no other contenders when it comes to the amounts of those clinically researched and backed ingredients. So those are what we recommend.

I’d give it a long while before subjecting myself to this stuff.  The last time a company messed with fen-phen they were plagued (and still are to a degree) with hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuits.

Not to mention the fact that people’s health was seriously put at risk.

My favorite tidbits:

…the ad claims, the Skinny Pill will “melt away fat 12 times faster than a full hour of military aerobics” while you sit in your favorite armchair happily devouring a heaping bowl of Triple Brownie Chocolate ice cream with a side of cherry cheesecake. Of course, the teensy fine print I read with my neutron microscope suggests that “results may vary.”

and this one:

…the ad promises that my excess fat and flab will disappear right before my very eyes. I guess The Skinny Pill produces hallucinations, as well.

And everyone knows the scary stories about the people that get their stomach stapled and then eat more than they should anyway and the staples bust (mental picture not desired, but I’m getting one).

This pill is supposed to keep your stomach from expanding as you eat more food – essentially the same thin as the staples – I just hope you don’t overeat with a non-expanding stomach…what will bust then?

The founder of that diet pill formulation claimed their acne cleared up and they lost weight. According to Dr. Perricone, that’s to be expected.

What I find amusing is the fact that Lipovox was libeled by various sites on the internet for “making such outlandish claims.” Maybe they weren’t so outlandish afterall. (Hype? Definitely).

Two researchers at Wayne State University have developed a pill they say will allow you to eat a normal diet and lose weight without exercise.They call it Alpha-Fibe FBCX and it’s a natural fiber made from corn.

There’s always something new. I’ll do a more in-depth of review of Alpha-Fibe later. I loved their description of Alpha-Fibe being like a candy coating on M&M’s “lock[ing] the fat so it leaves the body without causing any problems.”

I believe the jury is still out on this one. The key is that you could still eat plenty of carbohydrates or protein and your calorie surplus would cause you to gain weight. As with Alli (I reviewed Alli as well), you’ll need to watch your diet to have the pill work its “magic”.

It’s too bad that Alli has so many nasty side-effects.