Do diet pills really work?

How much money have you wasted on fat-burning supplements? Whatever the dollar amount, I assure you that you wasted every penny. Whether it is calcium, CLA, HCA, or some pill loaded with caffeine, no supplement can help you lose inches.

Researchers from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA looked at the latest weight-loss pill to come on the market – a combination of rhubarb, ginger, astragulus, red sage, and turmeric. Sounds exotic, doesn’t it? Well, the results were not impressive.

Twenty-four women followed a low-calorie diet and took either the supplement or a placebo for eight weeks. Both groups lost a little weight, but the placebo group lost more. Clearly, the supplement had no impact on the diet.

But you don’t have to wait around for a "real" miracle pill to come along. You can start changing your lifestyle today to lose fat and improve your health.

Here are three quick-start tips:

1. Set aside one to two hours on the weekend to plan, shop, and prepare your meals for the week ahead. This will help you eat right and avoid junk food.
2. Eliminate all sources of liquid calories. Drink water or unsweetened green tea.
3. Schedule three 45-minute exercise sessions per week. Start with 20 minutes of strength training (you can even use bodyweight exercises only) and finish with 20 minutes of interval training and five minutes of stretching.

Consistency, not pills, will help you lose the weight.

[Ed. Note: Fitness expert Craig Ballantyne is the creator of the Turbulence Training for Fat Loss system. For a free online source of information, motivation, and social support to help you improve your health, lose weight, and get fit, sign up for ETR's free natural health e-letter.]

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This entry was posted on Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 4:55 pm and is filed under Diet and Nutrition, Healthy .