Magical Fat Burning Pills - Fact or Fiction?

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I was walking through Walmart the other day, browsing through the vitamin and herb section when my eyes lit upon the word “Fat Burner” I picked it up to read the hype. I read the label and put it back wondering why so many people fell for it? If you are looking for a magical fat burning pill, read the following article.

Fat Burner Myths
by Donald A. Miller, Ph.D.

A surprisingly high number of books by physicians and nutritional consultants teach that foods in combinations, or special supplements, can “turn up your fat burners”. Publications by the Mayo Clinic, US Government, and other reliable sources all say this is TOTAL NONSENSE.

If one could ignore calories and eat “fat burner” foods to lose weight, the combinations would have to work the same as weight loss drugs, which pose significant health risks.

Here are real ways to “cheat” on weight loss, with drugs / herbs, surgery.

a) Ingest fewer calories
¤ take something to kill appetite
b) Burn more calories (exercise is safest way)
¤ induce fever
¤ induce agitation & hyper activity
c) discard body mass by artificial means
¤ diuretics, to expel water faster than normal
¤ steam room, sauna, hot clothes, wraps to lose water
¤ laxatives, to interfere with digestion, lose water
¤ induce vomiting
¤ cut off or suck out parts of the body

All of these cheats are risky, most are temporary, most can cause damage to the body even up to death. Dehydration can kill quickly.

A safer way is to stuff the stomach with low calorie vegetables, plus a few almonds, which will satisfy hunger and leave no room for steak or pie.

“Reality is
not what you think it is
nor what you want it to be
Reality IS”

** Diet with FACTS, not MYTHS. **

Dr. Donald A. Miller is author of “Easy Health Diet” http://easyhealthdiet.com/diet.htm “Exercise for Juniors to Seniors” http://easyhealthdiet.com/JrSr.htm and numerous free articles on health http://articles.easyhealthdiet.com/.
Seven of ten deaths are caused by preventable diseases.