Why do people ignore the side effects of diet pills? Diet pills are not like vitamins that you can take on a daily basis and be expect to be healthy. It slows down your metabolism and it reduces the body’s absorption of essential vitamins and nutrients. Appetite suppressants could raise blood pressure and irregular heart rate.
According to Wikipedia “Some anti-obesity drugs have severe or life-threatening side effects, fen-phen being a famous example. These side effects are often associated with their mechanism of action. In general, stimulants carry a risk of high blood pressure, faster heart rate, palpitations, closed-angle glaucoma, drug addiction, restlessness, agitation, and insomnia.
Another drug, orlistat, blocks absorption of dietary fats, and as a result may cause oily spotting bowel movements (steatorrhea), oily stools, stomach pain, and flatulence. A similar medication, designed for patients with Type 2 diabetes, is Acarbose which partially blocks absorption of carbohydrates in the small intestine, and produces similar side effects including stomach pain, and flatulence.”
Will you sacrifice your life just to look slimmer? Think about it.
