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Well, I just started taking the Alli “famous FDA Approved” diet pill. I don’t know if it can actually be called a diet pill, seeing it doesn’t stop cravings, doesn’t fill you up after a small portion of food, or it doesn’t stimulate the part of the brain that likes to eat. Instead, removes some of the fat from the food you eat. Alli requires you take this diet pill with your meals (3 times a day). Alli diet aid is the first over the counter FDA approved diet pill. It contains 60 mg of orlistat. How does Orlistat work you ask?
I found this QUOTE from Wikipedia regarding orlistat: Orlistat works by inhibiting pancreatic lipase, an enzyme that breaks down triglycerides in the intestine. Without this enzyme, triglycerides from the diet are prevented from being hydrolyzed into absorbable free fatty acids and are excreted undigested. Only trace amounts of orlistat are absorbed systemically; the primary effect is local lipase inhibition within the GI tract after an oral dose. The primary route of elimination is through the feces.
In laymans terms Alli is a laxative, joking, but this diet pill method does work like one. So it basically takes half of the fat you eat and gets rid of it through your bowels- before the body stores that fat in the normal process. People with an obesity problem and want to get on a weight loss program will have their doctors prescribe Xenical 120mg, (the Prescription Orlistat strength is 120mg), however, Alli the over the counter is 60mg. I don’t think I will take and extra Alli - I really don’t want to have an accident while at work or stink up the place. I don’t know if it is actually making me lose weight, I don’t feel any thinner, and I don’t look it. I’ve been on and off of ALLI for a month, and I don’t feel any different. I’m not an overweitght person, I just have a few extra pounds and I’m a little out of shape. I’m really not the type to exercise, don’t have the time with 3 kids. however, I try to walk at lunch, and I don’t eat much fatty foods to begin with.
I know people are afraid to take alli because of the well known “side-affects”, but I really haven’t had a problem with it. I actually take flaxseed along with it. I do the flaxseed drink in the morning, take my Alli at lunch and dinner- or if I have a fatty breakfast, I will take it 3 times a day instead of my normal 2.
So, I don’t know if this diet pill works, I will give it another month and update after that. |
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