If you’ve flipped through a magazine or turned on the TV lately, you’ve likely seen an advertisement for the weight-loss pill alli. According to the company Web site, “If you are ready to take responsibility, alli and your hard work can help increase your weight loss by 50 [percent].”
Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, remember what your mother told you about things that seem too good to be true. alli works by blocking the absorption of a portion of the fat you consume. Blocking fat is great, but that fat has to go somewhere. With alli, the fat passes through your body naturally.
So, what are the side effects of this? According to the alli website:”Treatment effects are bowel changes that are most commonly caused by eating meals with too much fat while using alli capsules. Such effects may include oily spotting, loose stools, and more frequent stools that may be hard to control.
alli works by blocking the absorption of a quarter of the fat in the foods you eat. This undigested fat passes through the body naturally, and it is not harmful. In fact, you may recognize it in the toilet as something that looks like the oil on top of a pizza.”
Loose stools? Oily spotting? Anyone still interested?
In America, people are always looking for a quick fix. We want to lose weight, but we often don’t want to exercise. We want to eat healthy food, but we don’t want to pass up our French fries and cheeseburgers. Getting healthy and losing weight is hard work. Often, it isn’t as simple as taking a pill.
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May 27th, 2009 at 8:59 am
I agree with the author in that Americans have grown accustomed to finding a “quick fix” for any issue. Instant gratification is one aspect of our American culture of which I’m not very proud. As an avid fan of exercise, I believe that pills such as Alli are indeed “too good to be true,” and the only healthy way to lose weight is to combine healthy eating habits with a strict exercise regimen.
June 30th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
see now i think alli is a good idea cos all it really does is makes you learn to have a less fatty diet because the more fat you intake the higher risk of losing it in ya pants so you learn to cut the fat out of ya diet its a good idea for them who dont have alot of will power because it plays on the insecurity that ya gonna do it in ya pants and so you cut out the fatty foods its a brilliant idea just people dont realise you can get the same tablets of their GP called xenical i think it is alli is overly priced in my view thumbs up for who created it x