Thursday, August 13, 2009

Pills Weight Loss-How To Use It Carefully

By Wan Mohd Hirwani Wan Hussain

Being overweight is no laughing matter because it affects your health plus your self esteem and the longer you stay overweight the more damage is done to your body. Obesity can damage your heart because it has to work harder to pump the excess blood through your body and excess fat can damage your body's ability to process sugar and carbohydrates causing diabetes.

It is understandable that someone wanting to lose weight will naturally try the easiest system around and weight loss pills certainly seem to fit the criteria, but there are certain facts that need to be made known first. One of the constituents of some diet tablets is amphetamines which can pose a danger if there are already health problems to consider.

An overweight person's blood pressure can rise significantly as a side effect and cause a irregular heart beat, possibly leading to a heart attack, not to mention edginess and mood swings when these weight loss tablets are taken. Weight loss pills also cause a person to go to the toilet more as they contain chemicals that act as laxatives and diuretics so the loss of body fluid causes issues of dehydration and thirst amongst others including reduced electrolyte levels.

On the face of it many individuals are willing to take the risk not realizing that when the electrolyte level drops owing to the laxative effect of the diet pills, many essential chemicals and nutrients responsible for the health of the heart are lost and not replaced quick enough. For some time now it has been know that weight loss tablets are addictive and when this happens, increased dosages are required to provide the same effect, eventually leading to the person merely to live from day to day.

So as you can see, taking weight loss pills is not always the best solution to your weight problem and the best way to lose those excess pounds is to follow a diet plan, however not just any program, but one that will give you the option to choose a variety of healthy foods. Learning how to eat sensibly and knowing when to stop eating is the key to losing the weight and keeping it off only as frequent small meals throughout the day will increase your metabolic rate thereby burning more calories.

Another often forgotten problem is the amount of soft and fizzy drinks that are consumed containing huge amounts of sugar, which need to be reduced and replaced with clean drinking water which will also aid any weight loss routine. The number of weight loss plans continues to grow and there is one that will suit everyone provided it takes into account the form of lifestyle they lead and food interests as losing and then keeping those pounds off is a long term project.

When you have gone through all the hard work of getting to your ideal weight, the last thing you want is to start putting it back on again so good eating habits need to be maintained without the use of weight loss tablets to help it happen. Choosing the right weight loss program may require some study however surely if it works and keeps working then it will be worth the effort and will mean that the weight loss tablets will not be needed. If you approach your weight loss with the attitude that you want to see the extra pounds lost slowly, just in the same way they were put on, the chances are you will lose weight successfully and keep it off.

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