Our Thoughts On Weight Loss Diet Pills

In this article, we will talk about the new diet pill known as “Alli”.

But before we start, you should know that us here at Weight Loss Diets Reviewed aren’t big fans of diet pills.

You see, most diet pills prey on people’s desire for quick and easy weight loss. We’re all for quick and easy – but we like safety, too.

Many diet pills, in our opinion, are nothing more than placebos – or worse still, then can be harmful to your body.

The best way to lose weight is to understand nutrition so you can learn how to eat healthier foods, as well as getting more exercise.

But what if you want to try diet pills? Or maybe the new diet pill known as Alli?

Of course, anyone who is looking to lose weight wishes for a pill that just melts the pounds off – we don’t blame you. If it were only that simple.

But there’s a new over-the-counter pill which proposes to do just that by blocking fat storage. Alli is available at your local drugstore without a prescription at half the strength of Zenical, its prescription sister.

Alli is the only over the counter diet pill which is FDA approved.

One takes alli with meals and it blocks 25% of the fat consumed by shutting down the enzyme lipase, which helps to break down fat so it's more easily stored by the body.

This basically results in more undigested fat being excreted instead of absorbed.

The total amount of fat blocked depends on how much is consumed - but it can result in up to 200 calories a day. Studies have shown dieters using alli lose twice as much weight as those on the same diet without alli.

Alli comes with an expensive price, too. You can expect to pay $65 to $75 per month.

One of the reasons dieters lose more weight when taking alli is that it causes sudden diarrhea if more than 15 grams of fat are consumed in one sitting.

That doesn't sound like much fat, but a McDonald's Asian Salad with Crispy Chicken and low-fat sesame ginger dressing has 19.5 grams of fat. 8 ounces of lean hamburger has 21 grams. 2 tablespoons of peanut butter has 16 grams.

You can't save your fat grams from breakfast to spend at dinner, either.

Alli's website recommends that you cut down on fat to the no more than 15 grams per meal (45 per day) for a few days prior to beginning the program. It also recommends that you start on a weekend day so you can stay close to home and the bathroom. And finally suggestions are made to wear dark pants and bring a change of clothing with you to work.

Sounds kind of scary doesn't it? That alone is enough to put us off from using these diet pills!

The alli website also states that once you stop taking alli you may start to gain the weight back even if you continue with a reduced calorie low fat diet and your exercise program.

So alli does work for those who are willing to either cut back to a low fat diet or suffer the pain and consequences of sudden diarrhea on a regular basis.

It works, but at what cost?

Perhaps just a low fat diet and exercise regime would work just as well and not have the dire "treatment effects' of alli.

In our opinion (and it is just that – an opinion) is that you stick with a sold weight loss diet and exercise regime. You’ll still lose weight, you’ll have a better chance of keeping the weight off once you’ve finished dieting, and you won’t need to rush off to the bathroom several times a day.