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"I am almost at the point of considering diet pills. Also, my doctor on the West Coast had put me on antidepressants, but my prescription has expired. Please help me. Sylvia's age, weight gain, and mild depression were common indicators of an underlying hormonal imbalance, specifically estrogen dominance. I told Sylvia that I could help her without diet pills or antidepressants. After following the plan for six weeks, she walked into the office a changed woman. She had lost nine pounds and an inch and a half from her waist." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"She found that there is a sixfold increase in the risk of PPH with diet pills. Pills that were included in this assessment of risk were dexfenfluramine, fenfluramine, diethylpropion, clobenzorek, fenproporek, phemetrazine, and other compounds. Patients taking diet pills for more than three months face a twenty-threefold increased risk. Although PPH is rare, so that the absolute risk of developing this disorder remains small, the certain lethality of it when it does occur should be cause for concern. At this point we can say that any diet pill that actually affects appetite (i.e." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Adolescents using unhealthy weight-control behaviors were at approximately three times the risk for being overweight 5 years later, suggesting that behaviors such as skipping meals, taking diet pills, and imposing strict dietary restrictions may be counterproductive to long-term weight management [224]. Similarly, in a prospective study on adolescent girls by Stice and his colleagues [225], baseline dieting behaviors and dietary restraint were found to be associated with obesity onset 4 years later." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Amphetamines are also used as diet pills, and as a consequence Adderall often has serious appetitesuppression effects: Remember that Jack lost ten pounds when he was taking the drug, a substantial loss for a young boy. Like Ritalin, Adderall probably has some long-term growth-suppression effects, either directly or through its effects on appetite suppression and consequent decreased food intake. Other side effects are palpitations, nervousness, rapid heart rate, and upset stomach. Adderall has also been linked to rare cases of sudden death." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "The Bottom Line Don't take diet pills, herbs, or supplements. Not for a few weeks, not for a few days, not ever. Not alone and not in combination with a diet program. In my opinion, diet drugs are a bad solution in the long and short term, even for people who have a lot of weight to lose (more than thirty pounds). If you are overweight you need to exercise, stop drinking sugar-added beverages, and cook all of your meals at home. If you need to drink soda, make it diet. Water is best. A pill will not solve your problem." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "Connolly and colleagues also found other life-threatening side effects with diet pills, notably the dangerous effects of "fen-phen" (fenfluramine-phentermine) on the heart. Although the combination of these pills was never approved by the FDA, by 1996 more than 18 million prescriptions a year were being written for this combination of pills as a weight-loss treatment. Dr. Connolly and her colleagues noticed an unusual number of young women showing up in their practices with heart murmurs." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Ritalin often has the same basic effect upon appetite as pharmaceutical diet pills. 4. Growth delay. The drug can interfere with growth hormones, and can also delay growth by interfering with a child's appetite. 5. Weight loss. Ritalin triggers weight loss by interfering with eating, and by increasing the metabolic rate. 6. Heart palpitations. The stimulating effect of the drug can cause not only palpitations, but also increased heart rate. In rare cases, it causes heart enlargement and vessel damage, which can, uncommonly, result in death. 7. Nervousness." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Over-the-counter medications such as decongestants, pain pills, diet pills, cold/allergy medications, and sinus remedies often contain stimulants. Prescription medications, particularly antidepressants, asthma medications, blood pressure pills, and even sleeping pills (for prolonged periods), can cause or worsen insomnia. Now, if you've considered these things, had your warm bath, "feng-shuied" your room, silenced your bed partner, and still can't sleep, consider your sex hormones. • Estrogen and progesterone must be balanced for restful sleep." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Here in the United States people haven't yet grasped the benefits of adpatogens, and we tend to self-medicate our low adrenals (and low thyroids) with caffeine, chocolate, stimulants, and diet pills. These only worsen our problems. It is no surprise that coffee shops have sprung up on every corner, and we are growing fatter as a nation. We are becoming a country of hormonally challenged individuals, running on unbalanced hormones and indulging ourselves in the wrong treatments. But treating adrenal glands is not enough. Adrenal glands work closely with the thyroid." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Fill Up on Fiber F^orget diet pills and appetite suppressants. Psyllium, a seed high in fiber, helps create the sensation of fullness while slowing the digestion of carbohydrates. One teaspoon of powdered psyllium seed (found in health food stores) mixed into eight ounces of water may be consumed once a day. But use this remedy with caution: Too much psyllium can interfere with your digestive system. Think—and See—Thin D, on't put fat pictures of yourself on the fridge as a reminder not to eat. And despite what you may have read, don't repeat "I'm such a pig, I can't eat another bite." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Viagra and diet pills were for sale, according to a classified ad in the Forest City Summit, a local newspaper in northern Iowa. "No prev. prescription or DR visit req'd," the ad promised. All a person required was a phone and a valid credit card. Iowans of every age were on regimens of medications. Some toddlers were growing up in a permanently medicated state." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"I told Sylvia that I could help her without diet pills or antidepressants. After following the plan for six weeks, she walked into the office a changed woman. She had lost nine pounds and an inch and a half from her waist. Within ten weeks, she celebrated with a shopping spree for new size 8 pants. In my practice, I have helped thousands of people like Sylvia, people who had no idea that shifting hormone production was the hidden culprit causing their weight gain." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Much more so than the human body, capitalism is marvelously adaptive, able to turn the problems it creates into new business opportunities: diet pills, heart bypass operations, insulin pumps, bariatric surgery. But though fast food may be good business for the health care industry, the cost to society—an estimated $250 billion a year in diet-related health care costs and rising rapidly—cannot be sustained indefinitely. An American born in 2000 has a 1 in 3 chance of developing diabetes in his lifetime; the risk is even greater for a Hispanic American or African American." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"I need substances such as caffeine, chocolate, "diet pills," or even cocaine to "wake" me up. • ? ? ? ? • • For your convenience, this quiz has been reprinted in The UltraMind Solution Companion Guide. Simply go to www.ultramind.com/guide, download the guide, and print out the quiz. Scoring Key-Dopamine Score one point for each box you checked. Score 0-2 3-4 5 and above Severity You may have a slightly low level of dopamine. You may have a moderately low level of dopamine. You may have a severely low level of dopamine." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"But perhaps the most significant moment in the fen-phen saga occurred when a group of researchers in Europe and Canada published a study of ninety-five patients with pulmonary hypertension in the New England Journal of Medicine that linked the disease to diet pills. The study wasn't proof that the diet pill caused the condition, but Redux had just been approved, and news that it might cause pulmonary hypertension could have been bad for sales." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"That's why fad diets, diet pills, exotic supplements, and weight loss surgery are so popular. But these methods can take a toll: on your energy levels, your appearance, your ability to stay trim and fit as well as your future health. We think the SuperFoodsRx Diet is a better way and you'll see immediate results in the mirror. Tour skin doesn't lie. Your glowing, smoother, skin will show you like nothing else can that as your clothes get looser and your energy levels increase and your moods stabilize, your body is enjoying its best health ever." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Today, people are popping diet pills, vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements like candy in the hopes of finding the ultimate quick-fix solutions to their health concerns. Instead of natural cures we should be focused on natural living to avoid diseases that need to be cured. How can you avoid falling for the lies of products that do not work or do actual harm? First, find the right resources that can provide you with unbiased information. Know what you are ingesting and do not be fooled by slick marketing gimmicks designed to make you believe results will come without work." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"Prescription Weight-Loss Drugs The history of prescription diet pills in the United States is full of woe and intrigue. Starting in the 1950s, millions of overweight Americans were prescribed amphetamines to help them shed a few extra pounds. Such stimulants were supposed to be taken for only a few months at a time, but they were extremely seductive. Many respectable housewives became dependent on "speed." This made physicians a bit more cautious about prescribing such medications to help people lose weight." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.) "During the 1990s doctors began to combine two diet pills that had been around for decades. The combination of fenfluramine and phentermine ("fen-phen") seemed to work better than either drug alone. The only trouble was, the combination led to heart valve complications. At about the same time, a new appetite suppressant, dexfenfluramine (Redux), was approved. It, too, was associated with heart problems and a potentially life-threatening condition called pulmonary hypertension." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.) "In addition, investigators þ Rimonabant (Acomplia) Acomplia is different from other prescription diet pills because it works on an entirely new mechanism. It blocks brain CB(1) (cannabi-noid 1) receptors that respond to natural marijuana-like compounds. It is more effective than any other medication for weight loss, helping people lose more than 15 pounds over the course of a year. Acomplia also has beneficial effects on good HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin efficiency, blood sugar level, and blood pressure." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"You might even end up heavier than you were before taking the diet pills. Our bodies are designed for survival, rather than looking good in that bikini. We still have the same genes that we had when our ancestors had to live through famines. A person with stored body fat survives through a food shortage better than a thin person, so our bodies are programmed to store excess calories whenever it can get them, just in case we might be forced to live on very little food in the future." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "Weight loss aids influence any one of these factors, and nature provides many natural alternatives to over-the-counter and prescription diet pills without the side effects. Download the Honest Food Guide, free! The U.S. Department of Agriculture currently pretends to offer objective, consumer-oriented nutritional advice through its well-known food guide pyramid. However, a bit of research into this subject shows that the food pyramid was actually constructed with the help of food industry giants." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "You can lose weight without relying on diet pills. Exercise and food choice are the keys to success with any weight loss effort. Products to consider for Appetite Control Pinolenic Acid (www.LEF.org) <** Baseline Nutritionals Digestive Enzymes, Accelerator and Warp Speed products (www.BaselineNutritionals.com) *¦ LeptiSlim (www.WellnessResources.com) Spirulina (www.Cyanotech.com) Arthritis Arthritis is an inflammation condition. The problem with the conventional treatment of arthritis is that modern medicine and doctors simply try to treat the symptoms." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"People with insomnia are typically advised to avoid stimulants such as caffeine (found in coffee, tea, and soda), diet pills containing ephedra, and over the counter cold and allergy products containing pseudoephedrine. Dietary changes that may be helpful Caffeine is a stimulant.1 The effects of caffeine can last up to 20 hours,2 so some people will have disturbed sleep patterns even when their last cup of coffee was in the morning. Besides regular coffee, black tea, green tea (page 686), cocoa, chocolate, some soft drinks, and many over-the-counter pharmaceuticals also contain caffeine." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"In the 1990s, weight loss pill manufacturers began using highly concentrated forms of Ephedra in metabolism-boosting diet pills that were aggressively marketed as miracle weight loss aids. In typical Western fashion, Ephedra was being put into pills in concentrated, isolated doses—a practice that would be laughed at in Chinese medicine. The active chemicals in ephedra are stimulants, and when taken in isolation without supporting herbs, they can temporarily elevate pulse and blood pressure." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Stimulant medications: Many stimulant medications, such as diet pills and drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), can cause insomnia. Children with ADHD are at particularly high risk of developing insomnia. Asthma medications, and all medications mixed with caffeine, can also cause insomnia. Some antidepressants, some blood pressure medications, and cold medicines can also lead to disturbed sleep. Pharmaceutical sleeping aides: Medications can be used for a short period of time (a maximum of three weeks) to induce sleep." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"The track record for herbal diet pills is frankly rather discouraging. For quite a while, ephedra (Ephedra sinica) was promoted as a natural weight loss aid. Companies producing ephedra products made a lot of money until, eventually, the FDA reviewed all the reports of problems with this herb. The agency determined that ephedra was associated with a number of strokes, heart attacks, and other serious complications and called for its removal from the market. Aside from being overweight, some of the people who suffered life-threatening or even fatal side effects were otherwise in good health." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"Redux was the first half of the famous combination of two diet pills, Redux (dexfenfluramine) and Phentermine—hence, fen-phen.23 Most Americans have heard of the heart-valve damage and primary pulmonary hypertension which occurred in thousands of fen-phen users.24 The resultant lawsuits will cost Wyeth, the manufacturer of Redux, an estimated $21.1 billion.25 Few realize that Redux almost never made it to market. An FDA advisory committee voted 5 to 3 in September of 1995 to keep the drug off the market because animal studies found it could cause brain damage in animals." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"Avoid guar gum diet pills. They can swell in your intestines, esophagus, or throat resulting in blockages or even death. Stick to guar gum in small, safe amounts in foods. together. Some examples and salad dressings. You health food stores. Guar gum, a form of soluble fiber, has been shown to lower cholesterol in numerous studies. In fact, adding gums to your diet can reduce LDL cholesterol by as much as 26 percent." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"But perhaps the most significant moment in the fen-phen saga occurred when a group of researchers in Europe and Canada published a study of ninety-five patients with pulmonary hypertension in the New England Journal of Medicine that linked the disease to diet pills. The study wasn't proof that the diet pill caused the condition, but Redux had just been approved, and news that it might cause pulmonary hypertension could have been bad for sales." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

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