If
you believe all the ads in the paper and magazines and everything in
the commercials about dietary supplements for loosing weight, we may
have some bad news for you. You want an attractive, thin, and fat free
physique, right? Well, despite the fact that the diet and fitness industry
has never had more healthy products and continues researching and manufacturing,
your weight loss goal has probably never been more difficult for you
to reach.
Despite the fact that the fitness industry is booming—there
is still a tremedous difficulty in losing weight and keeping it off..
Dietary supplements alone are obviously not the answer. There are documented
facts that state that more than half of American adults are unable to
lose excess fat, in spite of their exercise and diet efforts.
Federal officials have, based on these facts, recently declared that
obesity is a national epidemic. More than 60 percent of American adults
are overweight, and 30 percent of all Americans are considered obese—according
to the Journal of the American Medical Association.
We as a country are bombarded with health and fitness marketing every
day, and dieting along with healthy eating has gained a strong foothold.
Presently diet aids that contain the natural substance "hoodia"
seem to work best. Be advised that these diet aids and, indeed, most
nutritional substances are not approved by the FDA..
Here are some facts to help explain the situation:
· Descriptions in weight loss advertisements promise unachievable
goals:
Billions of dollars worth of advertisements for dietary supplements
and diet and exercise services in America more often than not, include
misleading and over exaggerate promises of rapid and effortless weight
loss. This deception is not only devastating and costly to the people
who put their faith in it—but perpetuate the belief that the answer
lies in a quick fix pill.
· In order to survive, the diet industry needs you to fail at
your attempts to lose weight:
The nutritional supplement industry is a business just like any other.
To continue to make money, these dietary supplements will have to fail—so
that the population is constantly buying new ones. Even if you use dietary
supplements in combination with diet and exercise and you are losing
weight, you will continue to purchase these dietary supplements, because
you believe that they are working for you.
· Information about dietary supplements is written by those
who sell them:
This means that even if you wanted to research a product you would only
get the information they want to give you—tweaked information
with the promise of quick results. Few supplements are FDA approved.
There are in fact dietary supplements out there that have been proven
effective when used with a common sense dietary plan. But it is better
to discuss which ones you should take with a nutritionist or your doctor.