Group: Health Supplements

Health Supplements
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 102, Messages: 16613

Supplements can be a great aid with your health and fitness goals. Combined with the proper exercise and nutritional plan they can be quite effective.

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Someone Gave Me a Fat Blocker...

davidday
davidday
Posts: 79
Joined: 2005/01/28
United States
2005/04/27, 07:07 PM
Someone gave me a bottle of "fat blockers," which contain the following:
- 50 mg Rutin
- 50 mg Gymnema Sylvestre Leaf Powder
- 250 mg Chitosan

Other ingredients: cellulose, gelatin (from capsule) and magnesium stearate.

I haven't taken any yet. What do you think? Should I? Do you know anything about these ingredients?

Thanks!



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SkinnyM6886
SkinnyM6886
Posts: 143
Joined: 2004/10/25
United States
2005/04/28, 02:25 AM
chitosan is the main one, it is fiber derived from shellfish i believe. it is SUPPOSED to attrack fat to it, up to 7 times it's weight, and since fiber isn't absorbed by your body niether is the fat attached to it. Of course this is all in theory i don't know of any clinical trials to back up these claims.
sbroyhill
sbroyhill
Posts: 442
Joined: 2005/04/06
United States
2005/04/28, 10:27 AM
Personally I think it is one of those "miracle" diet items that probably will never work.... but I may be wrong...

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DX14AG
DX14AG
Posts: 1,055
Joined: 2004/07/22
United States
2005/04/28, 02:42 PM
I think that you shouldn't take it and if your goal is to lose weight, just do it the old fashioned way.

DX
2005/04/29, 04:33 AM
it's worth a try...these supplements usually bind to amylase and prevent it from beign absorbed....so any calories not absorbed....are not used by the body so it helps you lose some weight....