It seems that everywhere we look today there is a commercial or advertisement suggesting that every single American could lose inches in hours or turn on the “energy afterburners” all day long with no ill side effects. Would this not be a great world if all this were true, and evaluated by arguably the most trusted nutritional source in America, the FDA?
So what do you need to think of next time you take that dietary supplement?
Research has shown that most people who are considered “medically normal “(i.e no pre-existing medical conditions or abnormalities that could cause adverse side effects with supplement use) do not need to use dietary supplements to lose weight. As is always true in nutrition, a healthy and diverse diet coupled with exercise is all the body needs to return to homeostasis, function properly, and run efficiently for many years. Dietary supplement manufacturing companies know this, so they play off your emotions without informing you about possible ramifications of their product.
The following is a list of those who should consult with their physician before taking dietary supplements to aide weight loss: *#
1. Tobacco users
2. Frequent dieters
3. Those who are pregnant or nursing
4. High blood pressure patients
5. Post menopausal women
6. Non-dairy consumers
7. High fat diet patients
8. Those who are fighting a cold
9. Hazardous material handlers
10. Those who eat cured or pickled foods
11. Suffers of clinical PMS
12. Those who spend little time outdoors
As stated before, most people do not need to take dietary supplements to control their weight. They need only to change their lifestyle and eating habits. For many these are changes that are too great and require too much effort to start and follow through with. For these many, a pill is their “cure-all” and the only way out of being overweight. Next time you see that advertisement telling you that you could be the next top model by taking this pill, reconsider the under-lying motivation of that statement.
*# Source: The Right Dose. Hausman, Patricia. Rodale Press. 1987.
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In our economy today the mass majority of Americans suffer from some type of "over-weight" factor on an escalating scale. Obesity continues to attack the bodies of the weak controlling the mind with one thought...Eat. Our society repeats its repugnant cycle of abusing food on a daily basis, ignoring the consequences soon to come later in life. In far away countries, an enormous belly states a sign of wealth and abundant nourishment while toothpick like figures with rib-cages exposed through skin denotes poverty and the starved.
Yet in our country it means the total opposite.
Obesity is the enemy of self-discipline. With out this, the mind and body continues to decrease its health and continues to increase bodily harm by ingesting larges amounts of unnecessary food. Dietary supplements induce viewers with the thought of a thinner shape and more appealing body. Advertisement behind supplements plays the big dog in assuring its sales of their products leaving only very terse information about how the product can actually work. Exercise and a strict diet are the two missing factors when in comes to supplement intakes. The equation that America has installed in their brains is as follows: Exercise + Dietary supplement= Attraction; when the actual equation they should have embedded in their minds is Exercise + Self Discipline= A healthy body. Think about it.
Thank you for addressing a topic that touches main people in America today, in an informative manner.
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