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Metabolism and diet pills
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So curiousity got me. These diet pills that supposidly increase your metabolism, well, say you took them for a month, when you stopped taking them would your metabolism go back to normal, or would it be slower than normal?
P.S. This is nothing more than a curiousity question. I'm not planning on wasting my money and this is not a question "for a friend" and all that, so we don't need to get into the pointlessness of them
P.S. This is nothing more than a curiousity question. I'm not planning on wasting my money and this is not a question "for a friend" and all that, so we don't need to get into the pointlessness of them
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i think you are right, i know someone who has been taking those and she constantly shakes and says she can actually feel her heart constantly beating fast. i think it sounds dangerous and i can only imagine that any weight you lose you would just put back on when u finish taking the pills anyway.
I feel like that when I have a few too many pro-plus tablets on days where I'm tired. Its horrible.
Thanks. I was thinking it would go back to what it was when it was normal, but then wondered why when people stop taking them they balloon right up, that maybe it was because your metabolism went slower, I'm full of curiousity, thanks.
I think I may have read about med research into 'pills' that create the opposite effect, to make the cells less inclined to store, or maybe to just turn off the starvation mode switch. whatever. the diet industry's huge- career potential in abundance...
They are largely banned now but the origional slimming pills were amphetamine group drugs (now some have ephadrine in). These would have the effect you describe.
They speed up the burning of calories, increase energy so you are more active, decrease hunger, and stimulate the 'fight or flight' response of the body so it grabs at any energy it can get, even stored fats which are hard to digest. So on paper amphetamines are good slimming pills. But there is a massive list of down sides both health and emotional.
I've heard reports of a drug like that in the testing phase for a while, its supposed to be the magic bullet for obesity, except of course its not because it wont get people off their arses.
what are the side-effects of short term use?
Never again! Never felt my heart beat so fast in my life.
No, anything which is even like amphetamine is banned in the UK.
I dont know if it does.
Apparently it contains a mild thyroid stimulant, which speeds up the body's metabolic rate. It's got all herbal shit in it.