‘Weight Loss pill’ is a magic word for millions of people today who are suffering from low self-esteem owing to their excess body mass. Obesity is an increasing concern these days amongst a major population especially belonging to an urban setting. This was never such an issue in the olden days because men and women had active lifestyles and they were never dependent on anything else to get their work done. There was a lot of physical activity. On the contrary, owing to an advanced development in technology life has been made extremely easier as compared to the ones experienced by our ancestors. Young men and women have to cope up with a fast-paced lifestyle although it is also a bit lethargic since most of the working force works sitting in front of a computer. At home there are various machines to assist them in common household chores. As far as nutrition is concerned, people hardly find the time to calculate their calorie intakes and inculcate a regular exercising routine into their day to day lives.

Due to all these problems many men and women have been a victim of obesity and frequent weight gain. Vast consumption of fast food just because they are easy to obtain is an increasing practice that is also a major cause of this weighty issue. The most obsolete yet most effective way of weight loss has always been regular exercise and balanced diet. However, people seldom do get a chance to maintain such a lifestyle and even if they do, it doesn’t take much time for them to indulge back into the unhealthy eating and drinking habits, just because they are so very convenient and satisfying. Nothing in life comes easy. One has to strive hard to achieve their long term goals. Since time is a constraint, one can do nothing but opt for methods that help them achieve their goals short term.

Many businessmen have taken this situation to their advantage and have continuously invested on research of weight loss drugs and their marketing to a major chunk of population that needs them. Weight loss supplements are advertised almost anywhere and everywhere we look. The most being on the internet since this attracts a lot of the younger generation. No matter whether the aim of weight loss is to look gorgeous or is to serve as a cure to diseases like Type II Diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoarthritis, heart diseases to name a few, people do settle for the various ‘magic pills’ available in the market. While most of them are medically proven to be effective they also might cause harm to the health in the long term.

The pills available in the market are most of the times appetite suppressants which in common term means it suppresses your appetite and you do not feel hungry like you used to. The other category of pills belongs to fat absorption inhibitors that reduce the absorption of fat in the blood stream and it is thus excreted out of the body. Some of these drugs are Fucoxanthin, Hoodia, Guarani, Chromium Picolinate, Garcinia Cambogia, Glucomannan, Apple Cider Vinegar, Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA), Chitosan, Ephedra, Bitter Orange, Meridia, Phentermine, Xenical and so on.

However, the appetite suppressant nature of the drugs contradicts the body’s actual biological functioning. When the body receives lesser food than the usual, signals are sent within the nervous system suggesting a shortage of nutrients thus causing fat storage in the body so as to compensate for the loss. This also lowers the metabolism. On the contrary, when the body receives food in adequate quantities in regular intervals the metabolism is kept constant and the body does its part in retaining the nutrients and discarding the unwanted substances. In case of women, as they grow older they need vitamins and calcium supplements but since appetite suppressants block the amount of food required by the body these nutrients are missed out on. Moreover, one cannot depend on these pills forever, thus as soon as you tend to gain immediate effects and stop taking these pills you tend to overeat again given the fact that you have been controlling yourself off the indulgence for long.

Thus depending on your bodily conditions and under an expert supervision use of weight loss drugs is recommended but the more smarter way of approach to this problem is to change your eating habits and your lifestyle into a healthy one with consistency in intake of foods that you like and regular exercise that helps build muscle thus burn more calories.