Dietary health supplements containing a nutritional health supplement called hydroxycut have been un increased pressure lately by the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA), with even the watchdog health administration calling for a full recall of all products containing in. Hydroxycut, manufactured and sold by a company named Lovate Health Sciences Inc. have been marketed as an ingredient alleged to enable people to lose weight by increasing their metabolic rate, and thus suppressing hunger pangs. The FDA got into the act regarding an attempt to curtail or ban the use of hydroxycut when reports began circulating that the substance causes liver damage, and that at least one death had resulted from its use.
All of this hoopla appeared to have occurred after tens of millions of doses of hydroxycut had occurred, and after hearing about one person dying from its use (if that was even the actual cause of death). The FDA decided that they did not want to expose members of the public from physical harm by taking it. When it first came on the market, the supplement was advertised as having the endorsement of both leading doctors as well as various health officials. The product has been especially used by obese persons, after being advertised to remove up the four times the fat a person would normally lose from diet and exercise alone. From a sheer vanity standpoint, overweight people are often interested in any kind of product that will make them lose a substantial amount of weight in a short period of time, causing them to turn to supplements such as Herbalife ® which contains both the supplements hydroxycut and hydroxygen plus (a powerful “free radical scavenger”).
Due to all the adverse publicity surrounding this product, dietary supplement companies using hydroxycut have undertaken a campaign to try to convince customers that taking it is actually much less harmful than a number of popular pharmaceuticals; including an inhibitor drug named COX-2, said to have been responsible for the deaths of as many as 60,000 people.
60,000 against 1? Maybe the FDA’s whistle blowing has been a bit too harsh, and may prevent people from using a preparation which in the long run may have far more benefits than harm. Even some very common analgesics (such as aspirin) and antihistamines are far more dangerous when used improperly. In the long run, however, there is no “magic bullet” for losing excessive weight, other than a healthy low-fat diet and an appropriate exercise program, based on a person’s age and state of health.
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