BREAKING NEWS: Stop Using Hydroxycut, says FDA
Makers of the diet supplement Hydroxycut has agreed to pull 14 of its products from shelves after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration linked the product to severe liver damage and one death.
The product is touted as being "natural," but dietary supplements are not regulated. For the full story, click here.
Most experts (including SparkPeople.com) advise against using diet pills and other quick fixes to lose weight. America's top sports nutrition expert Dave Ellis recently spoke out against dietary supplements during an interview with the dailySpark.
"The supplement industry: There's no defending them," said Ellis. "The bad news is they've been selling a lot of hype for a number of years. They always overpromise. Sadly, because it's an unregulated industry, most of the companies are more marketing entities than scientific good manufacturing driven companies. It's an awkward deal to teach an athlete the difference between a marketing concept and a (real supplement)."
Hydroxycut, which sold more than 9 million units of its products last year, was linked to liver damage that resulted in a transplant in 2002, liver failure, jaundice, seizures and cardiovascular problems.
Have you ever tried Hydroxycut? What do you think about diet pills and supplements?
The product is touted as being "natural," but dietary supplements are not regulated. For the full story, click here.
Most experts (including SparkPeople.com) advise against using diet pills and other quick fixes to lose weight. America's top sports nutrition expert Dave Ellis recently spoke out against dietary supplements during an interview with the dailySpark.
"The supplement industry: There's no defending them," said Ellis. "The bad news is they've been selling a lot of hype for a number of years. They always overpromise. Sadly, because it's an unregulated industry, most of the companies are more marketing entities than scientific good manufacturing driven companies. It's an awkward deal to teach an athlete the difference between a marketing concept and a (real supplement)."
Hydroxycut, which sold more than 9 million units of its products last year, was linked to liver damage that resulted in a transplant in 2002, liver failure, jaundice, seizures and cardiovascular problems.
Have you ever tried Hydroxycut? What do you think about diet pills and supplements?
