I have spent a lot of time researching the supplement, and by all accounts it looks safe and effective as a weight loss supplement. Though it doesn't seem to be fully cleared by the FDA, it seems as though it has, effectively, been cleared for by the FDA for 12 weeks of use. What I haven't really found are personal accounts / success stories / any issues taking it. Has anyone tried it? If so, what was your experience like? Did it actually help? Any side effects? Thanks in advance!
There is no such thing as a magic pill. If you feel you need to lose weight then you need to make long term changes you can live with for a lifetime. You have to eat healthy most of the time, paying attention to portion control, and you have to be active at least some every day. That is the only thing that truly works and will work for the long term.
The FDA does NOT approve supplements. They approve drugs.
I've lost about 10 pounds.
I joined a gym!
Don't waste your money.
Remember phen-phen?
I must admit, I researched it and also bought it, and have been half-heartedly attempting to use it. I have lost 10 lbs over the last couple of months with no effort, but that could also be due to the increased amount of stress in my life, as well as choosing to come off of another weight-adding medication.
As I recall, you have to purchase a pure form of the natural supplement, versus a pill with a lot of additives. Look into the % of product actually used in the product, versus fillers.
I take Plexus Slim and Accelerator. The slim is a powdered drink that tastes like a cherry tootsie pop. It has garcinia cambogia in it along with green tea extract and other vitamins. I have lost 12 pounds and 2 dress sizes since the day after Thanksgiving. As others have said there is no magic pill, but I crave nothing, so it makes it way easier to make the healthy choice. I also make a point to drink a lot of water and exercise. My doctor approved it and when I went for my last appointment with her, my blood pressure was 112/60. It usually runs at 120/80. It's great!
Hi Kelly,
Anything that gives you nutrition will help you lose weight. My husband lost 120 pounds by taking a vitamin that was guaranteed to absorb. He was going for " getting healthy" and he did by losing weight. No diet change, no activity change. (Caveat: he was never an overeater and was never a couch potato). This was in 2005 and he has not gained any of it back. He is healthy.
Most foods contain chemicals, whether they are pesticides in the garden or preservatives that have been added later. These contraindicate just like pharmaceuticals do. Your body doesn't know what to do with them so it shuts organs down and weight is gained to protect them.
Sorry I don't have any experience with the Garcinia but I can't imagine it wouldn't be a good thing. The FDA is a government agency that does what government agencies do best....
God bless,
M.
ah man, I'm a sucker, I bought the stupid thing.
just finished the bottle last week in fact and lost absolutely nothing, I feel like a fool, lol. That'll be my last time buying a bottle of weight loss.
My friend and her family member took it and neither of them lost anything either.
Last month however, I began exercising 30 mins a day to my DVD workouts and I have lost 8 lbs. This is NOT because of Garcinia b/c I had no exercise prior to this. Anyway, the percentage is supposed to be 60%, which is what I had but it never worked for me. But...I seem to be immune to any "outside" help aside from exercising!
good luck whatever you decide.
(btw, I didn't have any good or bad side effects - no increased energy, didn't sleep any better, but wasn't jittery or anything, really no changes at all, just increased stressed on having to take a pill 30 mins before I eat, which I can't always plan!) lol :)
Don't eat junk food and work out. You will loose weight.
Fyi.. Supplements are not approved by the FDA.
The FDA doesn't approve supplements (they don't approve food either - no "approved" signs over the spinach display or in the cereal aisle), but may require that they carry warning labels. You have to watch those. It defies logic, for example, to give kids a vitamin that says "keep out of reach of children" because they can overdose!
Most supplements should be made with ingredients on the GRAS list (Generally Recognized As Safe). My concern with something that has a limited use recommendation is, why? If it's a stimulant, then there's risk there (like too much caffeine, those terrible energy drinks and so on). Is it nourishing you? If not, there's a quick weight loss, the body goes into starvation mode, and then the metabolism slows down and weight stays on.
There are no clinical trials that I am aware of that show this as an effective weight loss ingredient. Personal stories - you will find this for most anything that makes people conscious of what they are eating.
But what's in this product? Who makes the one you are planning to buy? (Anytime there is a new fad, every company jumps on board to make a quick buck until the next fad comes along, and there's never any follow-through and there are few if any safeguards.) What are the differences in the manufacturing processes of different companies? Is it even made in the US under near pharmaceutical grade conditions? Does the manufacturer at least have the FDA Good Manufacturing Practices designation? Is it made someplace with no controls at all? Is it non-GMO?
A lot of weight gain seems to be from processed foods depriving our bodies of needed nutrients. ("Enriched flour" for example - it's stripped of its nutrients and then a few vitamins are thrown back in. There's nothing enriched about it!) So we crave nutrients, we eat more, and we still don't get what we need. When they put together panels of physicians and nutrition experts to figure out what we'd need to eat in the typical American diet to get enough of every nutrient, it works out to 4000-5000 calories per day! A prescription for weight gain!
Nutrients, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, etc. all have to be consumed together for each one to have its necessary "partners" for metabolism and absorption. Single ingredients are never the key to any major health issue.
Based on my work as a nutritional counselor, I've seen a few things in the food science world that DO help, but they involve clinical studies, high absorption nutrition, and a full complement of compatible nutrients in a synergistic blend that are also bioactive (survive the digestion process and are highly effective at getting directly to the cells). Vitamin pills (and mineral supplements, etc.) are absorbed somewhere around 20-25% depending on how they are made - with 75-80% going down the toilet, literally. You've probably seen all those studies of municipal water supplies and sewage treatment plants, and you can ask anyone in the septic pumping business - filters and tanks are full of undigested pills.
Effective supplementation is the surest way to weight loss as well as better health and immune system support because you get all the nutrients your cells need without excess calories. Supplements cannot be based on the old RDI levels either - they have to be based on optimal levels - what do your cells need in order to thrive, not just to keep you from getting rickets and scurvy. I only recommend things that have research behind them, clinical data, the FDA GMP seal, ingredient quarantine and pre-testing as well as testing during and after manufacture, and I look for US government patents on entire formulas (not just an individual ingredient) which means the whole thing has been proven safe and effective.
There is no such thing as partial FDA approval, it is either approved or not approved and if it is not FDA approved it is then illegal to obtain in the United States. Hopefully you can find a non supplement way to lose the weight you are looking to lose or discuss with your doctor what is the safest and best way to go.
