Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Diet Pill Warning How timely. Just when half the country is looking for an easy way lose weight in 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come out with a warning about tainted, unsafe weight loss pills. This is not just one product, but actually more than 25 different products that contain dangerous chemicals. So far, there's no recall and these products are still available to consumers, so if you've got a bottle of "natural" or "herbal" weight loss pills in the house, check to be sure that yours isn't on the list of tainted products. Come on, we all know that these kinds of products aren't the answer anyway. We think it would be wonderful if we could just pop a pill once a day and have the figure of a supermodel. Sure, weight loss pills and slimming diets can help us lose a few pounds, but once you're off the diet, the pounds always creep back. To risk sounding old and wise, I have to tell you that it's all about your every day food choices and exercise. Really. You know I like to ride my bike, and I have to confess that I'm riding my stationary bike while I'm writing this. That's right, I can pedal and type at the same time. I get some exercise and changed my diet and I'm here telling you it works and it's not so terrible. I needed a nutritionist to help me figure out what I need to do, but if you don't want to spend the money then head to nutrition.gov and read up. Make a little effort, and you'll get the lasting weight control you're looking for and you won't need the silly pills after all. - Joanne [Gov Gab: Your U.S. Government Blog] 6:56:46 PM

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