Are diet pills safe?

According to the latest WHO data, about 1.9 billion adults are overweight. This leads to an increased risk of morbidity with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus and the development of pathology from the musculoskeletal system. In addition, overweight people have a few years less life expectancy.

Instead of regular exercise and the transition to a healthy balanced diet, many people place all their hopes on drugs for weight loss. What are the main groups of weight loss drugs? Consider the safest weight loss products.

The main effects of weight loss drugs on the body

Nutritionists and WHO experts recommend limiting the intake of high-calorie foods and expanding the menu with fruits and vegetables, grain products, and exercising. Along with this, some people use drugs for weight loss in order to achieve the maximum effect in a short time. But recently, healthy eating and regular exercise have faded into the background, and the "magic pill" is preferred.

Drugs used to treat obesity include pharmacological agents that reduce the feeling of appetite, absorption of calories, thereby reducing body weight.

Antiobesity drugs work as follows:

• affect the body's ability to absorb only certain substances from ingested food;
• affect the metabolic rate, increasing it ("thermogenics" and "lipotropics")
• suppress appetite: catecholamines and their derivatives, drugs that block cannabinoid receptors, drugs of central action – anorexics, homeopathic medicines.

In addition to these weight loss drugs, ballast drugs are used that have an indirect mechanism of action, drugs with laxative effects and diuretics.

 Homeopathic preparations for weight loss

Homeopathic medicines are known for their effectiveness and also for bringing the desired effect after a while. The effectiveness of homeopathy has also been proven in reducing body weight. Homeopathic medicines are well tolerated by all patients, they do not have side effects, as they do not have a dose of substances, and it is impossible to overdose the body with these substances.

When combined with a proper diet and diet, as well as regular exercise, homeopathic remedies help overcome nutritional stress and cope with dietary depression, which often leads to treatment withdrawal. These effects occur due to the effect in the brain on the centers of hunger and satiety. As a result, appetite decreases, and the feeling of fullness comes much earlier. Feeling less hungry.

This leads to a painless reduction in the amount of food consumed by a person. To reduce body weight, the drug trituration madara is often used, which is made on the basis of an extract of the plant Colotropis gigantean.

Ballast substances for weight loss

Slimming products that contain fiber in the form of undissolved dietary fiber have the versatility for weight loss and neutrality, because they are odorless and tasteless, and also do not cause side effects.

Fiber works only mechanically – when ingested, fiber swells in the intestines under the influence of liquid. At the same time, fiber takes up a lot of space and practically "does not let" other food, increasing the feeling of satiety and reducing the patient's hunger. When fiber is in the stomach, especially if it is in capsules (microcrystalline cellulose), it serves as a nutrient material for the microflora.

Cellulose also affects intestinal motility, strengthening it, and thus helps its regular cleaning. But there are also negative properties of fiber - it reduces the absorption of vitamins and trace elements. Therefore, when taking fiber for the purpose of losing weight, it is necessary to introduce additional vitamin and mineral complexes into the diet.

Against the background of eating foods rich in fiber, it is possible to reduce the therapeutic effect of certain medicinal substances. Soon there will be developments by American scientists - hydrogel capsules. When they get inside, the hydrogel capsules mix with the food entering the stomach. All this swells, increases in volume, which causes a feeling of desired satiety and is effective for reducing body weight.

Tremogenics and lipotropics are the main drugs for weight loss

The action of thermogenics (caffeine, guarana) is based on the effect on the thermoregulatory center and the increase in body heat production. The body temperature rises by 0.5-2⁰ C. At the same time, the body needs additional calories. The body receives these calories from the breakdown of its fats. Caffeine is rarely used as a weight loss drug, as it slightly increases heat production, and besides, it can cause side effects – these are excessive sweating, sleep disturbances, heart rhythm disturbances.

Guarana extract is similar to caffeine in its action. The advantage of guarana is its natural origin, and this helps to avoid negative consequences when taking it. Long-term consumption is undesirable, although the effect of long-term use does not decrease. Guarana is not addictive.

The action of such weight loss drugs as lipotropics is associated with the cessation of the production of fat molecules in the hepatocytes of the liver and the breakdown of fatty tissues into fatty acids. The most famous lipotropic drug is  bromelain. This is an enzyme that is isolated from pineapple.

It is a proteolytic, so it regulates body weight by improving digestion. Also, bromelain promotes the rapid breakdown of proteins and speeds up the process of amino acids entering the bloodstream. These amino acids are essential for the growth and development of muscle tissue.

Drugs for weight loss or a healthy lifestyle? The choice is yours    

It is important to remember that dietary supplements designed as weight loss preparations, which supposedly contain only natural ingredients, may contain dangerous chemicals or the most common diuretics or laxatives that are very detrimental to any body, even healthy and with the right metabolism.

Therefore, when deciding to use drugs for weight loss, it is worth weighing all the pros and cons. Having decided nevertheless to control your body weight and metabolism with promising drugs, you need to become well acquainted with their mechanism of action and possible side effects. After all, no weight loss drugs will improve metabolism like a rational balanced diet with natural products. And no supplement can shrink your waist or hips as much as regular sports and exercise.

But these procedures should also be approached wisely: physical activity should be started from the minimum, constantly increasing, and in nutrition it is worth knowing when to stop.