Should I or Should I not take Hydroxycut?

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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Bwrock84 wrote: »
    Do you think I should take Hydroxycut to boost my weight loss?

    Nope.

    It won't work if you eat at maintenance or above, but it will work if you eat at a calorie deficit.

    Since a calorie deficit is the only thing required to lose weight, why waste your money on hyroxycut?
  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
    Another no.
    A gimmick and may be harmful to some people.
    Stick with eating less calories than you burn.
    It works.
  • cdahl383
    cdahl383 Posts: 726 Member
    No, I wouldn't take it. Not necessary to lose weight.
  • suzyjane1972
    suzyjane1972 Posts: 612 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    Dove0804 wrote: »
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Probably not, if you value your health :#

    Oh - and weight loss can't be "boosted", you lose weight by having a sustained calorie deficit.

    It will not be at any detriment to health. However fully agree with your second point. Caloric deficit is the only way to lose weight.

    Remember, just because something's called a "supplement" doesn't make it safe.

    I don't recall stating that. The main ingredient is caffeine which is not unsafe.

    Try telling a heart patient that
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    A few years ago, Consumer Reports did a study and analyzed the ingredients of common weight-loss supplements. Many contained ingredients not listed on the label and in amounts inconsistent with the labeling.

    There was one, and I forget the name now, but the type of chromium it contained wasn't chromium picolinate, but hexavalent chromium--as in the kind that Erin Brockovich found in the water that was poisoning that entire town. It was listed as "chromium" on the label. I would have assumed it was chromium picolinate as that kind is common in weight loss supplements.

    Scared me out of ever trying them.
  • lissadecker
    lissadecker Posts: 220 Member
    I used to work in the supplement industry. I was talking with our resident physician one day. His job was to help develop formulas for our house brands. He said to me once, "All of these supplements work if you make the appropriate changes in your diet and exercise routine. NONE of them work if you don't make these changes. What does that tell you?" Since then I pretty much stay away from most supplements other than protein powders and some vitamins.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    It has caffeine. It doesn't do anything for fat loss. Don't bother.

    Caffeine is a well known and deeply studied thermogenic which CAN help fat loss.
  • tcatcarson
    tcatcarson Posts: 227 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Probably not, if you value your health :#

    Oh - and weight loss can't be "boosted", you lose weight by having a sustained calorie deficit.

    It will not be at any detriment to health.

    Saw this - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004035/
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    It has caffeine. It doesn't do anything for fat loss. Don't bother.

    Caffeine is a well known and deeply studied thermogenic which CAN help fat loss.

    Not really. A few calories' worth. Not enough to make overpriced caffeine pills worth the cost when you can get caffeine a dozen other ways.
  • Colorscheme
    Colorscheme Posts: 1,179 Member
    edited July 2016
    Ok, out of curiosity I took a Hydroxycut pill because I got it as a sample from Netrition and it made me so jittery, nauseous and icky. I threw out the rest of the sample because the side effects were horrible.
  • Australorp
    Australorp Posts: 23 Member
    edited July 2016
    Apparently the type of chromium compound can make a difference (as long as it's not the toxic kind!): chromium picolinate can cause weight gain, but chromium nicotinate helps with weight loss.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9268955
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I don't know why anyone would want to take hydroxycut after reading this thread. No amount of promised weight loss would make me risk putting this stuff in my body.

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