Weight Loss supplement that actually works?

vitamins are useless ...unless you have a deficit in a particular area. Meaning for example if you have low iron, then taking iron pills with OJ will help get your iron levels up. Otherwise you're just peeing it all out.


More than half of all adults in the United States take some sort of multivitamin; many do so in hopes of preventing heart disease and cancer or even to aid with memory.

But an editorial published in this week's Annals of Internal Medicine says that using supplements and multivitamins to prevent chronic conditions is a waste of money.

"The (vitamin and supplement) industry is based on anecdote, people saying 'I take this, and it makes me feel better,' said Dr. Edgar Miller, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-author of the editorial.

"It's perpetuated. But when you put it to the test, there's no evidence of benefit in the long term. It can't prevent mortality, stroke or heart attack."

Black coffee! Helps suppress appetite, practically calorie-free, boosts energy, and chockful of antioxidants!

Most supplements are worthless. A few have their place but they are not what drives results. The few that are useful are only useful in a sense that they provide things in your diet you might not otherwise get enough of. Omega 3 fish oil comes to mind, vitamin D is another. Fat burners typically do not work, or at least not in the way they promise. They do not directly burn fat. Some of them claim to raise your metabolism but none of them do so in a significant way. They do cause appetite suppression in some. If that causes you to eat less, then they are "burning fat" in an indirect way. IMO they are not worth the money. There is absolutely zero evidence that multivitamins, regardless the quality, have any positive effects on health whatsoever. They are likely not harmful either but again, no research can prove they do anything beneficial. If your diet is in check, you shouldn't need one anyways.

As for a supplement to "boost workouts", caffeine comes to mind. There is a good deal of research that 200mg of caffeine (an 8oz starbucks has 180) can increase the quality of certain workouts. If you want to have a strong cup of coffee or take a 200mg caffeine tablet for energy, feel free, but again, do not expect a miracle.

Cajete wrote: »

Let's be realistic- whilst on a budget getting all your nutrition in is hard. This is the problem I'm currently faced with.

If budget is your concern, supplements are the last thing you should be worried about. They provide the least amount of benefit for the highest cost.

http://www.eatingwell.com/blogs/food_news_blog/best_healthy_foods_to_buy_on_a_tight_budget

Try this link.

CLA combined with green tea extract has been proven to assist in burning fat and gaining lean mass when used with a proper diet and exercise regimen. It's not a miracle pill, but it doesn't hurt.

Cajete wrote: »

I know there's no miracle weight loss pill. I understand you have to exercise with a balance diet over long periods of times to lose weight. This is the healthy way of doing things. However, I was wondering if anyone has had luck with any sort of supplement that will increase weight loss while under these pretenses. Assuming you are eating correctly and working out regularly is there something that is proven to help speed up the process?

are you in a rush?

vismal wrote: »

jvs125 wrote: »

CLA combined with green tea extract has been proven to assist in burning fat and gaining lean mass when used with a proper diet and exercise regimen. It's not a miracle pill, but it doesn't hurt.

Can you share the "proof" you speak of?

This, show us the proof please.

Liftng4Lis wrote: »

IN for magic pills and leprechauns!

Lucky Charms diet? I'm in for that!