Has anyone tried using Ali to help with weight loss?

The side effects/warnings are scary enough. It warns you not to wear light colored pants as basically you can have random, oily, tar-like explosive diarrhea. LOL

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i heard it works but yeah if you eat greasy stuff you can cause a lot of that ugly diarrhea.

I heard a long, long time ago before you could buy it when they were testing it that it could cause cancer. But maybe thats changed now, if it is FDA approved.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alli/WT00030

It blocks some of the fat from being taken into the body you need to take a multi vitamin with in but not at the same time couple hours after taking it so your body getts the vitamins that ar naturaly taken into the body through fat

They never put the nasty side effects in the commercial! They just tell you it is a magic solution. LOL! Only if there was a skinny pill we could all pop that would make us all a size 6. Cancer or not I would be the first to try it.

I've been using it for about a month. I haven't had any bad side-effects. From what I've read people only get side-effects for the first couple of weeks. And if you do a low fat diet for a couple of weeks BEFORE you start Alli you should probably not see any side effects at all.

And the claim is that for each 2 pounds you lose on your own Alli will help you lose 1 more.

I'm not here to say you should use it, just that all these people are overreacting to the potential side effects. I have not had any problems at all.

The side effects/warnings are scary enough. It warns you not to wear light colored pants as basically you can have random, oily, tar-like explosive diarrhea. LOL

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I've used it...it keeps you honest and making smarter choices in what foods you pick to eat. If you have a piece of chicken, it won't have much fat to block..If you eat a greasy cheese burger, your gonna pay with explosive oily diarrhea. lol

Actually there is a little more to be concerned about than staining ur pants. I have tried Alli & so have my sisters. It worked for them but due to pre-existing digestive problems it didnt properly work for me. They eventually stopped using it due to harshness on their systems. I do believe that things work for some people &l the FDA did approve this however on Dr. Oz show just yesterday it was announced several women have died using Alli because it caused them liver failure. It was also discussed that all tests for new rx are mostly done by the fda and that they usually with-hold negative studies in order to promote the new drugs. The reports available to our physicians are usually biased on fda's part & free rx given to dr.'s & clinics to promote later purchases. We should not always assume FDA is always in our best interest but whats in their investor's pockets. I have half a bottle of Alli left. I am no longer going to take them. Wish I could send them to u free of charge.

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hi there I am not on alli,but i am on xenical,which is a precription of the same kind of drug..It has helped me a very little since starting about 6 weeks ago,3 or 4 pounds,not signifigant..it also makes you go number 2 alot and leaves you kind of running there sometimes..but,heres the good side.it does work,it sticks to the fat in your food and makes it come out with your..umm..leavings..instead of staying in your body..I am really buckling down on a stricter calorie count now for the next month to try to lose the weight i need to to be approved for the GP surgery.I am going to continue taking the xenical along with lowering my calories and getting some excercise..I think you should try the alli,or xenical(i am on state insurance so even though my doc had to jump through some hoops she got it covered for me 100%,and it costs $471.00 for 90 pills!)..try it out for a couple months and see how you do..ive only been on the xenical for 5 weeks so the 3 pounds i lost isnt signifigant,but it helped me not to gain as well..let me know how you do Jen in Meriden CT
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Or you can set MFP to lose 2 lbs a week and work harder for that extra pound. Besides I don't think loosing more than 2lbs a week is very healthy (except in the beginning with the whole *water weight thing*)

I think more than anything, it scares people into not eat eating lots of fat for pure fear of crapping their pants. yeah, that about sums it up. I don't think it really 'helps' your weight loss in any other way.