Should I or Should I not take Hydroxycut?
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Jury seems to be out on this one and I have to also agree. I am a proponent of using thermogenics but like it's been said people cannot tolerate caffeine and sometimes other herbs and compounds. You just have to be careful. Assess your tolerance by only taking 1/2 doses until you can make a definite determination. And do not take if you have high blood pressure or a heart condition.1
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I'll be honest, I've never taken it religiously, but I have tried both Hydroxycut Hardcore and their drink mix. The first time I took the Hardcore (just the super easy first day recommended half dose) I quickly felt really ill, went to bed, and woke up with vaginal bleeding. TMI right? I later found some instances of it causing miscarriage, but you know, whatevs. After working up to the full dose I was damn near unstoppable at work for like a day. I didn't care for the rapid heartbeat and hot flashes, so I quit taking it. I purchased the drink mix just as a "mommy's little helper" at work on tough nights, and its alright. It gives me a queasy kind of headache though. So no. I'ma go with everyone else here and say it's probably not boost you're looking for.1
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I took them. Ended up having a seizure in the shower and having my chest pounded on for an hour while being driven to the hospital by ambulance naked. So I'm going to go with no. The doctors that I met with afterwards all agreed that stuff is horrible for you.2
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I used the drink mix a few times. It worked great for energy and as an appetite suppressant the first time, but I quickly adjusted to it and it was no more effective than drinking a cup of coffee.0
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It has caffeine. It doesn't do anything for fat loss. Don't bother.0
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trigden1991 wrote: »It will not be at any detriment to health.
See:
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm152152.htm0 -
Do you think I should take Hydroxycut to boost my weight loss?
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You will definitely lose your money.1
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Hydroxycut has twice had to be pulled from the market for dangerous ingredients. AS a "supplement," it does not have to be tested for safety or to assure that what the label says is what is actually in it.
Ergo: if it "works," its probably because its "herbal" ingredients are actually chinese methampetamine:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/business/supplement-drugs-may-contain-dangerous-ingredients.html?_r=0
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Another no.
A gimmick and may be harmful to some people.
Stick with eating less calories than you burn.
It works.1 -
No, I wouldn't take it. Not necessary to lose weight.1
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trigden1991 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 that1 -
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.2 -
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.4
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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.0 -
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/PMC3004035/0 -
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.2 -
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.1
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