Hydroxycut?

Bump....thinking about taking it...curious to see what responses you get.

My husband took it for a month and his Dr called him telling him to stop because it his bloodwork was all over the scale in a bad way.

I've had more success eating better foods and working out vs when I took that product years ago.

i tried it years ago but couldn't stay on it. it made me extremely jittery.

I think it is a bad idea. For one, it was in the news not too long ago for a huge stock having to be recalled (scary!). Also, I took it to try a 'quick fix' diet, and all it does is make you super jittery, weird heart rates, etc. Stick with healthy foods, exercise, and those pounds will come off soon enough. I think anything you lose with pills just comes back on again (and then some) after you stop taking them.

My hubby took it and barely lost anything. He was always cranky and had terrible anger. People would set him off and he'd snap. We weren't together at the time. He told me about the experience. He said it's better to do it on your own and he did. He lost 80lbs in 7 months with lots of cardio and high protien and low carb diet. He is a 34

Serious Health Risks

FDA has received 23 reports of serious health problems ranging from jaundice and elevated liver enzymes, an indicator of potential liver injury, to liver damage requiring liver transplant. One death due to liver failure has been reported to the FDA.

Liver injury, although rare, was reported by patients at the doses of Hydroxycut recommended on the bottle. Symptoms of liver injury include jaundice (yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes) and brown urine. Other symptoms include nausea, vomiting, light-colored stools, excessive fatigue, weakness, stomach or abdominal pain, itching, and loss of appetite.

Other health problems reported include seizures; cardiovascular disorders; and rhabdomyolysis, a type of muscle damage that can lead to other serious health problems such as kidney failure.

FDA urges consumers to stop using Hydroxycut products in order to avoid any undue risk, says Linda Katz, M.D., interim chief medical officer of FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. "Adverse events are rare, but exist," Katz says. "Consumers should consult a physician or other health care professional if they are experiencing symptoms possibly associated with these products...


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I use Sub -Q. It works well and the only stim is caffine. I get no jitters at all. I almost had a stroke with hydroxycut. I was in and out of consciousness for 4 hours. Look up sub-q.

I took them back in the late 90's before they took the good stuff out and was at the smallest I've ever been at. I'm currently on a doctor prescribed one atm, and am having good results so far. IMO, I haven't heard the best results since. You can probably get a cheaper version through mail order and give you just as good results.

A friend of a friend took it and ended up in full organ failure. This happened over a year ago and i believe he's still having major complications. His life will never be the same all to just lose a few quick lbs. Please do not take it, save your life by doing it on your own!

Anything that says I cannot eat at any time other than the meals they tell me with no snacks is never going to be in my possession. I work out. Hard. My body tells me when I need fuel and what kind Not a box.

Its not a "diet pill" I take 1 pill between breakfast and lunch. Its an appetite suppressor so you dont feel hungry and binge. If you take the max dosage it does give you the jitters for sure. I take it when I THINK im feeling hungry.. the pains go away and im good till lunch and I eat a smaller portion too. I have a protein shake at about 4, work out from 5-6 and Im good. You can do without it for sure, if you feel hungry, have a fruit or some veggies.

This is what i don't get about those pills. They all say "use with a diet and exercise plan" If you don't diet or exercise it's not going to work. Okay that's fine. So you diet and exercise and take these pills and you lose some bodyfat. That's cool, so was it the pills that reduced the bodyfat, or the diet and exercise? I think pills are a scam.

I've blogged about this topic already in my health blog, feel free to read it, better that than reposting it all.

http://bankshealth.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/my-take-on-diet-pills/

I am in a modeling agency, (from 20 lbs ago) and we got a offer to do a Hydroxycut commercial, the factors for the job was you had to be able to lose 20 lbs, and they wanted you to lose 20 lbs without using Hydroxycut because of the risks, sounds a little two faced to me. So I can tell you that the models that you see on the commercial before/after pictures did it without Hydroxycut.

I agree with everyone else. I used it for a period of maybe a few weeks a while back. I saw results but not anything to brag about. I think it was mostly just mental... knowing that I was on a new supplement and working out harder just because I thought I could with this new "magic" pill. My advice.. push yourself to eat right and exercise harder without the pill. You'll save yourself the heart attack later on.. literally.