Do You Know What is in Your Diet Pill?

It is so easy to reach for a pill, hoping it will fix all of our problems, especially our weight problems. The television commercials and the advertisements in the magazines make it all look so easy. Take a pill and you will instantly be transformed into that skinny person that is living inside of you. But please stop for a minute and think about what is in those pills.

We all have heard the horror stories about what some diet pills can do to us. We all know that taking Ephedra is bad for us. We all know that the ephedrine caused many dieters to have heart related problems and that ephedra is basically banned from being added into most diet pills. But do you know that there are many other things that are allowed in the diet pills that are still bad. Plus, the herbal products do not even have to be approved by the FDA?

The first thing you need to do is look at the ingredients of what is in any diet pill you plan on ingesting. Here are few popular things you will find in today's diet pills, along with some possible side effects you may experience if you take them.

Citrus aurantium or it could be called bitter orange. This is a stimulant. It is similar to ephedra (which was pulled off the market). Like ephedra, bitter orange has been known to cause rapid heart beat. Many products containing bitter orange also contain caffeine which will make the heart beat even more and increase blood pressure. Bitter Orange is found in popular diet supplements such as: Lean System 7, Advantra Z and Xendrine EFX.

Hoodia. Hoodia is made from a cactus like plant from Africa. The claim is that Hoodia will keep you from being hungry. So far, no evidence has shown any side effects to Hoodia. But it is too soon to tell if it will show any side effects if you take it for a long period of time. The problem with Hoodia is that it usually paired with ingredients such as bitter orange or caffeine.