Making news today is this report that the popular fat burner Hydroxycut has been recalled in the United States (see link for video). The FDA is warning consumers to stop using all Hydroxycut products immediately. The FDA has received 23 reports of serious health problems including seizures, cardiovascular disorders, jaundice and liver damage requiring liver transplant.
I noticed that Hydroxycut was still on the shelves at my local drug store in the diet and nutrition section as late as yesterday afternoon, but most retailers have now removed Hydroxycut products from their shelves.
What is important to understand from this is that none of these diet supplements or fat burners are currently subject to testing or regulation by government health agencies like the FDA. These deadly products have been sold in drug stores and pharmacies, health stores and fitness stores under the guise that they are associated with “health” but they are completely unsafe and unproven. In our opinion supplements and diet products should undergo vigorous independent testing by a government health agency before it is released for sale to the public.
The best approach is to avoid all of these chemical cocktails and stick to what really works – a proper diet and exercises that make you sweat and make you stronger.
some people have gotten it right on their comment. ray and gohan for example. the fact that hydroxy cut has caused health problems of any kind is not the issue. the health and well being of americans never is when it comes to the fda. if the fda had a problem with products being sold in america that caused health issues alternate of it’s intended purpose then they wouldn’t put any of the drugs they approve out there. just listen to any one of the phamaucutical ads. it’s called side effects. liver damage, blindness, empotence, stroke, heart attack, possible death. i even heard a high blood pressure medicine that could cause high blood pressure. this recall only means that hydroxy cut didn’t have the right lobbyists in washington. meaning they didn’t pad a politician’s pocket. it’s a sad truth, but hydroxy cut is less harmful then every single product approved by the fda. case in point, cherioes was reprimanded for having the statement, “can lower cholesterol” on their box. because any such claim, if not regulated by the fda, can not be used. it is as ridiculous as anything else i’ve heard.
while the product may not be the most ideal way to lose weight, using aides to lose weight seems perfectly logical. as long as that’s not all one is doing to lose weight.
well got to say im on rays side of this,i want a choice good or bad thats my problem not the goverments
and theres a big warning on the label.
to me its like the eat eggs thing one day you can one day you cant,joggings good for you o no wait it will make you fat and damage your knees, ride a bike o no you cant it will cause an imbalance in your knee ligaments and lead to bad knees etc etc etc .QED
and on another point what happed to your old mans vids the 6 months challenge thing.
HI Alan, ok I see now your point of having a choice. I didn’t think about it like that before and I guess you are right. People should be able to make their own decisions, you are totally right about that. We took the videos down, because his quest was over and he prefers to be behind the camera :)
I was a user of hydroxycut…. until one day I felt I could loose my life more than I could loose weight.
I’ve never felt like that before… the scariest day of my life.
This is a great news!
Hi Zuzana,
just want to say thanx for your fab website, it really kicked my arse, now all of the excercises are here, I can really focus.
Podla mena budes asi ceska alebo slovena, well done girl. Keep up the good work x
Hello Zuzana. Love this site!
I would like your opinion about this:
I’ve been going to the gym since I was like 18, but only for staying-healthy purposes. About a year ago I started to consider to compete in fitness. Now am 26, and I started to train harder this year, and on august I will be competing in a fitness contest here in Costa Rica.
Let me tell you, it is so confusing sometimes to try to follow good advice cause everybody tells you to do different stuff. I try to go as natural as I can without taking any supplements. But for this competition i started to take ATP’s XTRA Creatine Serum with glutamine (Ive been taking it for like 2 weeks), to see if I can gain a little bit of body mass, and I also take protein, but is soy protein. I do this cause I have a slender body, so when I workout I tend to loose weight really fast and I get really skinny, and that is not my goal. So I thought I should use a little extra something to gain muscle mass. I do as you do, I eat every 3 to 2 hours and small portions, and i train really hard. Actually i train like 2 times a day, cause i have to do a fitness routine, so i take gymnastics in the morning, and then i lift weights in the afternoon.
I wanna know what you think about that ATP creatine serum, and if you could please give me tips so I can go very confident into competition.
Well Zuzana I hope you understood everyhting I wrote, cause my mother toungue is spanish so please be patient.:)
THANK YOU!!!!
Hmmm…my post didn’t seem to take the first time.
“There is not such a thing as a magic pill or fat burner that will help you to loose weight without regular exercise and proper diet.”
Dinitrophenol when taken properly has thermogenic effects that will cause the body to burn bodyfat as fuel without any exercise. It is pretty radical as far as thermogenics and anyone wishing to take something like this should do some research beforehand. As they should with anything.
Hello Zuzana :),
Well , i like most of the videos but my favorites are the 20 minutes intensive cardio videos , i just never sweat or pant the amount i do in any other workout routine except in tabata protocol ones, they are really fun and very challenging…:) so, only viewing the videos and seeing u training put me on fire and make me wanna compete against my lazy self:D .If i don’t win this contest i will not be upset because i have won your free videos already , thank you for everything :) bye .
Do you feel the same way about whey protein powders? I try to drink them a few times a day to increase my protein intake.
Thanks