The TRUTH about "Alli" Tablets

The Truth about Alli tablets!

So the new magic pill is making a killing in the weight loss market huh?

Guess what though?

It DOESN’T WORK!

Yep that’s right, this huuuge media hype and MASSIVE profit making pill doesn’t work
I absolutely 100% guarantee it. In fact if you drop bodyfat (not the same as weight) whilst using it, I’ll pay for a years supply for you.

How it works

Before you can buy the pill over the counter you have to have a BMI of 28 upwards.

My take- first off, BMI is a load of tosh. I’m walking round at 9.5%- my leanest ever and guess what my BMI is? Yup 28!

The products active ingredient is Orlistat. The makers claim that taking the tablet can increase weight loss by up to 50%

What does Orlistat do?

Oh this is where we have a REAL rant and wake a few people up!

The Alli tablets dissolve in the stomach, where the active ingredients orbital binds itself to the enzymes in the body that are responsible for breaking down fat.
In essence, orlistat ‘blocks’ the absorption of the fat you eat and you excrete it (more on that later)

Here in lies the problem.

1-Fat DOES NOT make you fat. That’s right FAT DOES NOT make you FAT.
Sure the excess calories from a high trans fat diet can cause you to gain some extra weight, but its actually excess CARBOHYRATES that are causing the obesity problem in this country and are the reason I see so many love handles spilling over jeans on a Saturday night!

You see, the body actually want to use bodyfat as energy, but taking on as many refined carbs such as bread and pasta and all of the sugary products that most of us do, causes the pancreas to release huge amounts of insulin to deal with all of this.
This, repeated over time leads to a condition known as insulin resistance, where your body will just keep releasing insulin over and over again, many times overshooting the mark of how much you need.

So the fat you currently have stays where it is and all that excess insulin is stored as extra bodyfat!

2- It blocks ‘good fat’ too!
It’s a well known fact that ‘good’ fats such as oily fish; nuts and fish oil tablets are GREAT for helping people to get lean. Well, this great healthy fat is also excreted! GREAT!

Fish oil is actually THE BEST supplement when it comes to trying to drop fat. Click this link for more info-http://personaltrainernortheast.blogspot.com/2009/03/do-you-really-need-supplements-for-fat.html

In fact good quality fish oil actually helps EVERY disease known to man and has MANY great benefits apart from the fat loss thing. It lowers blood pressure, increases cardiovascular health, decreases inflammation, decreases stress and depression; helps treat diabetes so it REALLY concerns me that people are wanting to take this out of our already unhealthy diets!

The side effect of Alli-So now that I’ve convinced you there’s no way it can help you get leaner, lets looks at some more stats.
That fat that was blocked earlier?
Around about 25% of it in fact, is excreted, which of course means GREASY POOS. NICE!
Oh and those greasy poo's can come at ANY TIME, such as when you’re in the gym or on a night out! EVEN NICER!
So unless you want to fill your pants with an oily stool, I’d avoid this at all costs!

What to do instead for fast fat loss
A VERY brief overview!
1) Limit your carbs to only fibrous vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, watercress, cabbage and cauliflower!
2) Eat protein with EVERY meal (meat, fish, chicken etc)
3) If it comes in a packet, box or tin, don’t eat it! Think like a caveman/woman.
4) Take fish oil- this really is a no brainer!
And lastly 5) exercise WITH WEIGHTS. I seem to touch on this every week but going jogging, doing aerobics and suing a cross trainer SUCK for fat loss. Please lift weights- or get fatter!