Drugs are not the answer for most

By Lissa Wohltmann

By now your motivation to eat better and exercise more may be waning. You don't have that same exhilaration you did the first of the New Year. You were all excited to start the new year, a new life, a new you. Yes, 2011 was going to be your healthy year because it started out with a healthy week -- or two or even three. Now, however, the fabulous unfailing feelings are falling and you are wondering what to do to keep the weight loss momentum going. 

So, you do what many Americans do, you think about taking drugs. No, I don't mean the illegal kind (even though some try that route, it usually ends in a long-term disaster). I mean the over the counter or physician prescribed drugs. I'm not here to campaign for the "say no to drugs" slogan because how well did that anti-drug campaign really work? No, just want to give you a few reasons why you don't want to take such drugs as the Fruta Plant products in order to lose weight. For one, these drugs have been recalled by the Federal Drug Administration because one or more of the ingredients have been linked to heart attacks and stroke. If you want to read the entire article, just click the above hyperlink.

Then, of course you could pay a lot for Contrave, but you probably wouldn't get your money's worth because even the drug's manufacturer admits it's probably not as effective as previously reported. Now, if the drug's own creator admits this, then how effective do you think it really is?

And then, there is the famous Alli weight-loss medication which some say has unpleasant side-effects. I'll leave the specifics to your imagination. Safe to say, I don't think I'd want to be around someone taking those pills. Anyway, the FDA has already put out the word about counterfeit Alli drugs. A pharmacist may be able to detect a bogus pill, but I'll bet the average Joe or Jane could not.

If you want to learn more about medications, the good, the bad, the ugly, just zip on over to DrugWatch and surf away. When you’re done, go out and play because this will be more helpful for you to maintain that healthy 2011 you.