Can Any Diet Pills Trim Your Tum? ; We Spend Millions On Slimming Pills and Diet Aids. Our Expert Put Top Brands to the Test ... And Was Surprised by What She Found [Scot Region Edition 2]
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A SLIMMING pill that boosts weight loss by up to 50 per cent -- that's the claim being made for Alli, a drug that will soon be available without prescription.
The downside is that only people with a Body Mass Index of 28 or above (a normal BMI is between 20 and 25) will be allowed to buy the Pounds 1-a-day pill. However, there are still plenty of other slimming pills available, and last year dieters spent Pounds 47 million on pills and other diet aids, according to market research company IRI. But is it money well spent? We asked Lorraine McCreary, a state registered dietician who runs a diet advisory service, to assess a range of popular pills and other diet aids. LOUISE ATKINSON reports on her findingsSee the full content of this document
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Can Any Diet Pills Trim Your Tum? ; We Spend Millions On Slimming Pills and Diet Aids. Our Expert Put Top Brands to the Test ... And Was Surprised by What She Found [Scot Region Edition 2]
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Pounds 11.95 for 100 (take three a day) MAIN INGREDIENTS: Fucus - - a dried seaweed extract.CLAIMS: 'Can help speed up weight loss naturally.' WHAT IT'S LIKE: White sugar-coated pill.VERDICT: Fucus is high in iodine, an essential ingredient of the hormone thyroxin, which the body uses to regulate metabolism. The idea is that fucus will stimulate the thyroid, increase your meta...See the full content of this document