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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/sorting-through-non-prescription-weight-loss-supplements/">The Skinny on Weight Loss Supplements</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted May 22, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Kathleen Blanchard</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Everyone seems to want to lose weight.&nbsp; The sale of weight loss supplements is big business.&nbsp; The question is, do they work, and if so, how do they accomplish what they claim? Guidelines from The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease suggest that weight loss supplements can be recommended to high risk patients after six months of traditional weight loss methods - cutting calories, exercising, and behavioral modification. Here’s some genuine information about some of the most popular supplements: Orlistat (Xenical, Alli) The weight loss supplement Alli is FDA approved and doesn’t require a prescription.&nbsp; It is the same as the prescription orlistat (Xenical), but you can only purchase it half strength. Side effects occur when you consume more fat than is recommended. It…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/sorting-through-non-prescription-weight-loss-supplements/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/sorting-through-non-prescription-weight-loss-supplements/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/sorting-through-non-prescription-weight-loss-supplements/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/sorting-through-non-prescription-weight-loss-supplements/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a><br /><br /> </P>