Why would anyone need to use Alli?

by Brian White (Subscribe to Brian White's posts)
Jul 5th 2007 3:59PM

Although the first FDA-approved weight loss drug -- Alli -- has been approved and is now being sold at drugstores nationwide, one has to wonder if the drug is required at all. It makes no goofy "weight loss with a pill" claims an d touts that a low-fat diet and nutritional awareness must be used with it for weight loss.

well, if the only product of this drug is blocking is blocking fat from being absorbed in to the body, why would anyone need to take it? If a weight loss prospect is required to modify their diet substantially anyway to ensure Alli provides the most benefit, why not just modify your eating habits to lose weight without needing a fat absorption drug?

If you're already makes large nutritional changes, going further and losing weight by getting fatty items out of your diet costs nothing, right? I'm not sure I see the benefit of a $50 supply of drugs, but if Alli really (and most likely, subjectively) has worked for you, I'd like to hear about it.

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becky 3-29-2008 @ 8:55PM

im using it. i lost 6 pounds in 2 days... now it's slowing down. ive been eating everything i want. its pretty great.

oh, and im not shitting myself, which is always a plus. :]

Caleb 7-05-2007 @ 8:06PM

Proofread your junk!

michelle 7-06-2007 @ 5:15PM

Sorry to be the one to say this but your opinions are subjective. In reading the blogs on That's Fit for about 6 months, I can tell your blogs in the first sentence or two if not strictly from the title as I did with this article. They are rarely edited/proofread and very regularly judgmental and biased. Just my opinion though. I think the diet pill, if people choose to spend the $50 on it, is going a much better route than any other diet pill. It does promote healthy eating which does lead to weight loss, but I personally have been following a reduced calorie, low fat diet involving regular exercise and am having a lot of difficulty losing weight. If this product can give a boost of even a couple pounds for help and motivation it would be welcome. Also, with the "loose bowel" side effects, it definitely gives people incentive to stay on the low-fat diet. With those kinds of consequences for breaking your diet, I think it may have a lower drop-out rate. Then again, these are all subjective opinions, as are yours.

jaykaydee 7-09-2007 @ 12:49PM

I find it very sad that we're willing to run the risk of soiling ourselves publicly in order to be thin. There's some interesting discussion on the "treatment effects" of Alli here. Well worth a quick read:

http://www.unboundedition.com/content/view/1285/50/

Kurt 7-10-2007 @ 11:29PM

You know, we've all seen the commercials for things like Alli and Hoodia. Heck, I was at the store that day and some them fly off the shelves. But you never hear the results. I decided to skim the web for reviews of them both and posted them on my blog, here is some info on Alli vs. Hoodia and their reviews - http://www.marthasvineyarddetoxdiet.net/diet-reviews/alli-vs-hoodia-review-how-do-they-shape-up