What Is the Alli Diet?
Alli is a diet aid drug meant to assist with weight loss and to teach healthy eating habits for the user to continue after going off the drug. It does this by making situations uncomfortable and inconvenient for a user who indulges in a meal with too much fat. The user will become used to eating less-fattening foods and therefore be able to move forward with a weight-loss plan without the drug when the time comes. Does this Spark an idea?
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Background
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Alli is the first over-the-counter weight loss drug approved by the FDA. You can buy it at any grocery or health food store if you are older than 18. It is a low-dose version of the drug Xenical or Orlistat. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare sells Alli, packaging it as part of an overall diet and fitness program.
How It Works
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According to www.allidrugonline.com, the Alli pill works by blocking the absorption of about 25 percent the fat a person consumes. The fat passes from the body in stools, which are usually loose or oily because of the pill. In clinical trials, obese subjects lost between 5 and 6 pounds more than people who took dummy pills.
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Advantages
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Alli is a weight-loss aid. The makers market it as part of a diet and exercise regimen. Along with helping the buyer lose 50 percent more weight than she would without Alli, it teaches users how to diet properly. A meal with more than 15 grams of fat can cause incontinence and uncomfortable gastrointestinal effects. Therefore the taker is forced to learn to eat correctly.
Disadvantages
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The main disadvantage that the website lists is that, while blocking the enzyme, Alli will also block certain types of nutrients from completely absorbing into the system. This can be remedied by taking a multivitamin.
One disadvantage, that you might not realize until you start taking the pill, is that it makes it necessary for you to be near a bathroom at all times. Even if you are eating correctly, when you first start taking the pill, much of the fat you take in is basically flushed back out. This can be embarrassing if you are not careful.
Product Warnings
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Alli, as with every drug, is not for everyone. Here are the product warnings as listed on the site: "Alli diet pill should be taken thrice a day with meals containing fat that should not be more than 15 grams of fat per meal. Patients suffering with diabetes, thyroid disease or who are on blood thinning medicines should consult doctors before starting Alli."
Also, "people who have problems absorbing food, gall-bladder problems, are pregnant or are breast-feeding should not take Alli diet pill."
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