Those looking to begin dieting in the New Year will do well to avoid certain weight-loss pills that have ingredients that may cause heart attacks.

The pills have been advertised as ‘ancient remedies’ from Asia and are widely available from online stores such as Amazon and eBay.

These remedies that are promoted as being ‘natural’ do in fact contain unlisted ingredients and high doses of an anti-obesity drug that can trigger a heart attack.

The US drug administration tested these diet pills that mostly originated in China and found ingredients such as ‘sibutramine’, an appetite suppressant similar to amphetamines that can cause heart attacks and palpitations. The ingredient is in fact used in prescription obesity drugs but the weight loss pills from China were found to have three times the recommended dosage.

The pills that were listed as being dangerous include:

1. Imelda Perfect Slim
2. Lida DaiDaihua
3. Miaozi Slim Capsules
4. Perfect Slim 5x
5. Phyto Shape
6. ProSlim Plus
7. Royal Slimming Formula
8. Slim 3 in 1
9. Slim Express 360
10. SlimTech
11. Somotrin
12. Superslim
13. Zhen de Shou
14. Fatloss Slimming
15. 2 Day Diet
16. 3x Slimming Powder
17. 3 Day Diet Japan Lingzhi
18. 24 hours Diet
19. 7 Diet Day/Night Formula
20. 7 Day Herbal Slim
21. 8 Factor Diet
22. 999 Fitness Essence
23. Extrim Plus
24. GMP

If you’re considering slimming and weight loss regimes in the New Year, alternative medicine and complementary therapy has a number of methods that can help you lose weight naturally and safely.

Learn more about the dangers of obesity and the natural therapies that can help here

Natural remedies from Asia can be safe to use when they are legally sourced and prescribed. Chinese Herbal Medicine is an ancient practice that can help with slimming and weight loss.

Learn more about Chinese Herbal Medicine here

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