Q&A: What do the labels on weight loss medicine mean?
posted in Society & Cultures |Question by Jenna: What do the labels on weight loss medicine mean?
Usually all weight loss pills say “not recommended for ages under 18.” What will happen if someone under the age of 18 takes them? Will it harm them or do the medicine companies not want to encourage young kids to lose weight this way?
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Answer by ClickMaster
There are several reason but the primary reason is they’re selling junk scams over the counter where teenagers, with immature cerebral cortexes and poor judement, can buy them. The makers of those fake supplements don’t like law suits and teens are the most likely to abuse them and make themselves sick.
Just so you know, what you refer to as medicine is not medicine. They are food supplements. Medicine would require a doctor’s prescription. All US federal health agencies warn against using supplements without the recommendation of a health care professional because supplements are not approved by the FDA, are virtually unregulated, do not have the protections afforded foods and drugs, are not recommended by the US National Institute of Health, do not require any testing, are often contaminated, may not even be what the label says, usually contain cheap ingredients, are often over priced scams, have been known to be dangerous, and can have numerous adverse or unwanted side effects.
All fat loss supplements are scams and don’t work.
Good luck and good health!!
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