Alli Reviews
Product Details
Alli is a weight loss supplement that is currently approved by the FDA, because they use a smaller amount of a prescription drug known as Orlistat. The prescription form is known as Xenical. They have sold now in Costcos and Walmarts across the country among others and become quite popular because of their exclusive status.
The Good
Alli is approved by the FDA for over the counter sales. If it were particularly dangerous, they would not allow it onto the over the counter market at all, it would only be a prescription. But apparently in this smaller dose, it is acceptable to that degree. It is widely available and widely advertised.
The Bad
Interestingly enough, despite what you may think about FDA approval, Orlistat was tested and in a year’s span of time, people lost 5-10% of their weight or 10-20 pounds for a 200 pound individual, in the space of an entire year. You should be able to lose that in a few weeks if dieting and exercising correctly. They require that you eat no fat, wear adult diapers because you might have random and uncontrollable diarrhea, and all of the patients in most cases gained the weight back after. They were tested with Xenical doses, not with Alli doses.
The Skinny
Alli is currently under investigation by the FDA for possible liver damage problems. They do not actually advertise themselves as a weight loss supplement interestingly enough. They basically say that it doesn’t help you to lose weight, it just blocks all fat and it has to go somewhere, so you learn to stop eating so much fat or in this case any fat. The problem is when that means cutting out good fat and when you can’t maintain said diet for life. Then it becomes a huge problem in terms of actually trying to achieve and maintain results.