Hydroxycut Health Danger!
As I've discuessed many times before, there are so many BAD weight loss products out there for YOU to waste your money on and think you will get good results. Well here's a great result from the Famous Hydroxycut...DEATH!
FDA Recalls Hydroxycut due to severe Liver Damage!
Hydroxycut is now linked to at least 1 DEATH and dozens of reports of serious health problems...
Some of the health problems associated with the Hydroxycut products include
jaundice, elevated liver enzymes (an indicator of potential liver problems), seizures,
cardiovascular disorders, rhabdomyolysis (a type of muscle damage that can lead to other serious health problems such as kidney failure) and liver damage requiring liver transplant.
Overall fourteen Hydroxycut products, marketed as fat burners, low-cost diet aids, and energy enhancers, are being recalled voluntarily by the manufacturer after the FDA received 23 reports of serious liver injuries ranging from jaundice to death.
The FDA announced the recall last week at a news conference.
The recalled products include:
· Hydroxycut Regular Rapid Release Caplets
· Hydroxycut Caffeine-Free Rapid Release Caplets
· Hydroxycut Hardcore Liquid Caplets
· Hydroxycut Max Liquid Caplets
· Hydroxycut Regular Drink Packets
· Hydroxycut Caffeine-Free Drink Packets
· Hydroxycut Hardcore Drink Packets (Ignition Stix)
· Hydroxycut Max Drink Packets
· Hydroxycut Liquid Shots
· Hydroxycut Hardcore RTDs (Ready-to-Drink)
· Hydroxycut Max Aqua Shed
· Hydroxycut 24
· Hydroxycut Carb Control
· Hydroxycut Natural
At the news conference, Linda Katz, MD, interim chief medical officer of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said the agency urges consumers to discontinue use of the Hydroxycut products. Not affected by the recall are Hydroxycut Cleanse and Hoodia products.
The 23 reports of adverse effects include liver damage, elevated liver enzymes (which indicates potential liver damage) and liver damage requiring a transplant. A 19-year-old man died after using Hydroxycut. "The death occurred in 2007," Katz says, "and was reported to the agency at the end of March 2009."
"Hydroxycut products contain a variety of ingredients and herbal extracts," Katz said. The FDA has not yet determined which ingredients or doses are associated with the liver problems, according to Katz.
Other reported health problems include cardiovascular problems, seizures, and serious muscle damage (rhabdomyolysis) that can cause kidney failure.
Tod Cooperman, MD, president of ConsumerLab.com, an independent organization that evaluates dietary supplements, has been testing Hydroxycut products. He hasn't issued a report on them yet.
Cooperman agrees it's difficult to pinpoint which ingredients are to blame. "The products contain many ingredients,'' he says.
The FDA advises consumers who have any of the products involved in the recall to discontinue use immediately and return them to the place of purchase. Though not all the recalled products have been linked with serious liver-related adverse reactions, the company agreed to recall the 14 products, according to the FDA.
So just in case you were thinking about getting some Hydroxycut, you might want to think twice.
As many of you know I use and even sell nutritional supplementation myself (AdvoCare). I researched my products and company very thuroughly before getting involved. I have met and talked with all the scientist, that have over 170 years of experience and are the best in the world. I stake my reputation on those scientists and the products I take and sell. So, yes there are good supplements out there, but there are many bad ones as well. Do your research!
