How to Use Diet Pills Safely
Some diet pills use natural ingredients and homeopathic elixirs, while others rely on caffeine and other over-the-counter stimulants. Diet pills should never be used as a substitute for cutting calories and increasing exercise, or without your doctor's approval.
Things You'll Need
- Diet Pills
- Pulse/heart Monitors
Tips For You
- Take the diet pill whole, with a full glass of water. Never crush the pill and dissolve it in a beverage.
- Drink eight glasses of water a day. Diet pills often have a diuretic effect - in other words, they cause you to urinate more frequently, which can lead to dehydration.
- Take only the recommended dose. Taking more will not help you lose more weight. It will increase your risk of side effects.
- Check your pulse while on diet pills. It should be less than 86 beats a minute. If your pulse is 90 or higher, stop taking them.
- Follow the diet plan enclosed in the box of diet pills. You will not lose weight if you don't reduce calories.
- Stop taking the diet pills after three months. Some studies have found that the common diet drug phenylpropanolamine is safe to use for up to 16 weeks. Other studies have shown that it can cause health problems in under a month.
