Of course it does not help when the cover of any fashion magazine is pasted with size-zero models. After reading a magazine filled with beautiful, skinny women, people usually feel worse about the way they look, not better. So it is no surprise that the trend to lose weight has taken off in the past couple of years. And with this trend comes the increased popularity in weight-loss products. One very controversial herb found in diet pills or food supplements is ephedrine.
Ephedrine is a natural stimulant found in many diet pills offered today.
According to the Clinical Toxicology Review, ephedrine mainly affects the cardiovascular and respiratory systems of the body. Ephedrine is usually mixed with other stimulants like caffeine and appetite suppressants to create a pill that companies claim help a person to lose weight without diet or exercise. It sounds almost too easy to be true. One user s definition of how Metabolife works is that it speeds up your heart just like when you exercise. However, Metabolife is not the only diet pill known to use ephedrine.