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2012 Fitness and Diet Trends

The Biggest Diet and Fitness Trends of 2012

December 6, 2012

Diet Pills Du Jour

2012 Fitness and Diet Trends

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Diet Pills Du Jour

More than a decade after the Food and Drug Administration banned the diet pill fen-phen, it approved two new weight-loss pills this year. But those drugs, Qsymia and Belviq, weren't the only weight-loss miracle pills on the shelves; like any year, stores were packed with extracts, herbs, and supplements claiming to make dropping pounds easier. At the top of this year's crop were raspberry ketone extract and green coffee bean extract, both of which showed, at the most, moderate effectiveness in tiny or pre-clinical studies.

Tell us, have you taken any of these diet pills?

2 / 12

Diet Pills Du Jour

More than a decade after the Food and Drug Administration banned the diet pill fen-phen, it approved two new weight-loss pills this year. But those drugs, Qsymia and Belviq, weren't the only weight-loss miracle pills on the shelves; like any year, stores were packed with extracts, herbs, and supplements claiming to make dropping pounds easier. At the top of this year's crop were raspberry ketone extract and green coffee bean extract, both of which showed, at the most, moderate effectiveness in tiny or pre-clinical studies.

Tell us, have you taken any of these diet pills?

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