[KaraC]

I just started taking Luprinol which is a diet product that is supposed to target fat in the lower body. There is a whole line of these products Anorex and Aprinol (upper body) and some fat creams. I would like to know if anyone else is taking these products and what kind of results you are seeing with them. Please don't bother to bash me. I have read the info and am monitoring my blood pressure while I am taking the product.

[MrsJim]

If you've read the ads - and the ingredients lists - and done a bit of research - you'll quickly find that the active ingredients (for Anorex anyway) are no different than dozens of products that are on the market already - many MUCH cheaper as well. Basically it's a ma huang (ephedrine)/asprin/caffiene stack. There might be some other exotic sounding ingredients in there- but the only active ones are the ECA stack.

I don't know about the other two products since K-B doesn't list ingredients of the products on their website...but marketing separate products for lower and upper body is an absolute sheer genius act on the company's part. That and the very "medical-prescription" - looking ads in the mags and their website. I would be willing to bet that there are people out there buying all three products - thinking they need one for upper, one for lower and one (Anorex) for overall body fat. Means big $$ for K-B for sure. I'll bet all the companies selling the same stuff for $20-$30 must be kicking themselves now!

If you want to know about ephedrine/ephedra/ma huang, just do a search on this site. All I gotta say is, I haven't heard of one single person who has permantly lost bodyfat (and by that I mean maintaining a significant fat loss for at least a year) using fat burners. What I do see with people using this is an initial scale drop (usually water loss and results of the 'speed' effect of ephedrine) then nothing, then as the speed-drug effects wear off, and normal eating returns the weight comes back...

Not trying to bash here - just my two cents. Unfortunately it's been my experience in the past that no matter what I say, a lot of the time the glossy and seductive marketing of the products usually win out...guess you'd call it 'dreams for sale'...

PS - Just checked the website and I'm truly horrified at this company - they are now marketing a weight loss pill for kids...nothing like starting 'em young - kids that age are more apt to think 'I can just take a pill and still sit in front of the TV and eat what I want!' And of course these kids will be targeted for the rest of their lives as targets for marketing further 'miracle weight-loss nostrums'. I'm sorry, it makes me really ill...

No matter what you decide, please do research and take care!