Anyone had experience with or know about cortisol, and more to the point a
product called Cortislim? It's suppossed to help the body rid itsself of the
fat areas around the waist and butt.
I wanted to check with you guys before trying the product, it is kind of
expensive!
Thanks
Fatso - 29 Jan 2004 10:13 GMT
> Anyone had experience with or know about cortisol, and more to the point a
> product called Cortislim? It's suppossed to help the body rid itsself of the
> fat areas around the waist and butt.
> I wanted to check with you guys before trying the product, it is kind of
> expensive!
> Thanks
Nothing will target fat in a specific area (except liposuction). You have to
lose fat from all over your body. Some areas will be harder to shift
(everyone's different) but they will go eventually if you stick to a diet
and exercise. I wouldn't waste money on "miracle cures" making unrealistic
promises, because they don't work.
PJx - 29 Jan 2004 14:32 GMT
>Anyone had experience with or know about cortisol, and more to the point a
>product called Cortislim? It's suppossed to help the body rid itsself of the
>fat areas around the waist and butt.
>I wanted to check with you guys before trying the product, it is kind of
>expensive!
>Thanks
Genetics will be the main determinant of your shape resolution as
you lose weight.
Blame your mama.
Meanwhile try the pilates.
PJ
LCer09 - 29 Jan 2004 14:41 GMT
>Anyone had experience with or know about cortisol, and more to the point a
>product called Cortislim? It's suppossed to help the body rid itsself of the
>fat areas around the waist and butt.
>I wanted to check with you guys before trying the product, it is kind of
>expensive!
>Thanks
It's guaranteed to make you lose weight in the butt. If you keep your wallet in
your back pocket anyway. I like their commercials though. I laugh at how they
claim LC diets make you tired and sick. Riiiiight!
LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 265/234/140
& hubby- 310/260/180
Jenny - 29 Jan 2004 14:43 GMT
No one is selling real cortisol over the counter as it is very dangerous
stuff that can lead to terrible side effects.
The truth about cortisol (of which cortisone is the pharmaceutical form) is
that taking it causes diabetes. Taking too much of it also leads to
softening of bones and the atrophy of your adrenal cortex.
This is most likely another "diet product for people who will buy anything
that they believe lets them lose weight without changing their dietary
habits".
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> Anyone had experience with or know about cortisol, and more to the point a
> product called Cortislim? It's suppossed to help the body rid itsself of the
> fat areas around the waist and butt.
> I wanted to check with you guys before trying the product, it is kind of
> expensive!
> Thanks
jamie - 29 Jan 2004 18:20 GMT
> No one is selling real cortisol over the counter as it is very dangerous
> stuff that can lead to terrible side effects.
>
> The truth about cortisol (of which cortisone is the pharmaceutical form) is
> that taking it causes diabetes. Taking too much of it also leads to
> softening of bones and the atrophy of your adrenal cortex.
They are claiming that it (magnolia) reduces cortisol levels, not that
it contains cortisol. So far, that effect has only been studied as a
possible antidepressant in rodents.

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jamie - 29 Jan 2004 18:17 GMT
> Anyone had experience with or know about cortisol, and more to the point a
> product called Cortislim? It's suppossed to help the body rid itsself of the
> fat areas around the waist and butt.
> I wanted to check with you guys before trying the product, it is kind of
> expensive!
I read the Cortislim ingredients, and it's bullshit.
Basically, it's a non-ephedra, fake ephedrine/caffeine stack, substituting
bitter-orange (synephrine) for ephedra, as many ephedra-free stack
products are now doing. Synephrine works differently from ephedrine, and
is ineffective as a thermogenic just as pseudoephedrine is ineffective.
A synephrine herbal might possibly be somewhat effective as an
appetite suppressant, as PPA was before it was pulled from the market.
(Another relative to ephedrine, former main ingredient of Dexatrim and
some decongestants)
None of the other herb/vitamin/mineral ingredients have any evidence
of aiding fat loss in humans, and no supplement can target fat in a
particular body area.
As to the claims regarding magnolia extract on cortisol levels, it has
only been studied so far in mice and rats. A handful of other common
diet product ingredients work on rats, but were later shown to work
via biochemical pathways that rodents have and humans don't, and proven
useless for human weightloss.

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