Did anybody notice that Md6 was mention in Time magazine? The article is about fat burners in the family health section (towards the end of the magazine) and the article states that fat burners do not work period and are just to dangerous. This article makes me mad mostly for the fact that he wrote his unbias opinion, he has no proof or can backup any of his claims. The doctor that wrote this article states that he couldn’t find any evidence that these pills work after spending a few hours online, and speaking to several manufacturers! What? Where is his research? I can’t believe that Time even printed this article that full of false information. This is merely another article that is bashing something that they are agnist and truly don’t know anything about. Any other opinions on this article?
I read the article and reacted the way you did. I fired off an angry missive to the editor of time and cc’d the doc who wrote it, and (surprise, surprise) I’ve received no response. I also forwarded a copy of the letter to the reader mail section of T-mag, but apparently they didn’t find it fit to print. 
Let me guess, the doc who wrote it would rather consumers come to him for prescription meds, right? It’s time docs and pharmaceutical companies face reality: there are some OTC weight loss products out there that are better and safer than prescription meds (and there are studies to prove it.) I have a feeling this push against OTC products is driven by those two parties and the reason is $$$$$$.
Are herbals unsafe? I have two words for this doctor- Phen-Fen .
Phen-fen? How about Thalidomide? I know it wasn’t a weight loss product, but look at all the damage IT caused. “Sure Ma’am, it’s safe! I mean, I have a white coat and a stethescope, so I MUST know what I’m doing, right?”. Yeah, I trust my doctor about as much as I trust politicians. And these assholes in the press thrive on ignorance and complacency. Too bad for those of us who do our homework.
You guys are expecting major media to be accurate? Too much! Every time I hear a report from the major media on something (for instance Transportation)I know a lot about, I can pick apart the accuracy of the information and the conclusions based on the inaccurate information. Same with too many Doctors. Not many give any creedence to anything beyond what was drilled into them in medical school. Cultivate the cynicism!
The rampant media bias against nutritional supplements drives me nuts! In the wake of the Northwestern football player’s recent death, the Chicago tribune had a front page article blasting ephedrine based supplements. I can’t stand it when writers who know next to nothing about their subject matter are permitted to level unsubstantiated attacks against the supplement industry. Often these pieces are thinly veiled critiques of the bodybuilding lifestyle itself. As I said, it drives me nuts (or is that just too much ephedrine talking?).
Amen: I fired off an email to this joker also. He had no studies and obviously did not call Biotest about studies/efficacy. What about the thousands of people per year that are killed by taking prescription medicines at the properly prescribed doses. This idiot also wrote in a previous column that your morning cup of coffee would cause dangerous rises in your homocystine levels therefore causing heart problems. He advocated drinking OJ and made it seem like this research was written in stone. Im sure he has no balls and will never take up a real debate.
I remember reading in Time or Newsweek on an article on how Saint John’s Wort doesn’t work. As I read this article, the study was done by the makers of Zoloft. Typical.