There Goes Your Liver

I need to get back in shape. Finals (and most of this semester) has been filled with eating crap because it's quick. I miss cooking at home.

So the plan is to get in shape, get my diet in order and work out 5-6 days a week if possible. Shed some pounds and feel better.

Well I won't be taking Hydroxycut.

Government health officials warned dieters and body builders Friday to immediately stop using Hydroxycut, a widely sold supplement linked to cases of serious liver damage and at least one death.

Other patients experienced symptoms ranging from jaundice, or yellowing of the skin, to liver failure. One received a transplant and another was placed on a list to await a new liver.

Well, glad I stopped using that stuff from a few years back. I didn't really notice any difference as it was, but then again, I didn't exercise enough and I kind of gave up on it.

What's the worst part?

The teenager died in 2007, and the death was reported to the FDA this March.

Ummm, is it me or is it May. May 2009. Hmmm. Maybe we should have learned about this sooner. I'm just saying.... Anyways, Hydroxycut, have fun going out of business. And getting sued.



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