All DietsWhat You Should Know
Alli is a is a diet supplement that endeavors to assist with weight loss. This product was developed and manufactured by the major pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. The Alli diet pill is stated to be FDA approved and is commonly available without a doctor’s prescription. The official Alli website addresses the supplement as an “anti-obesity wonder drug.” It additionally discusses the “65 percent” of American adults that are currently overweight. Alli diet pills can be purchased through the official website for $44.99 for a 60 capsule starter container. Alli is claimed to be more effective when taken in conjunction with a healthy diet and regular exercise regimen.
The key active ingredient found in Alli supplements is called Xenical (or Orlistat), which is generally a prescription weight loss drug. This diet pill aims to minimize the body’s fat absorption or block a good 25 percent of fat that’s consumed. Some potential side effects that can occur are vitamin deficiency, “loose stool” and excessive gas (flatulence). Alli can be purchased in most common drugstores and superstores across the US. This diet supplement is claimed to alter the process of triglycerides being broken down inside the body by obstructing an enzyme, which is found in the pancreas. This process prevents fat absorption. The Alli Diet Pill is marketed toward both men and women who are suffering from obesity and other individuals who are borderline obese.
List of Ingredients
Orlistat 60mg, FD&C Blue 2, Edible Ink, Gelatin, Iron Oxide, microcystalline cellulose, Povidone, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, sodium starch glycolate, Talc and Titanium Dioxide.
Product Features
Alli is a weight loss supplement that comes in capsule form available over the counter in pharmacies and drugstores around the United States. This “wonder drug” is claimed to cut fat absorption by 25% so that the user absorbs fewer calories from what he/she eats. A key active component of the Alli diet pill is Xenical, which is also known as Orlistat. Alli is intended for adult women and men and is directed to be taken daily with water. This diet product sells for $44.99 via the official website. Like many other weight reduction supplements, a healthy diet and routine exercise are encouraged.
Advantages
- Alli is available to men and women that suffer from weight issues.
- Alli diet pills do not require a doctor’s prescription.
- Alli is approved by the FDA.
- Alli Diet Pills can be easily and conveniently purchased via the official website.
Disadvantages
- Consumer testimonials are absent from the official Alli website.
- The official Alli website fails to offer a 100% money-back guarantee.
- Some individuals may be allergic to certain ingredients found in Alli Diet Pills.
- Alli does not offer free trial samples on the official website.
- No before and after photos are provided on the Alli website.
- Taking Alli Diet Pills can potentially result in a vitamin deficiency.
Conclusion
On the bright side, the Alli diet supplement is approved by the FDA. Since many other diet supplements, programs and pills aren’t FDA approved, some consumers may find this approval reassuring. However, some dieters would likely be more interested in Alli supplements if the official website posted some consumer feedback, a money-back guarantee or at least a few before and after photos. Be sure to consult your doctor before taking Alli diet pills. This way you can learn more about potential side effects and about other diet supplements currently available.
Took only one pill last night and already noticed that I was having hair loss. No other side effects so far but I have thin hair to begin with and was not comfortable with the amount of hair loss I experienced with just 1 pill!
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Impossible to have hairloss from only one tablet. Anyway hairloss is a symptom after dieting very strictly for a long time. In fact what happens is when you restrict your diet your hair stops falling out and when you resume eating again the hair you were due to lose anyway falls out over a week or so, thus seeming like hairloss…No worries necessary
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maybe you were experiencing hair loss before you took the pill. And just noticed it afterwards. I don’t think that could happen only after 1 pill…
not trying to be mean or rude… just common sense..
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I am eating healy(salad,cheerios, and meat) yet I still have greasy stool
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how much salad dressing are you using?
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This is the third day, and first time I noticed “treatment effects” but nothing unmanageable. Best part is the awareness of a healthy caloric intake and fat grams per meal. It motivates you to follow this diet plan to make the money worthwhile! So far, eating under 1400 cal/day and have lost a pound a day. Yay!
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congrats:)
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I have been taking Alli for one week and have lost 4.5 lbs, coupled with a diet adjustment but have not exercised at all. Have had a few episodes of greasy stool after eating pizza or something with high grease but nothing bad, no uncontrolled bowel problems. No other negative effects either. So far I am loving it. It also motivates you to eat healthier.
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I have been taking Alli for a week. I have lost3lbs!I eat oatmeal for breakfast(with splenda)spinach salad with grilled chicken for lunch & either grilled salmon or chicken with spinach salad for dnr! desert is normally Activa w/fiber or fat free sherbert & I drink warm green tea and eat lots of strawberries,baby carrots, and grapes through out the day! Good luck everyone! I walk for 30mins e.o day Im reall happy with my progress! And no accidents to date! Alli Rocks!
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i want to try alli. but i am so scared of the diffrent changes with the bowel movements. any suggestions
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i wanted to try alli but i feel that i just dont know enough. what is to happen when you stop taking it. the changes with the bowel movements are also discouraging any suggestions
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When you stop taking it, you will gain weight if you haven’t changed your eating habits while on it. But that’s the point, you are supposed to change your lifestyle (like with any diet) so that when you are the way you want, you will be fine. As for the bowel movements, yeah it can be a pain and it can be gross, but it is a small price to pay if you want that little extra kick. Some people don’t experience them at all. I never once experienced anything gross with my bowels while on it, and a lot of that was due to the fact that I was doing the right thing with my diet. If you go out and purposely eat greasy foods that you aren’t supposed to be eating then, well, yeah chances are you aren’t going to be happy with your bathroom experience after that haha.
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can you take these pill while your on thyroid medacation
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can I take Alli while taking thyroid meds (synthroid)
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As per the above questioin from Beverly Lopes, Can you take Alli while taking synthroid?
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yes you can take alli if you have a thyroid problem and gallbladder i had my gallbladeer out and have thyroid prob the doctor told me ok i lost 50 pounds with alli but when i stopped takeing it i gained some weight back i guess ill have to start takeing again no side affects for me
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HOW LONG WERE YOU TAKING THESE IN ORDER TO LOSE 50LBS?
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As a healthcare professional, I would recommend that you ALWAYS check with your physician prior to starting any new medication–even over the counter products.
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Is there any possiblity of liver damage? I do take a multivitamin every night. Is there a limit on how long you can take it. i.e, to help maintain the goal weight?
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Taking alli for five days…i am eatting healthy, but cannot go anywhere bc of the HoRRIBLE oily gas! It is mortifying and literally a digusting side effect! I’ll continue for a while, but ive used three rolls of tp and ruined a pair of jeans!
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I have used alli for over a year now. You do not have the greasy bm and gas every day unless your diet is made up of a lot of fat. I have experienced no hair loss as stated by Nikki.
The best thing is that you learn what foods are high in fat and you begin to eat healthier.
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I took my first Alli pill after having a poached egg and orange juice. Not much fat in that except the butter???
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How much weight have you lost in the year?
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I take high blood pressure medication and cholestrol meds, I recently had my gall bladder removed, can I take alli?
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I’ve been taking Alli for 2 weeks now & love it! Adjustments: Take my vitamins at nite, try to remember to take an Alli when I start my meal & “go” when my body says I gotta. Dunno about anything coming out “greasy”, but the only time I get gas is when I hold back my b.m. (to be expected). I knew when I had to “go”, and made the commitment to not ignore it, so I haven’t had any embarrasing times. Know that the object is to push the fatty stuff thru fast, but because of the push, the nutrients aren’t absorbed, either. The medical questions asked before need a dtr’s attn, but I have changed ALL my meds to the evening where the Alli won’t be pushing their effectiveness out, too!
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I’m with Kk on the awful side effect of Alli. I’ve taken only one pill a day for 3 days and have had nothing but oily gas. AND it doesn’t come out of some clothing. You don’t even feel it coming on! Not good.
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I’m with Kk on this one. Horrible oily gas that doesn’t come out of clothes!! And you don’t feel it coming. I’ve only taken 1 a day for 3 days–to afraid to try more than that to see if my system adjusts.
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I will be 59 my next B.D. Does age have any effect on the pill?
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I’m a professional driver and I’ve ben researching Alli and reading comments. I want to try it but concerned since there are times getting to a restroom isnt an option. I was wondering if there are anyone else out the like me who can tell me what it’s like in this type of career.
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I have taken alli for 1 week and its not so bad . to stop bad bm’s take it after eating and don’t eat so much. and still works. lost 6 lb .
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I’ve been taking Alli for about 3 weeks now. The first time I took it I ate chicken and rice soup from a restaurant and Let me tell you.. As soon as a finished my meal I went to the bathroom and all the oil from that meal. Let’s just say that it did it’s job. I’ve been consistent and I have watched my intake of greasy foods and foods that a lof of hidden oils in them. I have regular stools and at times its a lot at once. But once again its all about the food I choose to eat. I have lost a total of 8lbs with alli and I will continue to use it. I average about 3lbs a week in weight loss which is great!
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Are there other side effects? Does it make you feel funny in the head? Speed you up like other diet pills?
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is alli suitable to take during breastfeeding time?
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please don’t. it will harm your baby
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You shouldnt use alli while pregnant or breast feeding. You loose your water soluable vitamins in the loose stool. The baby get your breast milk which is mostly fat and then alli also in the milk it will cause the baby the have diarrhea and vit def. It can also cause preg or nursing moms to have low potassium levels which can caouse heart arrthmias. So unless you are healthy dont take this medication.
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I have been taking alli for about 3 weeks. I have only had “treatment effects” once, and I’m still trying to figure out what I ate that put me over the fat limit. I love this product though! It makes me constantly aware of what I am putting in my mouth. I have lost 13 lbs and and my body feels 100% better without all the fat I normally eat. I have so much more energy! The key is to follow the directions EXACTLY: no more than 15g fat per meal and skip the pill if you anticipate more. Good luck to you!
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I agree Leslie, The key is to follow the directions EXACTLY: no more than 15g fat per meal and skip the pill if you anticipate more. This is an entirely true statement. I am not grossly overweight but truly have problems from stopping those 10 lbs of weight fluctuation I have always experienced. Being a woman, I have had problems with constipation and honestly, the more “relaxed” production of stool is a lot more manageable then the uncomfortableness and pain associated with constipation. I do seem to get gassy if I eat salad dressing that is not fat free, or if I use a lot of sugar in my drinks. To solve this I simply changed to all fat free dressings and changed to Trivia for a sugar substitute and all’s well now. I truly feel people that are having the “oily discharge” effect, possibly are purging their systems of latent fatty residues, or they are simply not realizing they are consuming as many fat grams as they are. I used the diary, and I feel it really helped make me aware of what I am putting in my body. The food diary is just a helpful tool to keep u on track. Therefore, people I believe if you follow, the 15g of fat per meal rule you should have no other problems. In addition, I do feel much better than I have in a long time I hope this is another treatment side effect. Good luck all.
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I’ve been taking alli for almost 2 weeks. I eat right most of the time if i do have a treat i make sure i take the pill. I never get a upset stomach but sometimes my bottom get irritated i think from oils everyone is talking about. I’ve been staying away from the scale because in one of the alli manuals it tells you to but i know i’ve lost quite a bit of wait because of how my clothes fit and how i look in the mirror. if this keeps up i wont have to take it much longer! :]
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Umm all these people who eat fatty foods then take the alli… You will be crapping out oil! I’ve taken it, and i eat very low fat foods. The days i know i ate to much fat i get oily crap, and thats when i eat a buffalo burger. Other then that this works amazing. I use it with my bodybugg system. I’ve lost in total 50lbs since November. Yes i am not lying.
It’s weird when you hear peoples achievements, but finally i can show my friends that you can lose it =) Living proof. Listen to me with working out and eatting right this honestly does work, but if you have no idea what the calories are you burn how the hell will you know what to eat.Check out the bodybugg. My boyfriend and i did, and even when i reach my goal of 150 I will still use that wonder machine to check how many chips and sodas i can scarf down with out gaining that day 
Best of luck to everyone out there, and keep up the good work.
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I weighed 160.7 when I began taking Alli. I have beee on it for three weeks. I work out and burn approximately 6,000 calories per week, despite closely monitoring the 1200 calroies per day, I have lost almost no weight. I am staying very much within the guidelines and have not had the bouts of greasy gas and stool, so I know I have done well by their plan. I think that if you are not significantly overweight and have to actually ADD fat to your diet in order to meet their suggested minumums, you will not have a successful weight loss process with Alli. After three weeks and a loss of only 4lbs (and given my exhaustive work, this is paltry compared to where I would be on a strict 1200 calorie/ 20 grams of fat diet. I am disappointed.
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Yea alli is really only for people who have about 100lbs to lose. At your weight you really dont need a weight lose pill to get the results you want. Make sure you shock your muscles same work out every day will make your body plateau, and weight lost will be slow. Since you’re almost at your weight you need to be losing it is slower then a fatter person who has a crap ton to lose. Yes hun this will take sometime, but dont give up just be happy you dont have another 100lbs to lose.
I started out 295 i am now 245. I have a while to go, but i dont give up =) good luck Ann and hopefully you can lose the bit of weight holding you back from your perfect body
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Just started being patient with the product.
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hi, im a former gastric bypass patient that gained some weight im trying to lose about 25lbs. Can gastric bypass patients take alli, especially since we already have to worry about vitamin defecienes
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i just started taking alli and have had only one accident.My question is i only eat one meal a day. I dont get breakfast or lunch, but i sometime snack. I have been taking one pill aday just before dinner, and its working. Im wanting to lose 20lb. do you see a problem with just taking one pill aday? will it still work?
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your suppose to eat three meals a day you have probably already heard this but breakfast is the most important meal of the day if you do that and cut out the snacks i dont know why alli wouldnt work for you.xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I think you should be having more meals in your day!
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I think you should be having more then one meal a day!
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Hey there! It is suggested to eat around 5 small meals a day. Once again the most important meal IS breakfast. If you are going to have 1 big meal a day… make it breakfast. Also snacking is OK as long as it is healthy snacks AND you are sure the snacks do not interfere with your small meals a day. Akki suggests 3 pills a day, you should obey these UNLESS your body is still adjusting!
best of luck!
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I’m the same way. I was anorexic when I was younger, and since then my eating habits and metabolism went crazy. From eating just the one meal a day for years, my body recognizes myself as being in a somewhat “anorexic state” and whenever I eat that one meal, it latches onto all the calories like crazy, making weight loss hard and weight gain easy. This is part of the reason why I started the Alli, because I had to figure out a way to not give my body all of those calories it was latching onto. However, even the doctor told me that while on it, I had to work on eating more during the day. On Alli or not, eating like that is unhealthy and in the end your body will never EVER be in good condition.
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Has anyone else had extreme lower back pain while taking Alli?
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Hmm… very seriously, I think its been linked w possible gallbladder issues, and I had mine removed long ago (not due to alli), and the back pain I had was something like this: Lowish back pain, throbby, kind of severe, circled around the front, felt like I couldnt breathe… didnt start out that bad… need an Ultrasound to detect it (or xray)
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Thank you! I’ll check it out.
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i lost 31lbs since sept using alli i’m now 140lbs and 5ft 8. very impressed with the product
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i have just ordered alli im 12 and a half stone i want to get down to 10 stone fingers crossed it works for me every 1 wish me luck xxxxxxxxxxxx
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I just started Alli this week. I am following the meal plan in the book with some substitutions. So weird the first day I lost 5 lbs…So unexpected…have lost a pound a day there after….only have 20 lbs to lose ….so I’m happy….no Side Effects at all Feel GREAT!! Good Luck!
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Hey has anyone drank Alcohol while taking Alli? I’m thinking just a glass of wine or 2 on the weekend….Let me know…I don’t want to have a PROBLEM…if you know what I mean..
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Has anyone heard anything about this causing liver dammage?
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Been on Alli for just over a week now – lost 8lbs so far – have had no nasty side effects although did have a bit of abdominal discomfort on day one but nothing much. If you follow the instructions and combine with a low fat diet you will be fine – if you chuck it down your neck thinking it is miracle pill then stuff your face you will come a cropper – simple as!!! So far I love Alli
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Have been on Alli for just over a week now and have lost 8lbs. Have had no side effects except for a bit of abdominal discomfort on day one – have been combing with a low fat diet although have drunk wine at the weekends and have had no undesirable effects – feel great and very positive – if you are sensible and follow the instructions of combining with a low fat diet you will lose loads without nasty side effects – good luck all
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i have been on alli since nov 09 and i have lost 19 pounds.. i love it
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i took my first pill lastnight and i have been violently sick all night is this normal i dont know if i have cought a flu or allergic please help xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Must be a coincidence. Alli will not make you ill.
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maybe you are pregnant and don’t know it because i never gotten sick or had any head aches thats why they tell you to ask a dcter before taking any weight loss pill.
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I have been taking Alli for about 2 weeks now, and my side effects seem to be the opposite of everyone elses. I makes me very constipated. Has anyone else experienced this?
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I have diabetes type 2 and hi blood pressure. My weight is climbing and I want to keep it off. I want to know if any have heard about using this product with these limitations?
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Egg yolks are very fatty.
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I have been taking Alli for a week and I haven’t had any side effects. I haven’t lost any weight either. The only bad thing I’ve eaten is pizza, and I work-out everyday day for at least an hour.
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does it give you engery?
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will alli make me want to eat less with dieting?
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I have purchased Alli but am afraid to use it after hearing about the side effects of gas, etc.
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I’ve just finished my 2nd week I take one in the morning one at night – have had no side effects BUT have lost 11 1/2 lbs – husband also given it a whirl (takes one tablet at night and has lost 7lbs in 2 weeks also with no side effects BUT we are also on a low fat diet and using the Alli sheets to write down what we eat – try it!!!
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Hey everyone i’m gonna purchase Alli tomorrow. What i’m gonna do is start practicing eating low fat foods then start taking it on sunday. I will give everyone an update once I get started. All your comments helped me decide to try it.
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