a warning against the use of Dr Mings Herbal Tea

Hundreds of warnings have come into the Ukmedix newsroom over the last few months regarding the use of weight loss teas, diet supplements and other diet products. The warnings which have come from health authorities from all parts of the world tend to be similar in that they show that herbal, natural and traditional diet products are in fact laced with powerful compounds, many of which are completely illegal.

For example in Cyprus the Health Ministry warned that various weight loss products were being sold in anything from hairdressers to nail bars. They also noted that many of the diet products were claiming to be sexual enhancers for both men and women too.

Many of these illegal weight loss products contained sibutramine which is the active ingredient of the prescription weight loss medication Reductil which has now been put under review by the EMEA.

Technically there is nothing wrong with using sibutramine, which has helped tens of thousands of people to lose weight but when it is added illegally to a supposedly natural cup of tea you should avoid it.

Imagine for example you were to buy a natural painkiller because you had an allergy to paracetamol and aspirin, only to find that the product in fact contained both of them.

The same problem is occurring in Qatar which recently issued a warning against the use of Dr Mings Herbal Tea.  The Supreme Council for Health said that the chemicals which it contained were not mentioned anywhere on the packaging or labeling, which could lead to fatal health events.

The only legal prescription weight loss medication available in the United Kingdom at the moment is Xenical. This drug which works by removing some of the fat from your diet has a very good safety profile and helps thousands of people in the UK lose weight.