Xantrax has been banned by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration

The Woolworth’s shop chain is coming under a lot of pressure from health organisations and nutritionists in Australia for selling a whole range of so called herbal and traditional weight loss medications which are mainly untested and have not been medically tested to help people lose weight.

Leading the attack against the huge retailing organisation is one of the directors of St. Vincent’s Hospital who runs the Centre for Diabetes who say is that it is irresponsible of Woolworth’s to continue to sell these weight loss supplements. He went on to say that should any individual suffer from a health problem for die due to taking these weight loss supplements he will use his correspondence with Woolworth’s to show that they were concious of the dangers and that they cannot say that they had no idea.

Woolworth’s argue that they are legally allowed to sell these weight loss medications and that the law does not say that it is their responsibility to test the weight loss medications for safety and effectiveness.

One particular and popular weight loss medication that Woolworth’s is selling is a weight loss medication called Xantrax. This medication Xantrax has actually been banned by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration which is an advertising watchdog on the grounds that it does not do what it claims to do.

Woolworth’s claim that selling possibly dangerous weight loss medications was in no way different to selling tobacco or alcohol and that they could not be held responsible for what shoppers freely chose to purchase.

At Ukmedix News we have done lots of research on these types of supplements and the vast majority of them are completely useless. Not only do they not help but they can even be dangerous as there are often compounds in them that are not declared on the packaging which is illegal.

Another problem you should be aware of is that weight loss supplements give you a false sense of security by making you think that you are losing weight without changing your appetite or doing any exercise. Our advice from Ukmedix News is to stay well away from these unproven weight loss supplements and do not take anything unless it is prescribed by doctor.