oh yes! the slimming pills fiasco! BALLERINA, ZHEN DE SHOU, GOODLINESS, LIGHT SOME, MODELLING, BANGKOK PILLS BLAH BLAH BLAH. ANO PA BA?

Everybody wants to be thin or should i say ” skinny ” and wanna have the ” just got out of the grave ” look / body. I dont wanna be hypocrite. I, myself wanna be dead skinny and have a rock hard abs and in order for me to do that… i need to do extra hard work for it. So, regularly i go to the gym and i do boxing. Coz i desperately wanna lose 10 more lbs not kgs! then i heard about this ” so called ” herbal chinese medicine called Zhen de Shou. it says you will lose 10kgs in a span of 1 month or 10lbs in a week. Guaranteed! of course i got curious and started researching about this thingy and asked around. But since im in the middle of nowhere right now… i have limited resources BUT here’s what ive found out.

ZHEN DE SHOU- This is a weight loss capsule. It promises to cut 10 pounds off your weighing scale in a matter of 7 days. Sounds interesting right? Well, it’s made up of selected and powerful herbs to make you lose weight and all.

Do I interest you now in buying a pack and trying it yourself?

i catched my friend on YM and asked her ” hey, do you know anything bout this Zhen de Shou ” she said ” uhh yea! i tried it! i lost 8 lbs. in a week actually but i got hospitalized after few weeks. i had kidney infection due to this popular chinese med. “

Evidently Zhen De Shou is a capsule made of a very strong concoction of herbs. You only take one pill a day unlike many other weight loss pills, which makes it popular. It has very strong appetite depressant abilities, keeping you from feeling hungry for a long time.It also has such strong laxative abilities that it can lead to vomiting of water. But be ware Laxatives for weight loss are always a very bad idea.

But even worse it has equally strong side effects. They include a burning pain in the stomach especially when you stop taking it. You will also experience dry throat and be continuously thirsty. Another side effect is severe headaches. There also been crack downs on the pill in China. Its considered among the top weight loss pills that can lead to death with continuous usage.Bottom line beware of Zhen De Shou. It even contains the banned Ephedra.

So, ok! did i mention i was desperate? so i started sending emails to my reinforcements in Philippines. ( dont ask where i am right now ) uhmm since most of my friends are either health freak, gym freak, weight freak, anything freaky when it comes on how to look good no matter what… im sure they are all updated when it comes to this so called miracle weight loss capsule. And after few days i got replies.

I’ve tried Zhen De Shou and I must say, it really worked. One week and Zhen De Shou is all I needed to get back to my old, slim body. I had to stop because my supplier’s supplier won’t have stocks until next week so I have to wait. In the course of a week without taking the pills, I have experienced BURNING pains in my stomach and to heal the pain, I must eat so much food. And the result, I doubled the weight I gained before I took the pills. A friend of mine taking the same pill experienced the same thing. And mind you, these pains occur almost every hour! So imagine, I have to eat TOO MUCH food every hour!

Then I came across Sheila! remember her? who was once fat then she seemed to have lost 15 pounds off her in a matter of 1 1/2 months. She is so thin! I’m even fatter than her! I asked her secret. Then she introduced me to her friend, BALLERINA. These blue pills that look like frenzied metamphetamines. It came along with a diet plan, that I followed religiously for 2 weeks. I was advised to pop one 30 mins. before each meal. one of its effects is it will dry your throat so you have to chug down water, that would cleanse your body so you’ll shit like hell, releasing toxins, and making you lose weight.

and guess what she also told me today. she got a call from her mom. and her mom told her that her aunt has been diagnosed with a stage ( i forgot ) cancer. Maybe her aunt had cancer already and med just triggered it and made it worst. and heres another email :

hey K! just be careful lang in taking those kind of pills (chinese ones) I did before I got married last year…I took it about 6 months…then the result now is that…it’s been a year since my marriage wala pa baby. I have PCOS now and maybe it’s becoz of the diet pills…I never told my OB about the pills…but for me lang..baka yun ang isa sa cause ng PCOS ko. BTW I took pearl white diet pills…it was effective…I lost about 10 lbs in a week, but there’ll always be a side effect, even if sinabing sake and herbal lang. Just an advice lang.

Bottom line, These pills claim that they use herbs such as hawthorne, fairy leaves, pearls, polyphenols, ginseng and gingko biloba, that are medicinal, safe and effective. Well, I doubt these are all there is to it. If herbal medicines have no side effects, how come these “herbal” slimming pills have? ”

Apparently, the growth of these phenomenal slimming pills have lured (daw) fakers and replicators into making business out of it. So there are already fake and original tablets. The brand that’s being famously pirated is the Zhen De Shou. But the original distributors and makers put seals on their products so that it can be distinguished from the fake ones. (Heart seal, flower seal, gold seal, blue seal, etc.) But unfortunately, even the seals are copied so it would be really hard for a consumer to distinguish the real from the fake ones.

So, to any of you out there whos currently taking or planning to take this kind of med. It’s up to you but just let me tell you this : Losing weight might be hard but good things come if you work hard on it. If you plant a seed, it doesn’t turn into a tree and bear fruits the next morning. If you have a mannerism and decided to stop tonight, it doesn’t mean you have completely abolished your mannerism from your system tomorrow. Hard work and effort is all you need to achieve successful outcomes.Or else, you will learn your lesson the hard way. ITS NOT WORTH RISKING YOUR LIFE!

I’ve come to realize that I’d rather see myself gettin those rock had abs, killer ass, losing weight safely & slowly rather than seeing it in a matter of 7 days then finding myself having organ failures or any kind of sickness that’s sure to stay with me for life.

As for me, I have more concerns to look into. I’m sure you have. So if you have some spare time and you don’t know where to spend it on, don’t look at me and forever curse me and insult me for how “whatever” I’ve become. Instead, grab a mirror, stare at yourself then see if your acne wonderland face has gone a bit better, check if your walis hair has responded to the treatments you’ve been getting. Ask yourself if you’re getting enough confidence and self- esteem by wearing platform shoes that’s so out of style and if you think it’s practical to wear 5- inch heels in a rocky and big place like UP Diliman or Jbiel (haha). Smile in front of the mirror and ponder on getting braces or replacing that chipped tooth. Oh! Don’t forget to check your breath to see if your halitosis is becoming a threat to humanity already. Or if you feel that you don’t have any of these physical imperfections, try staring at a bigger mirror. Look at yourself then think if you are a good son or daughter, ask yourself if you have been worthy enough of the blessings you have. Or better yet, try pondering on the relationship you have so you’ll realize why men or women can’t stand you that’s why your longest relationship lasted for a week only. Or talk to God and realize how far you have drifted away from him already. Make a “ REALITY CHECK ” so that you’ll know that you’re not the greatest person in the world, or you can hold everyone by their necks, and you are all-knowing and all your works are great. Ask yourself if you are worthy of the position you have or the role you have received. Are you making the most out of it or you’re just plainly enjoying it because you got it the easy way?

Just try these things. Maybe you’ll realize that your problem is waaay too BIGGER than mine,