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Akavar
Claims that you can eat all you want and still lose weight.
BACKGROUND
Akavar 20/50 is a European weight loss pill that has achieved much success. It has made its move to the U.S. seeking the same. Akavar boasts that it is the ultimate fat cure and that you'll see the results you seek without any diet restrictions or inclusion of exercise.
Akavar is designed to restrict your daily caloric intake to less than normal. Without those calories that your body requires for energy, you'll start to use your fat reserves. This will of course cause you to lose weight and inches. However, you'll immediately gain back that weight should you stop using Akavar. The website offers little-to-know information about the product leaving open many questions about the supplement.
PRO
- Promotes eating all you like and still seeing weight loss
- Reduces urge to overeat
- Do not have to count calories
- Won't feel hungry
CON
Akavar 20/50 leaves a lot to be desired. Some of the more concerning details include:
- Promotes a lifestyle without exercise and healthy diet
- No FDA approval
- Web site offers very little information
- No published clinical research
- Does not publish ingredients
- Contains caffeine
INGREDIENTS
It takes a lot of research to find what is inside those little Akavar tablets, as the product's website bypasses any discussion. Akavar includes many caffeine sources including xanthine and green tea leaf. Other ingredients include yerba mate, guarana seed, ginger root, kola nut, Tibetan ginseng, cocoa nut, rice flour, yellow no. 6, red no. 3 and Gelatin, among many others.
CONCLUSION
Akavar 20/50 leaves a lot of open questions- which really leads to concerns about both the product's effectiveness and impact on the body. With so many diet pills and supplements on the market, it is important for manufacturers to paint a detailed picture of the product to help consumers make the most educated decisions. Many diet pills and supplements provide all of the information that Akavar seems to have conveniently left out. It is also a little misleading that without diet and exercise you can still lose weight. Anyone who has ever committed to losing weight knows that without important changes to diet and exercise, results are often not achieved.
Common Misspellings
Akvar, Akavare, Akavar 50/20, Akavar 2050
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I took this as recommended and the first few days I had lost about 3 lbs but then after the 3rd day I just didnt lose anything. I was hardly eating the first few days but then after I guess my body just started getting used to it and just stopped working. I believe its a waste of money and dont recommend it. Plus it gave me diarrhea like no tomorrow. Not exactly the best thing you want from a pill!
I take the akavar and chug a bottle of water...then eat (hardly anything because I'm full very quickly). The weight is coming off fast so far (some is water weight, about 3 pounds come right back if I don't take the pill...but the rest is real weight). I don't have to exercise to see results, but I am obviously for health reasons.
i like it because it DOES make me lose weight BUT i hate how it makes me feel. I get a feeling like theres a lump in my throat, my heart beats all crazy and unsteady, and it always makes me feel out of breath. like i dont want to laugh too hard or get startled because any slight increase in breathing makes me feel lightheaded like im going to faint. im 24, 5'3 and went from 140 to 110 in about 2 months. i dont think taking this and eating whatever you want will work, but if you take it with diet and a little exercise, it definitely helps the weight come off a lot quicker. it doesnt help my appetite though but it still works and so i like it.
I've been taking this for 4 days and only lost a pound. I even started exercising. It makes me crave water, and eat less. Also started eating more fruit, and less junk. Why is this not working for me?
i love the energy it gives me, i no longer need energy drinks to get threw my day. it makes me want water allllll day. i don't eat as much, full faster. and it doesn't keep me up all night started 3 days ago weigh 140 now we'll see if i drop any weight in a couple weeks =) wish me luck
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wow i needed the energy its giving me i'm 39 an weigh 224 i'll be 40 in dec i would love to be under the 190 mark but most of all got a granbaby on the way i want to be healthy for good luck to everyone taking this pill God bless us all
I love it , I started taking it about two weeks ago. I have lots of energy. I started to jog which I never had and drink a lot of water. It definately surpresses my appetite so I eat a lot less then I'm used to. I feel like I loss weight but have not weighed myself since I started. I feel a lot better about the way I look. I put on my last years jeans and surprisinly they fit. I definately need to weigh myself to see if I lost some pounds I sure hope so. I will difenately keep you posted.
As a soon-to-be-licensed healthcare professional, and a student of medicine, I feel an obligation to point out that this seems like a very unhealthy way to lose weight. Caffeine is a diuretic, stimulant, and appetite suppressant. This means it will dehydrate you, potentially to a dangerous degree. No ifs ands or buts - it IS dehydrating you and could be putting serious strain on your kidneys, heart, and vascular system. For all of you saying you've lost great amounts of weight (ex. Comment above, 10lbs in 1 week) that is WATER - it is extremely unhealthy to lose that much weight that quickly and will put your body under a lot of stress (which, incidentally will cause you to have greater difficulty losing weight).
The fact that it is neither FDA approved, nor has its ingredients published raises countless red flags - in the past, drugs like these had PARASITES in them, that's how they worked - you would eat, but the parasites would take the nutrition until you were hospitalized. There is no knowing what kind of damage you could be doing to your entire body. If you are that desperate to lose weight, you need to talk to a healthcare professional about it. Figure out what you need to change in your diet, and what little things you can do to start you down a HEALTHY path to weight loss. It won’t be easy, it takes discipline, but everyone starts out small. Eat more veggies and fruits, park farther away from the door, go for a walk after dinner. You don’t have to start by running a marathon.
I love Akavar! I started taking akavar when i was 17 and i lost weight quickly. It also helps if you have regularity problems. If there is any hesitation in using it dont be worried. its a great pill
I love it! It is definitely not a miracle pill but it has helped me loose 3 times as much as if it were just diet and excersize alone. You have to be willing to make a life style change in how you eat and even if you are not hungry with this pill at least you know that you have to eat to be healthy so you choose healthy foods instead of fatty foods. This pill has motivated me to feel and think positive about myself, its a boost rather than just a fat burner. I started my diet and the Akavar pill on 7/20/09 and as of today I have lost a total of 20lb the right way and I now have only 15lb to go! My best advice is what ever you do, do in moderation. :-)
It has been working very well in curbing my desire to eat. I have been on it a week and I have lost 8 pounds with no excercise and a moderate diet.
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I actually using the slimming gel on my belly and arms it's actually very good so fare anyway I can't wait to try the pills
I have taken this diet pill before and lost about 10 lbs in two weeks with no diet or exercise... The pill makes you not want to eat and gives you lots of energy.. I stopped taking it for a month just because I was extremely busy and didn't have the extra money. I noticed that if you stop taking it the weight does creep back on but I have once again started taking it and it really does work!! I can imagine that if I even added moderate exercise the results would be even greater!!
So i just bought my first bottle yesterday..today will be my first day..i'm going to start by taking the recommended dosage which is 2 before every meal withouth exceeding 4 a day...wish me luck...
just started today so ill post something in a week
I was taking Hydroxycut advanced for 4 days and I loved the energy and the happy mood it put me in. I would start off my day very early which to me was good because Im a late sleeper. But on the 4th day I started getting chest pain which scared me. I stopped taking them. Im looking for something else. But Im nervous to try Akavar. Sounds like a good pill but I read the company lies about the ingredients. The bottle says one thing but really not true, or so I read. I weigh 136lbs @ 5'2. I had a baby 4 months ago and after that could not the extra weight. Before the baby I weighed 115lbs. I just might try this pill. Has any one had any major side effects while on Akavar? Please let us know.
I just started this today. I will let you know how it goes.
Is it just me, or is anyone else completely disgusted by the way luvstoeat embraces the fact that drugs allow her to gorge herself and just eat until stomach failure? This didn't have anything to do with akavar (sorry) but I had to ask, because it makes me sick.
Can anyone tell me if it's made you feel any heart palpitations. I'm 42 & don't want to feel like that since it's a scary thing. I am looking to lose 25 lbs.
Thank you in advance for your response !
I just started it today and I weight 190 lbs. And my goal is to loose 30 pounds. And in a month I'll get back and let you all know how much I have lost.
