dashtrash300

So far I have lost 25 pounds and am trying to get the remaining 15 for my goal.

Can you take these or should I just stick with the natural green tea supplements that just increase your metabolism?

Mega-t Green Tea 90 Caplets

or this

Nature's Bounty Natural Green Tea 100 Caplets

KC135guy

Go to AOPA and you can look up medications that you can and can not take while flying. Helped me out a lot. Good luck.

http://www.aopa.org/members/database...h_faa_meds.cfm

KC135guy

rickair7777

In many cases supplements are not regulated by the FAA, but even so you should apply common sense.

If you are on a crash diet you are probably not at your peak mental capacity...be careful.

cardiomd

Exactly. There are simply too many supplements to characterize them all, and "natural substances" that escape FDA regulation can be legally sold even when concentrated to unnatural amounts. Keep in mind that cocaine is a natural substance too from the coca plant (obviously that one is regulated, but many other very active compounds are not.)

Good sense is key, and make sure that you know how you react to any supplement, medication, or substance. Never take something for the first time and fly (even prescription.) Some natural supplements have substances with anticholinergic effects (think benadryl or scopolamine) which would give most people a very altered mental status.

Regarding the specific supplement, the EGCG is an antioxidant, which broadly speaking are supposed to protect against cancer (in general they are good things but the real-life effect of something like this is debatable.)

Antioxidant chemistry of green tea catechins. Iden... [Chem Res Toxicol. 1999] - PubMed result

The other ingredients did not seem too exciting -- guarana is found in energy drinks and probably just has a lot of caffeine. So, you might notice a little "buzz" from this pill which many people like.

Many of the quack supplements you see on TV (ExtenZe, etc.) probably have a lot of steroid in them, which again makes people feel good (both from placebo and intrinsic steroid effects) but can have very negative health effects. I would highly, highly advise staying away. If anything seems too good to be true, it probably is. Doctors are (generally) not idiots, and if a "natural therapy" worked well for any purpose without side effects, it would be mainstream medicine.