While the media and many bloggers have focused much of their attention on alli's potential treatment effects, consumers who are actually using the product take a different view.
They say that treatment effects act as a deterrent or a reminder NOT to eat fatty foods. We know this anecdotally from alliFirst Team members as well as from a new study presented at the recent annual meeting of NAASO (aka The Obesity Society). Download PDF of study poster.
The study found that fewer than five percent of users stopped taking alli because of treatment effects and that, in fact, potential side effects were viewed by many as a positive feedback tool.
Caryn Eyring, the alliFirst member featured in People Magazine (after losing 21 pounds), attended The Obesity Society Annual meeting in New Orleans. She said in an interview:
“I had a treatment effect once when I ate too much fat at a meal. I just got right back on the diet. There is no way that a little treatment effect was going to stop me from doing what’s working for me. alli is like a little reminder, sitting on my shoulder, telling me to stick to the plan.”
- Quote from Caryn Eyring, an alliFirst Team member from New York who has now lost 30 pounds.
In the interest of full disclosure (you knew we'd say this)... Caryn's weight loss results and experiences may not be typical of all users.