Its use leads to dangerous health effects

"Abu Dhabi Health" monitors 88 adulterated drugs and food supplements during 2021

The Department of Health in Abu Dhabi has monitored 88 adulterated medicinal and nutritional supplement products, since the beginning of this year, that are used for slimming purposes, including sexual stimulants, male tonics, bodybuilding and bodybuilding supplements, and cosmetics. From the danger of using them, after it was found that these products are “falsified” and unfit for use.

In detail, the department reported that it had published a list of adulterated nutritional supplement products, which pose a danger when used by the public, and warned against their use by local and international health institutions, noting that this list includes adulterated or contaminated nutritional supplement products, which are used for the purpose of building construction. Muscles, bodybuilding, sexual enhancement, weight reduction, cosmetic, or any other miscellaneous health-related reasons.

The list showed that the number of the warned fraudulent products amounted to 2,265 products, and they were included in five classifications, including fraudulent bodybuilding products, fraudulent cosmetics, and fraudulent sexual tonics, in addition to prohibited active substances.

The department explained that the use of these products may lead to dangerous health effects, as they are manufactured and stored in inappropriate conditions, and do not follow good manufacturing practices, which may lead to contamination of the product with harmful substances such as bacteria, fungi and heavy metals, and some of these products have been proven Fraud with medicinal substances whose presence in the product has not been declared.

She called on members of the public not to buy or consume any product included in this list, and to take advice from the attending physician or health care professional before using any medical product or nutritional supplement, in order to discuss the potential benefits and risks, especially if the person suffers from any health problems, such as high blood pressure. Blood pressure, diabetes, liver and kidney disease, heart disease.

She stressed the need to ensure the quality of the product before using it, and to make sure to buy it from approved sales outlets, warning against buying medical products, beauty products, and nutritional supplements via the Internet and social networking sites, and drifting behind misleading claims and marketing phrases.

weight loss products

The Department of Health in Abu Dhabi confirmed that weight loss products contain many ingredients, such as herbs, fiber and minerals, in different quantities and concentrations, and the product can contain one ingredient, but some products contain dozens of ingredients, as products are available in the market to reduce weight. Weight in multiple pharmaceutical forms, such as tablets, capsules, liquids and powders.

The department indicated that many people have resorted to using weight loss supplements as a quick way to get rid of excess weight, and to obtain an ideal body without the trouble of adhering to a diet or following an exercise regime, despite their lack of sufficient knowledge of their components, and the risks they can cause. and health damages.

The department pointed out that weight loss supplements can be expensive, and may have little benefit.

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