HOW DO DIET PILLS CAUSE WEIGHT LOSS?

Diet pills work by affecting the body processes that cause weight gain. Diet pills work to cause weight loss in one of three main ways:

1. Increasing energy expenditure (calories burned).
2. Decreasing the number of calories that are absorbed
3. during digestion.
4. Suppressing appetite to decrease how much food
5. is eaten.

Increasing Energy Expenditure (Calories Burned) Calories consumed in food are used by the body as fuel. The body’s use of calories as its source of energy is called thermogenesis. Literally, thermogenesis means “the production of heat” because when people burn calories, heat is produced. The body needs a constant supply of fuel to maintain normal functions that people don’t usually think about, like breathing.