{"id":117,"date":"2008-04-25T20:11:48","date_gmt":"2008-04-25T18:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/wordpress\/take-a-pill\/"},"modified":"2008-04-25T20:11:48","modified_gmt":"2008-04-25T18:11:48","slug":"take-a-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/take-a-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a Pill…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul\u00a0sent me an e-mail yesterday that\u00a0was both extremely\u00a0funny…and sad.\u00a0 Apparently\u00a0he has a cyberstalker\u00a0whose most recent stunt\u00a0involved posting\u00a0a wiki\u00a0“review” slamming ultimatefatburner.com\u00a0 – he sent me the link in his message.\u00a0\u00a0The review\u00a0was a two-parter: the\u00a0initial attack\u00a0– which apparently was posted about a year ago –\u00a0was\u00a0on\u00a0Paul alone.\u00a0 The\u00a0author couldn’t let it end there, however.\u00a0 Since Paul\u00a0recently revised the ultimatefatburner.com “about us” page to include me, Amie and Lisa, the smear was updated to trash us too.\u00a0 In particular, I was\u00a0described as “…a steroid junkie who used so much that she looks like an ugly man with a wig.”\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

To be perfectly honest, I thought the “steroid junkie” comment was hilarious:\u00a0 I stand exactly 5′ 3 1\/2″ tall, and weigh in at a mighty 122 pounds.\u00a0 I’m\u00a0pretty strong for my size and age, but this is to be expected – I’ve spent a fair number of years hauling ass in the gym.\u00a0 I’m not large at all, however. \u00a0I look muscular because I’m lean<\/strong>.\u00a0 Over the years, I’ve built up some muscle mass and lost some body fat – but my total weight isn’t\u00a0radically different\u00a0from what it’s been\u00a0over most of my adult\u00a0life (115 – 118 lbs.).\u00a0\u00a0 Only an ignoramus would assume these basic adjustments in body composition\u00a0would be\u00a0impossible to accomplish without drugs.<\/p>\n

Then again, if this person had any brains to begin with, he\/she wouldn’t be stalking\u00a0us.\u00a0\u00a0 Being petty and vindictive is a serious waste of time and energy (that’s the sad part).<\/p>\n

Nonetheless,\u00a0it did get me to thinking about steroids, and popular misperceptions about what drugs – and supplements – actually can accomplish.\u00a0 After all, pharmaceuticals can work wonders for various diseases and even minor maladies like headaches, so why shouldn’t we be able to just “take a pill” to get into good physical shape?<\/p>\n

Anabolic steroids\u00a0represent the ultimate “miracle pill”\u00a0(even though most don’t come in pill form at all).\u00a0 Thanks to the media,\u00a0there are people (just like our stalker) who\u00a0believe\u00a0the athletes\/bodybuilders\u00a0who use them got\u00a0to where they are\u00a0via steroids\u00a0alone.\u00a0 This is nonsense.\u00a0 I’ve seen\u00a0plenty of fat, bloated juicers.\u00a0 Steroids can certainly provide a significant boost to mass gains, but even\u00a0they\u00a0can’t perform miracles in the absence of\u00a0a solid diet and training program.<\/p>\n

So I have to ask:\u00a0if this is true\u00a0for powerful drugs with well-characterized modes of action, then\u00a0what\u00a0does this say\u00a0about\u00a0some diet\u00a0supp composed of poorly\u00a0defined blends of herbal compounds, vitamins and\/or minerals?\u00a0 Is it even remotely logical to\u00a0believe such\u00a0products can really help you\u00a0“lose 30 pounds in 30 days?”\u00a0\u00a0Even “Big Pharma” hasn’t been able to come up with drugs capable of accomplishing that.<\/p>\n

I think you can see where I’m going with this: there are no miracle pills.\u00a0 At best, a supplement\u00a0can\u00a0provide a\u00a0modest boost\u00a0to a solid diet and workout program.\u00a0 This site is dedicated to supplement reviews, and hopefully\u00a0they’re helping\u00a0you\u00a0get better value for\u00a0your money.\u00a0 This central point, however, cannot be forgotten: even the best fat burners won’t help much if you don’t have your diet and workout under control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul\u00a0sent me an e-mail yesterday that\u00a0was both extremely\u00a0funny…and sad.\u00a0 Apparently\u00a0he has a cyberstalker\u00a0whose most recent stunt\u00a0involved posting\u00a0a wiki\u00a0“review” slamming ultimatefatburner.com\u00a0 – he sent me the link in his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[498,1851,633,1119,1144,1284,1534,1573],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}