Elaine Gormley was desperate when she turned to slimming pills. But every year, thousands of people buy illegal slimming pills on the internet, enticed by miracle claims of rapid weight loss. Many slimming pills have an amphetamine-like effect, and will increase your heart rate. I Googled “diet pills”, and loads of sites came up. In 2017, 24-year-old Liam Willis died in Swansea after taking diet pills containing 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), which speeds up the metabolism to a dangerously fast level.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2018 09:00 UTC