I lost 27 pounds and I only had to put up with a little jaundice. Thanks Hydroxycut!

Bikini season is coming up, but don’t use that as an excuse to take some Hydroxycut looking to quickly lose some weight. The FDA recalled the product today over reports that the supplement causes liver damage and other health problems.

Hydroxycut is probably the most popular weight loss supplement on the market, selling over 1 million bottles every year. Hydroxycut ingredients are supposedly “all natural”, which has always struck me as being a bit meaningless. I wonder exactly which “natural” ingredient is the one attacking the liver? Hydroxycut is linked to 23 cases of liver problems, including one fatal case involving a 19 year old male.

Dietary supplements aren’t regulated very strictly by the FDA, which makes it surprising that this sort of thing doesn’t happen more often.