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Do dietary supplement make you lose weight?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

To be candid-: Healthy nutrition with good portion control and physical activity are the real cause of weight loss. Too many people try to rely on supplements to lose weight. You must burn more calories than you consume.

Dr Pack and another doctor agreed

Answered 7/20/2014

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