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The graph below shows all referrals to gender clinics in Sweden. The inverted U shape of the curve is extremely interesting. Referrals to gender clinics fell off a cliff in 2019. Why? And why no rebound? Does the Swedish experience tell us something about the hype and potential disillusionment surrounding the practice of medically transitioning children?

Source: Presentation by Louise Frisén, Chief Physician, Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the KID (Stockholm) clinic for gender incongruence and gender dysphoria – delivered at a Swedish Medical Ethics Council Seminar February 6, 2020

The sudden, sharp increase suggests a triggering event. Certainly, the explosive growth in natal females seeking gender transition is a new phenomenon throughout high-income countries. It has coincided with the advent of social media and the popularisation of “transgenderism” in mainstream media and on-line.

Swedish child psychiatrist, Sven Roman has compared the explosive growth in the number of cases of gender dysphoria to other psychiatric conditions, such as eating disorders and self-harm behaviour, that are known to spread with social contacts. He documents the process of discovery that the medical community went through to understand how to best treat these kinds of conditions. Over the past decade, he says research has proven that supportive psychotherapy can reduce or stop self-harm behaviour within 3 months. Of the avalanche of gender dysphoria cases being referred, he says:

Unlike the epidemic of self-harm behavior, (gender dysphoria) care providers are not exploring to find the right treatment. Instead, on a broad front, drastic treatment with high doses of sex hormones and breast and genital surgery is introduced. This despite the lack of any scientific evidence for these treatments for children, and probably not for young adults either. - Sven Roman, MD and child psychiatrist

In the fall of 2019, there was a 65% decline in the number of referrals to gender clinics in Sweden. This corresponded with experts calling on the government to review clinical protocols and more balanced media coverage of the phenomenon of regret among gender transitioners, including the airing of a documentary entitled “Trans Train”.

The 3-part documentary includes several interviews with detransitioners and revealed that medical transition of minors is not evidence-based. A high profile transwoman in Sweden – Aleksa Lundberg – also came out in the media saying that if she were to go back and make the decision again “I might not have had the surgery”. She said she had believed that “there was a more scientific basis” for this healthcare – but has since realized that that is not the case. She says people deserve “a more complex narrative” than the simple public narrative that the media has been promoting on the topic of gender transition.

Referrals have remained steadily lower, indicating that the medical necessity of gender transition was questionable for many of the youth being referred for treatment. We are told that the treatment of minors now (unofficially) includes referring many to psychiatric evaluation. Previously, we are told that almost 100% of trans-identified youth who were referred to the gender clinics were prescribed puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.

Some Background In the fall of 2018, Sweden’s Social Democrat government proposed a new law that would have reduced the minimum age for sex reassignment surgery from 18 to 15, remove any need for parental consent and allow children as young as 12 to change their legal gender.

The government received a major backlash from the scientific community, however. Christopher Gillberg, a professor and psychiatrist at Gothenburg’s Sahlgrenska Academy, wrote an article in the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper warning that hormone treatment and surgery on children was “a big experiment” which risked becoming one of the country’s worst medical scandals.

The Swedish government shelved their proposed law and instead, have instituted a 3 part review in response to a proposal from The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics. [...]

In their letter, three government agencies were highlighted as needing to participate:

The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (SBU) – to undertake a systematic literature review of the scientific basis used for assessing children and young people with gender dysphoria, and what is known about the long-term effects on physical and mental health. This should also include a review of what is known about the causes of the increase in the number of children and young people, particularly girls, seeking assessment and treatment for gender dysphoria in high-income countries. Differing claims about how common it is for people, who have begun treatment for gender dysphoria as children or adolescents, to change their minds, occur in the debate. What is known about this should also be included in the review. 

The Swedish Medical Products Agency – to analyse the off label prescription of puberty blockers and hormones to children and young people.  

The National Board of Health and Welfare should be instructed to urgently update its knowledge support material entitled ´God vård av barn och ungdomar med könsdysfori´ (‘Good care for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria’).

Sweden National Board of Health and Welfare Update  

The NBHW are revising their treatment guidelines, to be distributed for comments to organisations and the public during 2021 and finalised 2022.

Officially and to date, the National Board of Health and Welfare has only released a preliminary report on “The development of the diagnosis of gender dysphoria”: https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/globalassets/sharepoint-dokument/artikelkatalog/ovrigt/2020-2-6600.pdf

The summary conclusions from that report state:

“The diagnosis of gender dysphoria is increasing in the population, especially among children and young adults, where the proportion of new cases among 13– 17-year-old adolescents registered as female at birth has increased most. The increased rate of new cases will lead to an increasing total number of people diagnosed with gender dysphoria. In light of this, the development will require that health care is appropriately designed and sufficiently robust to ensure comprehensive investigation and treatment. In addition, treatment can be lifelong, which means that people with gender dysphoria need support from the healthcare system for extended time periods. People with gender dysphoria, especially young people, have a high incidence of co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses, self-harm behaviors, and suicide attempts compared to the general population. Co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses among people with gender dysphoria are therefore a factor that needs to be considered more closely during investigation. Suicide mortality rates are higher among people with gender dysphoria compared to the general population. At the same time, people with gender dysphoria who commit suicide have a very high rate of co-occurring serious psychiatric diagnoses, which in themselves sharply increase risks of suicide. Therefore, it is not possible to ascertain to what extent gender dysphoria alone contributes to suicide, since these psychiatric diagnoses often precede suicide.”

Swedish news coverage of this report also reports that “the authority’s survey shows that people with gender dysphoria, especially young people, have a high incidence of concomitant psychiatric diagnoses, self-harming behavior or suicide attempts compared with the rest of the population.” Further, “The diagnoses that stand out are depression, anxiety disorders, ADHD and autism.”

In the group of 13–17-year-old natal females, the Swedish NBHW report states that the comorbidity is greatest. In this unprecedented cohort of teenaged girls seeking gender transition the following co-morbidities were found:

32.4 percent anxiety disorder

28.9 percent some form of depressive disorder

19.4 percent ADHD

15.2 percent autism

The report also raises important questions about causation and suicide risk for people with gender dysphoria given the “very high rate of concomitant difficult psychiatric diagnosis”. This makes it difficult to distinguish one from the other with regard to suicide risk, said an investigator at the National Board of Health and Welfare.

Sweden’s Increase in Referrals to Gender Clinics Similar to Canada Sweden had seen a 1,500% increase in referrals for gender transition between 2008 and 2018 according to data from Sweden’s Board of Health and Welfare. The increase in Sweden is being driven by youth 13-17 years old born female. This trend is consistent with the data reported by Trans Youth Can! – a group running a voluntary observational study on youth who have been referred for puberty blockers and other hormone therapies in Canada.

Conclusions The fast-tracking of medical transition appears to be the protocol in place at many of Canada’s gender clinics, with parents and some detransitioners expressing surprise and shock that medical transition is being offered as the 1st line of treatment. The sharp drop-off in referrals in Sweden corresponded to the realization by parents and General Practitioners that sending children to a gender clinic would not necessarily provide them with additional assessment or services, but rather put them on a fast-track to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.

The experience in Sweden, and corresponding similarities in Canada, points to a significant gap in assessment and services for trans-identified youth to ensure that their long term physical and mental well-being is prioritized over and above a quick fix of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. Research indicates youth become trapped in a one-way medical path as almost 98% who are prescribed puberty blockers proceed with medical transition even when there is no evidence of long-term benefits.

Further, suicide risk is often used as the rationale for easy access to medical transition for trans-identified children and adults. Pro-transition advocates consider the need for assessments and screening to be dehumanizing and unnecessary. Clearly, the data from the Swedish NBHW does not support this position. People who commit suicide have an underlying mental illness that requires expert treatment and care. It would be medically negligent to avoid psychiatric assessment and/or deny corresponding psychological services to provide treatment for this population where the risk of suicide is elevated due to these comorbidities.

It will be very interesting to see how the official clinical guidelines in Sweden take shape and evolve over the next 2 years.

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CBD OIL: A Doctor’s Perspective

Although cannabidiol (CBD) comes from the marijuana plant, it does not contain THC and will therefore not cause you to get high. On the other hand, it could offer users some remarkable health benefits.

All over the Internet people are reading articles and blogs touting the benefits of CBD, a compound extracted from cannabis plants. Online marketers rave about CBD (also called hemp oil) as an effective remedy for any number of ailments. The rich and famous are using it in droves, claiming that it has amazing healing powers. As a result, you can now find CBD Oil Hurst included in the list of ingredients of trendy beauty products as well as dietary supplements. The FDA has even approved a new drug derived from CBD.

Although CBD does come from the cannabis plant, it does not have the psychoactive properties often associated with marijuana. CBD will not cause you to get high, like you would if you smoked or ate something that contained THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis. Still, many doctors have no idea how CBD affects the body, plus there’s a lot that consumers need to know before they impulsively try it based on a random recommendation.

To gain a better understanding of the effects of using CBD, scientific researchers have been looking into the most common claims being made about CBD.

After running some tests, here’s what these scientists think about how CBD products are being presented to the public, and what they think potential CBD users need to consider before trying it:

To Stop Smoking

CBD oil has been touted as something that can help people stop smoking. There was a small study conducted that Addictive Behaviors published in 2013 that, in fact, does lend credence to this claim.

The subjects of the study were 24 smokers who were given inhalers, some of which had CBD in them while others had a placebo. They were told to use the inhalers for 7 days whenever they felt like they needed a cigarette. The subjects given the inhaler with the placebo did not smoke any less during that week, whereas the subjects given the inhaler with CBD did reduce their smoking by approximately 40%.

These results clearly indicate that CBD can potentially treat nicotine addiction, according to the authors. However, they admit that these are only preliminary findings. Cannabis researcher Ryan Vandrey, PhD, who teaches at Johns Hopkins University as an associate professor in the Psychiatry Department (who did not participate in the referenced study) agrees with others that larger longitudinal studies would be needed to actually determine whether CBD use could help people stop smoking.

To Relieve Pain

Daniel Clauw, MD, who teaches at the University of Michigan in the Anesthesiology Department, thinks CBD could offer substantial help to people suffering from chronic pain. His opinion is based on a clinical trial recently conducted by Zynerba, a pharmaceutical company that Dr. Clauw consults for. Results of the trial showed that a CBD topical medication did relieve the pain of patients with osteoarthritis in their knees.

According to Dr. Clauw, Zynerba is not currently developing that medication for osteoarthritis. At the moment there are no specific recommendations for dosage or CBD formulation for either a topical or oral CBD medication for treating pain. But Dr. Clauw believes that patients suffering from chronic pain should try CBD products because they may offer the relief they’ve been looking for, without providing the high that THC produces.

“We really don’t have very many safe drugs that effectively treat pain. We already know that CBD comes with fewer side effects than you get from taking opioids or non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, which could cause excess bleeding and possibly heart problems,” he said. “If an elderly patient comes to me suffering from arthritis, I would much rather offer a small amount of CBD to relieve their knee pain than prescribe them certain drugs.”

For Skin Care

Dr. Clauw also says that CBD seems to be an effective anti-inflammatory, which is why the skin care industry has touted it as the latest anti-aging ingredient. You can now find CBD in a variety of skin care products and it’s also being widely used in spa treatments.

New York City dermatologist, Francesca Fusco, MD recently said that CBD oil has been shown to be rich in fatty acids and other nutrients vital to skin health. She added that CBD oil may improve hydration by limiting moisture loss. Some studies suggest CBD oil may curb acne growth, although this has not been tested on humans, only on cell cultures in a lab.

For Treating Autism

Parents with children diagnosed on the autism spectrum may turn to CBD as a possible treatment. However, research on this is in its infancy, according to Vandrey.

Research has shown that CBD does interact with the endocannabinoid system in the brain. This network appears to have a role in our circadian rhythms, reward processing and social behaviors, which are often atypical in those with autism. This is why researchers are enthusiastic about a current study being done  by the University of California San Diego to determine whether CBD could potentially treat autism.

Aside from the fact that there haven’t been any human trials using CBD to treat autism, there’s one more important reason why parents and potential patients need to carefully consider their options. The CBD industry continues to be unregulated. In many states there is no governing body, no inspections and no laws to ensure that a CBD product’s ingredients are actually consistent with those spelled out on the label.

Vandrey and his researchers have conducted studies showing that there are CBD products out there containing THC in significant amounts, enough to get a child or small adult high while causing other adverse side effects. According to Vandrey, “This is a grey area in terms of legality, so anyone who is considering the use of CBD, in any form, should proceed cautiously.”

For Treating Seizure Disorders

According to Vandrey, “The one thing we have solid evidence on is that CBD can help in the treatment of rare seizure disorders seen in children. Other than that, there’s not enough evidence yet to definitively support using CBD for any other purpose.”

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 Clinical trials conducted on the drug Epidiolex, which is derived from CBD, show that it can reduce the number of seizures suffered by children diagnosed with two rare types of epilepsy: Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. In fact, the FDA gave Epidiolex the approval to treat these two types of epilepsy. It is the very first prescription drug derived from marijuana to gain FDA approval.

For Combatting Cancer

In 2017 Olivia Newton-John revealed that she was fighting metastatic breast cancer. This is when Chloe Rose Lattanzi, her daughter, announced on Instagram that her mom had been using CBD oil to treat her cancer. Lattanzi added that cannabis, “has been scientifically proven to possess properties that can inhibit the growth of cancer cells.”

It’s possible that Lattanzi was referring to certain studies conducted on animals as well as cell cultures in labs. These studies show that cannabis may bring about anti-cancer effects. However, as yet there have been no studies conducted on humans that can substantiate this, said Vandrey.

“Those anti-cancer effects of cannabis have not been accurately translated, validated or repeated in clinical trials on humans,” said Vandrey. “Taking results from a clinical trial on one species and applying them to another can be misleading. This is especially true when we’re discussing something as serious as a potential treatment for cancer.”

Putting it simply, the medical community by and large cannot recommend using marijuana or various forms of CBD to treat cancer. Although these compounds may relieve some of cancer’s side effects or the side effects of chemotherapy, such as nausea, vomiting and pain, marijuana and/or CBD products should not replace conventional proven treatments for cancer.

To Treat Stress & Anxiety

Actress Busy Philipps has lately revealed that she’s an “enthusiastic advocate” of CBD and THC gummies, both of which she takes to combat frequent panic attacks and anxiety. A variety of “calming” foods and drinks are available for consumers today, like almonds infused with CBD and hemp-oil tea. And if you have a nervous dog, you can even buy CBD dog biscuits.

Off the record, people suffering from anxiety have been turning to cannabis for years, according to Dr. Clauw. Although people assumed that the THC high was what relieved their stress and anxiety, recent studies indicate that CBD may effectively combat anxiety on its own.

Dr. Clauw says, “CBD seems calm the brain, although how it does this is not well understood.” He added, “I tell my patients to first try CBD without the THC, since you may be able to get the all the benefits you need without having the side effects.”

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Important Facts To Know About The Psychosocial Effects Of Couples Counseling

By Thomas Snyder

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SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200

Raspberry Ketone 200 by SD pharmaceuticals is marketed as a perfect solution to weight loss. By reducing fat absorption and increasing calorie expenditure, it is supposed to help reduce weight and keep you fit. It also helps increase fat breakdown and facilitates the process of energy production. The presence of AstraGin, a clinically tested ingredient, also makes it work even better. It also has antioxidant properties and improves overall health.

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 provides you with high quality raspberry ketone, a natural phenolic compound found in red raspberries. Each serving provides you with 200mg of raspberry ketone. Is it enough to trigger fat loss? Is it any better than other available products in the market? Here is our review to help you decide.

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 Pros

It may help affect fat absorption a little

It is easy to take on a daily basis

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 Cons

It does not provide you with enough of main ingredients

It is expensive considering that a single serving is not enough

It may not work for everyone

It may or may not come with a money-back guarantee

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What You Need To Know About SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 is supposed to provide you with 200mg of high quality raspberry ketone per serving. It is marketed as one of the smartest ways to lose weight and improve overall health because it also provides you with another popular ingredient, AstraGin. The presence of this ingredient improves the absorption of raspberry ketones and other vitamins and minerals present in your diet.

Raspberry ketones are supposed to work by inhibiting pancreatic lipase activity, which in turn helps reduce the absorption of dietary fat from food. Unfortunately, not enough scientific data is available to confirm these claims.

What Are The Side Effects Of SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200?

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 provides you with raspberry ketone and AstraGin, so it is generally considered safe. However, some people have complained about a rapid heartbeat after taking this supplement. Check our “Side Effects” section to find out more.

How Much Does SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 Cost?

You will have to pay $19.95 to get a bottle of SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200. Each bottle contains 60 servings.

Our Verdict On SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 seems to be the best way to lose weight because it contains raspberry ketone, which is supposed to reduce fat absorption and increase fat breakdown. Can it really produce these results?

Unfortunately, there is no scientific evidence to back these claims. At least, there is no reliable human study to confirm that raspberry ketone may help boost fat loss. It contains AstraGin, which is scientifically proven to increase absorption of amino acids and other nutrients, but that is only when you take enough. AstraGin is severely under-dosed in SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200, which is another reason we think you should avoid this supplement.

The price is not that high considering you get 60 servings per container, but one serving a day is not going to produce any results. If you take more, you will have to spend more money to continue taking it. Our verdict: Save your money and try something other than SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200.

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SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 Review

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 claims to be an effective weight loss product because it works by inhibiting the enzymes responsible for the absorption and storage of dietary fat. The powerful aroma of red raspberries comes from raspberry ketone. Unfortunately, there is not enough scientific evidence suggesting that supplementing with raspberry ketone is going to aid fat loss.

It is worth pointing out that some preliminary studies suggest that raspberry ketone may help lower weight. Even though the results may not be that significant, you may still notice some reduction in weight. However, that is only when you obtain raspberry ketone from cranberries, blackberries, red raspberries, or kiwis.

It means that products like SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 are less likely to help because they only use a synthetic version of raspberry ketones. The reason is that it is an extremely expensive process to extract raspberry ketones from raspberries – you may require 90 pounds of raspberries to get only one dose of raspberry ketones. A kilogram of raspberries provides you with 1-4mg of raspberry ketones, and that is the reason why supplement manufacturers rely on synthetically made raspberry ketones, which are not that effective.

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 Facts

Natural ingredients

60 capsules per containers

60 servings

Another issue is that even if you decide to take raspberry ketones in synthetic form, you may not notice any result unless you take it in higher doses. Most studies that have shown some results have used high doses to produce fat burning effects. It is important to note that almost all studies conducted on the effects of raspberry ketone have been observed in a test tube. Animal studies show some positive results, but it is quite impossible to replicate the same doses in human body. For instance, studies on rats have used up to 2.18g/kg of raspberry ketones, which means that humans may have to take anywhere between 80mg/kg to 340mg/kg. A 150lb person may have to take up to 4g of raspberry ketones to see effects, but you are only going to get 200mg from each serving of SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200. Is it going to make any difference? No, it won’t!

Again, there certainly are some animal studies suggesting that raspberry ketone supplements may prove effective, but even they have not shown outstanding results. For instance:

In one of the studies, a bunch of mice were fed an unhealthy, fattening diet. Some of the mice got raspberry ketones… others did not (Source: http://ift.tt/2nXN7KR). The mice in the raspberry ketone group weighed 50 grams at the end of the study. The mice that didn’t get raspberry ketones weighed 55 grams (a 10% difference).

You can see that the difference is not that significant. Another important to thing to consider is that raspberry ketone is not going to help you lose weight, but it may help slow own the process of gaining more fat.

Another study was conducted in 40 rats, also fed a fattening diet. In this study, the rats given raspberry ketones had increased adiponectin levels and were protected against fatty liver (Source: http://ift.tt/2ezxK4Y).

Again, this is not that relevant either because you need to take a 100 times the amount used in rats to replicate the same effects, and that is certainly not safe. Other than animal studies, you cannot find many human studies regarding the weight loss effects of raspberry ketone. There is only study though, but even that uses raspberry ketone in combination with garlic, caffeine, ginger, capsaicin, and synephrine.

In this 8 week study, the participants lost 7.8% of their fat mass, compared with the placebo group which lost only 2.8% (both groups also cut calories and exercised) Source: http://ift.tt/1keVl9O. However, it is highly possible that the raspberry ketones had nothing to do with it. It could have been the caffeine or any of the other herbs.

How to Take SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200

You have to take 1 capsules a day; however, you can increase it to 2 capsules daily if you do not see positive results.

Therefore, we really cannot say for sure if SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 going to offer any benefit, and nothing changes even when you include AstraGin into the equation. It is true that AstraGin may help improve the absorption of certain nutrients in the body. It is actually a botanical extract of panax notoginseng and astragalus membranaceus. Supplementing with AstraGin may help make it easier for your body to absorb amino acids, glucose, and vitamins. Some studies have also confirmed that you can take AstraGin safely on a long-term basis. For instance:

According to the AIBMR report, the totality of evidence of AstraGin’s safety is comprised of both pivotal and corroborative data. Pivotal data included a 28-day, repeated oral toxicity study of AstraGin in Wistar rats, at doses from 0 up to 1000 mg per kg of body weight, representing 100, 300 and 1000 times the suggested daily human dose of 1 mg per kg/body weight daily of the compound. No mortality was observed in any animal in the control or test groups during the study period.

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 Concerns:

Ineffective, under-dosed ingredients

One serving may not work

May not burn any fat at all

A bit expensive than other comparable supplements

No mention of money-back guarantee

However, you are not going to see any benefits from SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 because there is not enough of AstraGin in each serving of this supplement. The recommended dose of AstraGin is up to 100mg/day, divided into two doses. Now, check what you get from each serving of SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 – only 2.5mg of AstraGin. That is really not going to help at all.

In fact, it would not be wrong to suggest that you would be paying a lot of money only to get a supplement that provides you with some raspberry ketone and nothing else. You will certainly be better off putting your money on a different supplement. SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 is not going to offer the best value for your money, so try something else!

What Does SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 Claim To Do?

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 claims to help you lose weight in a short time.

You need to take it daily to see its effects. Here are some of its claimed benefits:

It helps prevent storage of fat

It helps slow down the absorption of fat

It increases energy production

It helps you burn more calories

It provides you with antioxidants for better health

It helps breakdown fat in the body

Does SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 Work?

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 claims to reduce fat absorption and increase calorie expenditure, but unfortunately, there is no human study to confirm that supplementing with raspberry ketone is going to reduce fat. Some animal studies suggest that you may be able to slow down the process of gaining weight by taking raspberry ketone, but that is not similar to losing weight, especially when you are quite overweight.

Moreover, there is not enough AstraGin available per serving, so you are not going to notice its effects any way. You can call it a supplement with only one ingredient, but even that is not effective. So, try something else that may combine raspberry ketone with some other effective ingredients to produce better results. SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 is certainly not going to work!

What Are The Ingredients of SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200?

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 relies heavily on raspberry ketone to help produce desired results, but it also includes AstraGin to aid weight loss.

Raspberry Ketone: Found in raspberries, raspberry ketone is actually a chemical compound that is supposed to work by eliminating fat storage and enhancing metabolism. Some studies suggest that it may slow down fat absorption, but does nothing to burn existing fat.

AstraGin: Manufactured by NuLiv Science, AstraGin is supposed to work by increasing the absorption of vitamins, amino acids, and other nutrients. Some studies have found its benefits, but also suggest that you should take no less than 50mg twice a day to see results. SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 fails to provide you with enough of AstraGin per serving.

Does SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 Have Any Side Effects?

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 is contains two ingredients and is supposed to produce no side effects whatsoever. However, that is not true because many customer reviews show that raspberry ketone can cause problems for some people. You may want to avoid SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 when you have any chronic conditions or you are taking medications for an existing medical problem.

Some reviews suggest that regular intake of raspberry ketone may lead to an increase in blood pressure. It can increase the production of norepinephrine, which may be a bit damaging for your nervous system. The supplement is also not safe for people suffering from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, high blood pressure, or other chronic conditions.

Caution: You should also avoid this supplement when you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Are There Any Customer Reviews For SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200?

SD Pharma Raspberry Ketone 200 claims to be an effective dietary supplement, but you cannot find enough positive reviews for it. This suggests that it does not work for most people. Here are some examples:

I have been taking it for a few weeks now, but it seems to have done nothing whatsoever. I think I need to try something else to get better results.

Do not take it thinking that it will help you lose fat or weight quickly. It is certainly not a quick way to get result.

Do not waste your money on this supplement; I have tried it and noticed no change in my weight whatsoever.

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