A natural diet aid called “Total Body Formula” and “Total Body Mega Formula” recently have been voluntarily recalled after several men and some women as well experienced effects that included severe hair loss after taking the diet formula which is in liquid form for a little more than a week.  All in all, there were 23 reports, and God knows how many more incidents since probably not everyone experiencing the hair loss, males and females both probably reported this scary side effect.

We all want to get a bit slimmer - guys want to get rid of their beer bellies and women want to shave down their thighs butts and bellies since the spring and summer seasons are fast approaching in many places, but this side effect of hair loss is obviously something that no one would want to put up with in order to shed a few extra pounds for the shorts and tank top season.

Other side effects that were reported when consumers used the peach and tangerine formulas of these diet aids were diarrhea, muscle cramping and joint pain and fatigue.  No word on why it’s just those certain flavors, and it wasn’t mentioned whether those were, in fact the only flavors available in this supplement or not. 

The FDA is thinking that the side effects are due to an abnormally high amount of selenium in the formula, which is a nutrient that is only needed by the human body to stay healthy in trace amounts, not in the amounts showing present in the diet aid.  The FDA is advising anyone who has the product to dispense of it in a trash receptacle outside of the home, and is also working at getting the products that result in the hair loss off of shelves in the hand full of states they are sold in. 

Hopefully the company along with the FDA can mitigate the risks still posed to consumers by taking action early on.  Kudos to the company for voluntarily recalling as well, it could have stayed on the shelf longer if they hadn’t taken immediate action.