Weight-loss supplements and the FDA Part 1 The recent (recall) of a popular weight-loss supplement comes at a time when Americans are more (desperate) than ever to lose weight. The pharmaceutical (industry) has come up virtually empty in a multibillion-dollar race to find a safe and effective weight-loss (pill), and consumers, to many health experts' chagrin, are often (turning) to dietary supplements instead. Now proponents and (critics) of these products have snapped to (attention). This month, the Food and Drug Administration (warned) consumers to stop using Hydroxycut, a line of herbal dietary supplements marketed as an (aid) to weight loss, body sculpting and athletic performance. The (warning) prompted Hydroxycut's maker, Iovate Health Sciences Inc. of Ontario, Canada, to recall 14 of its products. The FDA has (linked) these products to 23 known cases of liver damage [including one death], four reports of seizures and 46 reports of cardiovascular (events) -- from palpitations to heart attack -- since 2002.

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